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but
she couldn’t leave it until tomorrow to tell Pearl.
    “The
window got shot. Brenda ran over to get the gun. It was Tom’s last attempt to
try and get control over us, the bullet went straight through the double
glazing. I was shocked, I was half hoping the gun was a fake. You don’t expect
to see postmen with guns.”
    Pearl
nodded. “You’d be surprised, don’t trust anyone when it comes to murder. Did
the police come round? Did he confess?”
    Grace
squirmed in her chair.
    “What
is it? What did you do?”
    Grace
said, “We called the police. They came round in minutes. We had a recorded
confession. Tom had phoned Brenda to make an appointment. The minute he came
through into the living room she pressed the record button on a CD player at
the side of the sofa. We got everything that he said. The police couldn’t 
believe it.”
    Pearl
leaned across the table. “What aren’t you telling me?”
    Grace
picked at her fingernail. “Well, you know I sat on Tom to keep him down? It
seems I may have been a bit too heavy for him, he passed out.”
    Pearl
burst out laughing.
    Grace
gave her an indignant look. “The police thought it was funny too, I didn’t. A
few more minutes and I could have killed him.”
    Pearl
eventually stopped laughing. “And what about Mae and Brenda? Have they sorted
things out?”
    Grace
nodded. “I had to speak on Mae’s behalf but yes, they sorted everything out.
Brenda’s going to carry on as a psychic in Mae’s memory. Mae told me to give
her the tarot cards that used to belong to her. I could tell it was sorted out
because Mae did that glowing white thing, do you know what I mean?”
    Pearl
nodded. “It’s when they’re ready to move on, I’ve seen it many times. It’s a
good thing, you know they don’t need any more help.”
    Grace
smiled. “They both said thank you a hundred times! Mae moved on, I told Brenda
I’d stay the night if she wanted me to but she said she was okay. Then I
thought I’d better come here and let you know what’s going on. You must have
wondered what happened to me.”
    “I
did, but I knew you’d be all right.”
    “Did
you? I wasn’t so sure, I was ready to give up,” Grace admitted.
    “But
you didn’t. You did really well for your first murder, I’m proud of you,
Grace.”
    Grace
sat up a bit straighter. “Thank you, I’m sort of proud of myself.”
    Pearl
sat back in the chair. “Good. You’ll be ready for the next murder victim now.”
    Grace
sagged a little. “Now?”
    “No,”
Pearl said. “You can start tomorrow. Go home and get some sleep, you look
awful. And try not to squash anyone on the way home.”
     

A
note from the author
    I
love watching storage auction programmes. I’ve never been to one but I’d love
to visit one of the big ones in America, I’m sure I’d be useless at bidding
though – I’d be too excited.
    When
I watch the shows I always wonder where the items have come from, and who they
belonged to. I wondered what would happen if some of the items had ghosts
attached. I reached a point where I couldn’t stand it anymore and I knew I had
to write some stories down, I was inspired by the variety of items that have
been discovered in storage lockers. Also, I am a big fan of ‘cozy’ murder
mysteries and I wanted to combine items found in a locker with a murder!
     
    I
hope you enjoyed this story. If you did could you post a quick review? Thank
you, I read all my reviews and I really do appreciate them.
     
    Grace’s
next murder mystery is now available: A Different Shade Of Death
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UK
    (It’s
slightly longer than this one. I’ve taken my readers’ comments on board and I’m
now working on a full length murder mystery for Grace.)
     
    Grace’s
adventures with ghosts that weren’t murdered are available as a box set, there
are 5 short stories in the set:
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can see all my books at:
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