Chapter 4
With my dress tucked safely away at So-Sew Springside, under lock and key so Malcolm can’t spy it until the wedding—why, I don’t know, but apparently, it’s a thing—I send Belinda and Sadie home.
I have one more stop to make, and this task I must do on my own.
I head down Main Street. The red, white, and blue buntings are up for next week’s Fourth of July celebration. Baskets full of geraniums hang from the lamp posts and cast a rosy hue over the entire street. The gold letters of K&M Ghost Eradication Specialists gleam in the sunlight.
I pause at our storefront and trace the words. But this isn’t my destination. I’m headed for the building at the end of the block. The door is closed, and the steps are empty. Despite that, and even though it’s Saturday afternoon, I suspect Chi
