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Love, Ghosts, and Alcohol, Part 1
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Love, Ghosts, and Alcohol, Part 1
Never ever walk the streets of the town at night alone… but if you really, really have to then make sure to bring some protection. Garlic or sage will do because, apparently, evil spirits don’t like herbs. — Tweet from Raven_Eye.
I was so nervous I imagined there was a little drummer boy beating his sticks against my heart. That’s how loud it had become. It didn’t help that I was running like my life depended on it, which it might if Ollie’s story really was true.
“Jessica,” the sing-song voice called.
Every time I heard that voice, I would get the shivers and that made it twice as hard to catch my breath.
I raced down a street that ha
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