Free The Ex Who Saw a Ghost (Charley's Ghost Book 4) by Sally Berneathy Page A

looked down at the floor. “I don’t know. So maybe Parker doesn’t know either.”
    No one spoke for a long moment.
    “I think he knows,” Teresa finally said. “He seems determined and purposeful. Maybe it’s something as simple as not wanting Ross to worry about him. But I don’t understand why he doesn’t just tell me that.”
    “I don’t understand why he doesn’t tell you who killed him,” Charley said. “I told Amanda right away. They tried to blame her for killing me.”
    “Because I had plenty of motive. Are they trying to blame you for Parker’s death, Teresa?”
    Teresa leaned back in the metal chair. “I told Sheriff Laskey last night that Ross’ brother led us to the bodies through me. He didn’t say anything at the time, but now he wants me to come in and explain how I knew where to find a well full of bodies. That’s what I get for being honest.”
    “It would have come up eventually. Jake told him we got the information from a trusted source. He’d have wanted to know the name of that trusted source, and you know neither of them would ever lie to another officer of the law.” Amanda was learning that the occasional white lie could serve a good purpose, but Jake and Ross were the ultimate cops. “So when do you have to go in?”
    “Next couple of days. He was pretty nice about it, but he seems to think I can tell him something that will help solve the case. I can’t because Parker won’t tell me.”
    Amanda nodded slowly. “I see. You’ve got to convince the man that you knew where to find the bodies because you talked to one of the dead men who told you where his body was but he won’t tell you who murdered him. Maybe you need a lawyer.”
    “People always get lawyers on TV.” Since Charley could no longer go to bars, scam people, pick up women and gamble, he spent a lot of time watching TV.
    “Yeah, I need somebody who’s tough and who won’t think I’m nuts because I talk to dead people.”
    “Actually, I may know somebody like that.” Sunny was smart, tough, and if she accepted that Amanda saw Charley, surely she’d accept that Teresa communed with other spirits. “I’ll call her.”
    “Thanks.” Teresa turned to Charley. “Yesterday when we were walking through the woods, what were you and Parker talking about when you went off to the side together?”
    Charley shrugged in an apparent attempt to look casual, but his expression was pleased. “Spiritual stuff. He’s new to this whole ghost thing and he needs guidance.”
    Amanda shuddered. “Please don’t guide him.”
    “That was very nice of you,” Teresa said. “You can be a big help to him. Did you discuss how it felt to leave your bodies?”
    Charley nodded. “We were both pretty confused at first. He’s still a little confused, but he’s getting better.”
    “Did you talk about how it felt to be murdered?”
    “We didn’t get that far. It was mostly how to move around from place to place and how to control coming back to visit with you all.”
    “Next time we see him, could you ask him who killed him? Maybe he’ll tell you. I’d kind of like to know so I can stay out of jail.”
    “Oh!” Charley grinned. “I can do that. Yeah, he’ll tell me. We have a bond.”
    “I would really appreciate that, Charley.” Teresa rose. “All right, I’ll let you get back to work.”
    The two women and one ghost strolled through the shop to the front door.
    “Good to see you, Dawson,” Teresa said.
    Dawson looked up from his work. “Good to see you, Teresa.”
    Amanda closed the door behind her friend and started back across the shop.
    “I like her.” Dawson didn’t look up.
    “Yes,” Amanda said. “I do too.”
    “I hope everything works out about finding the dead guys.”
    Amanda stopped in the middle of the floor. “Did you overhear us talking?”
    “No. I just see things on the Internet.”
    “What did you see?”
    “That she led authorities to a well with twenty bodies in it, and she