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said, “I was thinking about you all morning, when I wasn’t playing ghost busters.”He captured her waist and pulled her toward him for a quick peck on the lips and a hug. Her arms around his neck seemed to be shaking.
    “Roz, are you all right?”
    “Yeah. It’s just that…well, there’s been a lot to take in lately. Our strange new way of communicating, Morgaine’s a witch and a medium, we have a ghost in the building. What next? Vampires and werewolves?”
    Konrad chuckled nervously. “Don’t worry, darling. I won’t let the boogeyman get you.” Don’t think about it, don’t think about it…
    “Don’t think about what?”
    “Uh, nothin’. I got fired today, that’s all.”
    She sucked in a breath. “Really? Is it because you were arrested?”
    “Yes. They can’t be too careful, you know.”
    “But you weren’t guilty.”
    He shrugged.
    “I don’t think they should get away with that. Let me look into grounds for a wrongful termination case.” Her lips thinned to a hard line.
    “No, don’t. I was ready to quit anyway. It just isn’t worth the aggravation.”
    She took his hand. “I’m sorry that happened to you.”
    “I’m not. Now I can be awake during the day and see more of you.” He winked.
    “And maybe help Morgaine,” Roz added. “Are you sure she’s for real?”
    “I’m pretty darn sure.”
    “Look, I believe in certain things I can’t explain away with logic. Psychics, for instance. I know the government has been doing psychic research. And it does seem like there’s a large portion of our brains that most of us don’t use.”
    He nodded but didn’t want to say anything, so she’d continue talking. What else did she believe in?
    “Some are charlatans, to be sure. But I guess some have a certain amount of credibility. Do you believe she’s the real deal?”
    Konrad squeezed her hand. “I’ve seen her talk to Chad, and at the museum she seemed to go into a trance, and I heard the voice of someone else come out of her mouth.”
    “Were you with her the whole time? Had she been there before?”
    “That was the second time she’d been there. Gwyneth went with her first. I guess they could have rigged something up before, but if she can demonstrate something here, on the fly, I know I’ll be impressed. Do you want to look around to be sure she didn’t plant any microphones?”
    “Good idea.” Roz began to check the couch cushions where Morgaine had been sitting when a knock sounded at the door.
    “I’ll get it.” Konrad opened the door, but no one was there. Then he heard footsteps on the stairs, and Morgaine came into view.
    “I guess Chad got here before me.”
    Konrad stepped back and waited for Morgaine to enter. “Is he here?”
    She cocked her head as if listening to someone whisper in her ear. “Yes, he’s here. And he wants to know what you’re looking for in the sofa cushions.”
    Konrad shut the door and changed the subject. “Ready?”
    “I am, are you?” Morgaine asked, looking at Roz.
    She took a deep breath and nodded.
    ***

    “Chad, you know Konrad and Roz, right?”
    “ Know them? That’s a stretch. I know who they are. The tall one with long hair who turns into a wolf at the full moon, that’s Konrad. The chubby one with glasses and her hair in a bun is Roz. What her deal is, I haven’t heard yet. Enlighten me. ”
    “Roz is a lawyer,” Morgaine said. “I may need her help in the museum case I’m working on.”
    “ Why? Did you catch the thief? ”
    “Not yet.”
    Konrad and Roz stared alternately at her and at each other. At one point, they both shrugged.
    “Okay, I need to demonstrate to Roz and Konrad that you and I are really communicating. What can you tell me about them that I wouldn’t know?”
    “ Have you been in Roz’s apartment before? ”
    “I was here when Merry lived here, but this is the first time since Roz moved in.”
    “ Good. Have you been in her bedroom yet? ”
    “No. I’ve only been out here in