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Nate turned to Leo. “What kind of help?”

“He said he didn’t like that I was alone in this house, and that he found a medium to help me move on. That’s probably how…” Leo shook his head. “How I lost my memories. Walt was told I’d been exorcised and whatever haunting remained was just echoes.” Leo shivered, even though he wasn’t corporeal. It didn’t seem to matter.

Nate stared at him. “Did he say who that medium was?”

“He said he was going to call him to complain. He was looking through his phone for the number.” Leo frowned. “I didn’t get a good look at the name. It started with a C.”

“Damn it.”

“What?” Leo asked.

“I need to call Walt.”

Nate put the call on speaker and set the phone on the table.

Getting Walt’s number had been easy enough, although he now owed Gordon a visit to the diner to explain what the hell he was doing up there. Apparently the whole town was talking about his most recent videos.

Of course they were.

Nate was turning their local haunting into an internet phenomenon with a name and a face.

If only they knew he was also dating it.

But he’d have to talk to the townspeople another time. He had questions of his own first.

Beside him, Leo offered his hand. Nate took it.

“Hello?” Walt said as the call connected.

“It’s Nate. Gordon gave me your number.”

“Oh. Hello.”

“Sorry I missed you leaving.”

“That’s all right. I should have come around to say goodbye.”

“You didn’t need to. Leo told me you’d gone.”

“Is he with you?”

“Yes. You’re on speaker.”

“Hello, love.”

“Hello,” Leo said.

Nate passed it on. Then he waited a beat and moved on to the reason he was calling. “Listen, he told me you hired a medium to help him move on.”

“Yes. I was telling him about that before I left.” Some irritation entered Walt’s voice. “Seems I paid for something that never happened.”

“What was his name?”

“Caleb.”

Leo looked at Nate.

Nate had been hoping for a different answer. He hadn’t realized quite how much until he didn’t get it.