Page 19 of Ghost of a Chance
She clipped it on herself.Jasper already had his on.“For now will this do?”
Gia nodded and went back to typing on her phone.
“Where do you need me?”Kirsty asked.
Dan cleared his throat.“We’re not sure what’s going to happen when you open the book, so let’s start there.Jasper wants me to capture you examining the book.Then maybe you can get the ghost to talk, come out and shake his hand.”
The glare she gave Dan would have melted any man who was more aware of social cues.But Dan, who was notoriously oblivious, calmly waited for her to answer.
“I get feelings from them.The ghosts don’t take corporeal form.”She sat down heavily in one of the ladder-back chairs around the table.
Jasper slid into the chair next to her, reaching for the physics book.“What should I do?”
“I think for the sake of the camera you might want to explain what’s going on and why you feel like the ghost is in the book,” she said.
She’d been almost friendly earlier but now…well, she was probably ticked about the state of the dilapidated Victorian.It didn’t help that Dan had no clue what it was she did.
“Mostly Paul just puts onJudge Judyand flicks lights,” Jasper said to Dan.
“Yeah, that’s it.But tell it to her.”Dan indicated Kirsty with his head.“We will start with that shot.Like explaining it all to Kirsty.”
“Okay.I’ll do that later in the living room.For now let’s get a shot of me reading the book for some B-roll, and then Dan can capture me looking up into the camera,” he said.
“Like you’re the lord of the manor?Dog at your feet and everything?”
He flushed.“No.Honestly, I thought it would look mysterious like we’re in a gothic film.”
“Maybe itwouldbe best to leave Chewbacca in the kitchen.”
Chewie wasn’t always the best at a long down anyway.He wanted Kirsty to know that he valued her input.
“For now I’d like you to examine the book or whatever you do.This is really about you and Paul.”
She picked the book up and began to leaf through it while Dan recorded.He noticed that the polish on her index finger was chipped and her nails weren’t that long.So she wasn’t the type to get herself perfect before going on camera.Her skin was fairly pale in the dim light of the old house, but it was fall and had been chilly lately.
He wanted to ask her where she lived, what made her happy, how she got these crazy powers at all since he hadn’t gotten the chance…but that had nothing to do with the shot they were trying to get.Kirsty cleared her throat.“What do I do now?”
Jasper pulled himself together.He had to stay on task.
“For the camera?”Dan asked.
The hard look she shot Dan made Jasper hide a smile.Kirsty definitely wasn’t one to suffer fools.Dan missed it totally fiddling with the settings on his camera.
“It’d be best if you forgot I was here.Talk to Jasper about what you’re doing and I’ll film it.Don’t worry about showing me the book or anything.I’ll do a bunch of additional B-roll shots later.Ready?”
She tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, then pulled it back nervously.
“You’re going to be great.”
“Thanks.”
Again with the sarcasm.
Dan started filming again.It was time for Jasper to focus.“Have you dealt with a ghost trapped in an object before?”
“No, this will be my first time dealing with this in real life.I did write about one in my first bookDead Flowers For The Living.”
He hadn’t read any of her books, so he wasn’t familiar with it.She relaxed when she mentioned the book.Calmer now in a way which made sense given she was a published author rather than amateur clairvoyant.
