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a poltergeist?” Jai trailed his fingers back and forth over the raw wood of the table while he spoke.
    It was an overtly erotic gesture, making her wish those fingers were trailing on her naked body instead. She found it hard to concentrate, because both of them looked as if they’d much rather be flirting than talking facts about the building. An undercurrent of sexual interest traversed the table, ricocheting between them. Occasionally the men would glance at each other, Garth with an almost territorial look in his eyes.
    “Yes. That can sometimes put people off buying a house if it had that kind of heritage.” She twisted her pen in her hand, weaving it between her fingers.
    Jai watched.
    Something about the simple habit she had of playing with her pen made him look brooding, his sensuous mouth pursed.
    “Any physical description for me?”
    Jai met and held her gaze.
    Garth pulled himself together to respond. “I’ve seen something moving in the periphery of my vision, and Jai has a sense of when she’s in a room, but she’s never clear.”
    “But you’re sure it’s a woman?”
    Jai nodded. “Somehow it feels that way, and there’s the cheap scent, very blousy and floral.” The way he said ‘feels’ was deliberately suggestive.
    Faye wrote it down. “She has a distinctive perfume, how intriguing. That must have been an important part of her corporeal persona if she has carried that with her.”
    “This is too weird, talking about it like this.” Garth ran his fingers over his short cropped hair, making Faye want to do the same.
    “Don’t worry, I’m used to it.” She gave him a reassuring glance.
    “It’s not even as if we’ve really seen anything specific, is it,” Jai said.
    Garth agreed. “With me it’s just like I get the feeling someone is there and see something from the corners of my eyes, but when I look properly I see nothing, even though I feel as if I’m not alone.”
    “It’s similar for me,” Jai continued, “but with the scent.”
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    Faye noticed how easy they were with each other, how their comments rolled from one to the other. “Does it make you feel uncomfortable, or afraid?”
    “No. It’s more that it’s weird,” Garth said, “you know, kind of eerie.”
    He probably wouldn’t have admitted fear anyway, but she felt he was being up front on that score. He seemed like a straight-forward kind of man. What it indicated to her was that the spirit wasn’t giving off malevolent vibes to them as the new occupants. “Is there a particular time of day that she appears?”
    Garth replied without hesitation. “Late at night, always. We were working elsewhere and checked on this place at night while the renovation was being done, and that’s when we started to notice.”
    “Anyone else caught sight of her—that you know of?”
    They were silent a moment then Jai spoke up. “One of the builders made a joke about it. He told us he thought the place was haunted when they came back to pick up their gear.”
    “Yes,” Garth agreed, “that’s what got us thinking we ought to investigate before we open the office formerly. What with our own odd feelings about a presence and his comments, it began to become an issue.”
    Faye nodded. “When will you officially begin working from here?”
    “Monday after next, nine days away,” Garth replied, “although I’ve started living in the private accommodation on the top floor.”
    “Ah, so you’re already resident.” That meant at least one of them wouldn’t be rushing off to a home elsewhere. If she had to wait around for the spirit to make an appearance some company would be ideal, especially two such intriguing men. Just then she felt her skin prickle and her perception shifted. There was indeed a paranormal presence in the building.
    “We’ve got a receptionist lined up to start next week,” Jai stated, “but I made a joke about the place being haunted