A Deadly Lesson (Storage Ghost Murders Book 5) Read Free

at the time, he
insisted. It was my birthday and we were going out for a meal. My car was
ruined in the crash. I couldn’t face driving for a while. I needed to start
driving again so that I could help Frankie when we bought things from these
storage units. I was scared stiff the first time I drove this van, my legs were
so wobbly! But I did it.”
    Abbie
looked out of the window. “You’re much braver than me. I just can’t do it.
Every time I take my driving test I fall to pieces, I can’t remember a thing. No
one understands, they think I’m stupid.”
    Grace
slowed the van down and came to stop at the side of the road. She turned to
face Abbie. “I’m going to tell you something now that I’ve never told anyone
else.”

 
 
    Chapter 4

 
    Abbie
gave Grace her full attention.
    Grace
smiled and then said, “I can drive this van but I can’t drive a car. Frankie’s
been on at me to get my own car, he said I can’t keep borrowing the van. I’ve
been to a few car dealers on my own, I’ve even booked test drives. But every
time I sit in the driver’s seat of a car I freeze. All the memories of the
night of the car crash flood into my head and I can’t move. I wasn’t even
driving the car that night. I’ve made a fool of myself every time I’ve booked a
test drive. I’ve mumbled and muttered to the poor sales assistant that I’ve
changed my mind. Goodness knows what they thought about me!”
    Abbie
nodded. “I get like that when I do the test. It must be something in our heads
that’s stopping us.”
    Grace
looked out of the window. “I think I know what’s stopping me. The last time
that I drove a car my mum and dad were alive. I can’t bear the thought of
driving a car knowing that they’re dead. That’s a ridiculous thing to think,
isn’t it? I know it’s ridiculous but I can’t get past it.”
    Abbie
smiled at her. “Perhaps I should have tried driving a lorry.”
    Grace
laughed. She turned back in her seat and set off into the traffic again.
    A
sad sigh came from Abbie. “I’m not going to pass my test now, am I?”
    Grace
shot her a quick look and grinned. “You don’t need to drive. From what I’ve
seen of ghosts, some of them can fly!”
    Abbie
laughed. It was the first time she’d done so since they’d met.
    Grace
arrived at the shop a short while later. She parked at the rear so that she
could unload the boxes straight into the building. Before she got out of the
van Grace said to Abbie, “I think you’re attached to something that was in that
storage locker, something that’s in one of those boxes. From what I’ve seen so
far, the boxes seem to be full of books. Is there a particular book you might
be attached to? One from your childhood perhaps.”
    Abbie
shrugged. “I can’t think of anything. Should I call out if I see anything
familiar?”
    “That
would help. You’ll most likely feel yourself being pulled out of the van when I
move a particular object.” Grace sighed and rubbed her aching arm muscles.
“Here I go again!”
    Grace
realised how out of shape she was as she took one box at a time out of the van
and transferred it to the shop. Grace kept checking on Abbie to see if she had
moved. She hadn’t.
    Grace
reached into the van for another box, she turned round and yelped in fright.
The box crashed to the ground.
    Abbie
was inches from her face. With a small smile she said, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to
make you jump.”
    “That’s
okay, we must have found what you’re attached to,” Grace said, the sound of her
heart still thudding in her ears. She looked down at the books scattered across
the yard. In a hopeful voice she asked if Abbie recognised any of the books.
    Abbie
looked closer, her face scrunched up in concentration. “That one!” She whooshed
over to a brightly coloured book and pointed at it. “Of course! I should have
remembered!”
    Grace
picked the book up and read the title – ‘Get Off Your Butt And Get In
That Car!’ She raised