Kyle picked us up as promised and I was surprised to see that he was around my age, and then I learned he was the Kyle that had trained with Pete, which meant I’d already heard plenty about him. If Pete liked him, then I did, too. Simple as that.
“Where are we headed?” Mike asked, already itching to get to the real work.
“A spa,” Kyle replied, handing Mike his phone with the address on it. “All I know is that the owner is certain the place is cursed, but it hasn’t always been.”
“And this case is a rather tame one, I take it?” I had to ask. I knew Mike could handle ghost energy now, but those had been friendly and understanding ghosts. We had no idea if this spa ghost was a nasty one or not.
Kyle shrugged. “We never really know on new cases. I guess we’ll find out soon.”
“Seriously?!” I gaped. “You never know beforehand what you’re walking into?”
“Well, often if people tell us that stuff is falling off the walls and things have hit them, then we know it won’t be an easy case, but things like this one where the lights are turning on and off, we guess it can’t be too bad, you know?”
Mike and I just nodded dumbly. Guess we’d see if I was about to lose my shit or not. I was not ready for Mike to be in any kind of danger.No, thank you.
We arrived at the spa and walked toward the entrance finding it unlocked as promised. The owner hurried to greet us at the reception area and he bowed many times in thanks. Even I could tell he was spooked out of his mind just being here. He was a shorter man of Asian descent with greying hair.
“Thank you so much for coming,” the man said, shaking our hands eagerly. “I can’t tell you how happy I am that you can help.”
Kyle smiled kindly at the man, gesturing for him to show us where the problem was. “We’ll do our best to deal with it today, if we can.”
“I hope you can,” the man sighed. “I’m Yurin, the owner.”
Kyle introduced us as we were guided through hallways until we reached the pool area, which was where Yurin stopped.
“Oh,” Mike whispered, looking around the room.
“We’ll begin in here,” Kyle stated, smiling at Yurin. “We’ll find you once we’re done.”
“Oh, alright,” Yurin said, looking pleased to escape. “I’ll be working behind the desk in the reception area.”
Once he’d left, Kyle and Mike straightened and glared in the direction of two Jacuzzis in the far corner, tucked away by the many exotic looking plants. My hand never left Mike’s as we walked with purpose along the pool, making our way to their destination.
“Hello,” Kyle said once we were closer.
Mike leaned in to whisper, “It’s a woman, around fifty I would say. She’s clearly angry over something.”
I nodded, focusing on holding on to my man. This was my whole purpose here, soothing him and helping with his energy.
“And he never did?” Kyle asked, then nodded when it seemed the lady had responded. “What do you want us to help with?” He nodded again. “We can do that.”
Mike whispered again, “She’s his sister and died here a few weeks ago.” Mike swallowed. “Her body is still on the roof.”
I was about to blurt “Is Yurin a murderer?!”,but remembered myself in time.
Kyle continued to talk to the poor ghost, while Mike whispered their conversation to me. “She wasn’t supposed to be here, which is why her brother still has no idea she’s dead. She wants him to know so her body can be removed. She’s saying something about plants she wanted to tend to but was locked up there by mistake. She didn’t have her phone on her, since it had been broken a few days prior. She tried calling for help but no one heard her. She froze to death.”
It was my time to swallow. My work was about people who’d died, but somehow, I hadn’t thought about how their deaths would affect me, until now.
“She wants to go before he finds her. She doesn’t want to be here for the grieving period,” Kyle informed us. “Mike, you will help assist her into the light and I’ll help if needed. She’s happy to help out a new medium.”
Mike seemed nervous and a bit sheepish for not paying attention, having translated for me. At least the ghost seemed kind and understanding. I’d feared this would be dangerous, but it seemed so far to be the perfect first case to work on together. A kind ghost and patience were what Mike needed. I couldn’t really count Erik as our first case, considering it was still ongoing and would be for a good while yet.
Kyle moved closer to the right and Mike followed with me in tow. “Use your right hand to grab her energy. Now, once you feel like you’re holding her essence in your hand, close your fist.”
Mike did as he was instructed.
“If you were to free her of a person, you would push the essence toward the floor or ground. Since she wants to pass, you are to guide it upwards, letting it flow freely out of this building and towards the light.”