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A moment later, she swung it open. “Doris? Are you okay?”
Tears slipped out of my eyes as I shook my head. “No! They’re back! The voices are back!”
“What? Right now?” Sylvie wrapped her robe tight around her waist.
“Yes! Right now! A woman laughing and a man’s voice. I heard them! Ghosts, Sylvie! There are ghosts!”
Marge’s door swung open. “Cripes! What’s going on out here?”
“Doris heard the voices again,” Sylvie answered as she slipped an arm over my shoulder.
Marge’s eyes bulged. “Right now? Agnes and Duncan are out there right now? I want to see!”
She nearly bowled me over as she bolted into my room. Alice opened her door, the green mask on her face causing me to gasp.
“Oh! You scared me,” I said, clutching my chest.
“It’s a moisturizing mask. You don’t think I look this good using lard on my face, do you?”
I shook my head.
“What’s going on? Why is everyone in the hall?”
“The voices are back,” Sylvie answered for me again.
Alice straightened. “Is it Jamie? Did you get a look? Is he out there?”
“No, I didn’t look! I’m terrified! I want to go home!” Tears streamed freely down my face as Sylvie pulled me in for a hug.
“It’s too late to leave tonight, but what if we all stay with you tonight? Would that be okay? Then you won’t be alone.”
“You ... you would do that? You’ll stay with me?” I swiped the back of my hand across my eyes.
“Of course, we will,” Sylvie said, then looked to Alice. “Won’t we, Alice?”
She huffed, then nodded. “Yes, yes. Fine. We’ll all stay in your room tonight and look for ghosts. But if it’s Jamie, I’m coming back to my room so I can be available and alone. Shit. I’d better wipe this mask off before he arrives.”
“I thought ghost affairs were cheating.” Sylvie lifted an eyebrow.
“I won’tdoanything, but maybe ghost Jamie can take off his shirt and sit on the edge of my bed or something.”
“Mmmhmm,” Sylvie answered with a smirk.
“Just hold on. Let me get my robe and wash my face.” Alice started back into her room then stopped. “Oh! I’ll get my tablet too. I’ve been streamingOutlanderat night. We can have a slumber party and watch it together.”
“Oh! Yes!” Sylvie smiled widely. “Do that!”
Alice hurried off into her room, and I followed Sylvie back into mine.
“Shh!” Marge waved a hand at us where she had parked herself squatted down next to my window, her face pressed against it. “I’m trying to get a glimpse. Don’t scare them away!”
“There are no such things as ghosts,” Sylvie said.
“That’s what the character in the movie says right before she gets offed by a ghost.” Marge turned back and gave Sylvie a playful glare. “The one who doesn’t believe in ghosts is always the first to go.”
My body went cold. “I ... I think I believe in ghosts.”
Sylvie glared back at Marge. “Marge! Stop it! There are no ghosts. Now, we’re all coming in here to have a slumber party and watchOutlander.You can stay over there as long as you’d like, but Doris is scared, and we need to make her feel safe.”
