Chapter 136

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The ghosts, all of them, had returned to Sage and Mike’s townhouse late Tuesday morning to continue their gaming marathon. After a couple of intense hours on one game, they took a break to recuperate while Kurt crowed that his ‘team’ had beaten Brody’s hands-down.

Brody had laughed, then suggested they try another game, with Jon and Tonio doing the work on the laptops while the others urged them on.

They had finally reached level five and Jon’s character was in the process of trying to sneak up on one of the enemies when, without warning, he vanished.

“Fuck,” Brody exclaimed, torn between being happy that Mike must have gotten the proof they needed that Irwin had murdered Jon, and distraught that Jon was moving on without him.

“Brody, he’ll be back. You know he will,” Tonio said adamantly, hugging his friend.