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who still wear a vest over a dress shirt.”
    “Is he handsome?” she said.
    “Hm, I suppose. When I first saw him, he reminded me of Colin Firth.”
    “That British actor? Oh wow, I think he is so hot,” Jo said. “I definitely have to get a look at him.”
    “I don’t know about that. I’m not about to take anyone out there without talking it over with Aggie and Stanley first. I mean, she still comes to town as far as I know. I don’t think she would appreciate it. Would you want everyone in town to know that you lived with a ghost?”
    Jo shrugged. “People already think I’m off my rocker. It wouldn’t matter to me.”
    I looked at her outfit. Between that, and claiming to be a ghost expert and a psychic…yeah, I could see how people steered clear of her. “But it might to her.”
    “It’s that boundary thing again. Sorry. ”
    “Look, this whole ghost thing is new to us,” Randy said. “Why would he choose to stay here instead of going wherever ghosts go?”
    “Geez, Randy, are you getting theological on me?” I asked. “When a person dies, their souls go to heaven. Have you been sleeping through Dad’s sermons again?”
    “I only did that once!”
    “You were snoring so loud even Dad heard you up in the pulpit!”
    “And right after that, he had speakers installed behind the back row.”
    “Kept you awake, didn’t it?”
    “Excuse me,” Jo interrupted, “could we get back to the main part of the discussion here? There could be a number of reasons a spirit can’t, or won’t, cross over. From what Randy told me, yours has unfinished business.”
    “So, if we solve his murder, would that make him move on?” I said.
    “It should. Doesn’t mean he will.”
    “Why not?”
    “Again, I think this has to do with Mrs. Foley. He has some kind of attachment to her. It’s possible that he won’t leave without her.”
    “But he was married. Surely he would want to be with Amelia,” Randy said.
    “Do we know if his wife is still alive or not?” Jo asked.
    “Once she left town, she seems to have cut off all communication.”
    “What about her family?”
    “You mean the Underwoods?” She nodded. “I don’t know. I’ve been focusing on the Ashtons; I didn’t even think to look elsewhere.”
    “Don’t get tunnel vision,” Jo warned me. “You need to keep an open mind about everything, explore all avenues of information. The more you know, the better you’ll be able to deal with your ghost.”
    “Are you telling me I could have some problems?”
    “I didn’t say that.”
    “But you aren’t denying it, either.”
    “I think you’ll be fine outside of the house. I mean, he hasn’t left that house since the night of his murder, right?”
    “That’s what I was told.”
    “Like I said, you should be fine.”
    I looked at her face. “Why do I feel like there is a ‘but’ at the end of that sentence?”
    “I can’t give you a definitive answer about his behavior without some type of interaction. The only living person he has had any contact with has been the housekeeper and her husband. He hasn’t had a reason to leave. But now that you’ve shown up, given him someone new to talk to, he may want to venture beyond those four walls.”
    “Are you saying he could come here?” Randy gasped.
    “ I’m saying I don’t know. Spirits usually stay in one place, some place they are familiar with. It sounds like he is a bit mischievous, from what Randy told me. Sounds like he did the door thing more out of boredom than malice.”
    Quite frankly, I didn’t know what to believe. Most of what she said sounded like it came from an episode of “Ghost Adventures”. But I was out of my comfort zone, and she was the closest thing to an “expert” I had access to at the moment.
    “I know you have doubts,” Jo said.
    “Um, boundaries, remember?”
    “I was watching your body language. Arms crossed, you’re closing yourself off. That’s understandable. You’ve had an