Chapter 12
After
my bath I looked around a little. They had some baskets for people to put their
clothes in. Most of the stuff in there that people had lost were just random
things but I did find a couple objects looked useful. I found a little card
that a picture of some animals on it. I would have to ask someone what it was
for later. I also found a list of common superstitions in Japan.
I
went up to my room, laid down on my bed and tried to get to sleep. I thought
about all that had happened. All of it was pretty freaky. Thinking about the
case didn’t make it any easier to sleep. Since I couldn’t sleep I decided to
call Savannah, the ghost hunter.
When
the phone was answered I was surprised to hear a man’s voice, “Savannah
Woodham’s office. Logan speaking.”
“Can
I speak to Savannah Woodham please?” I asked him.
“Are
you one of interviews?”
“Interviews?”
“I’m
Savannah Woodham’s assistant. Is she interviewing you, about the expo?”
“No,
actually I wanted to talk to Savannah about a book she wrote,” I told him.
“Oh,
great! I’m so glad you called.”
“Really,
why’s that?”
“It’s
been like three days since I’ve gotten to hang up on someone. I wonder if I’m
still good at it.”
*click*
He
had just hung up on me! I couldn’t believe it. I dialed the number again.
“Logan
speaking,” he answered.
“Did
you just hang up on me?” I asked, very upset.
“Oh
absolutely. Just between you and me, it was awesome. In fact-“
*click*
I
just sat there in a slight shock. I couldn’t believe someone had just hung up
on me like that - twice! Well, the first call hadn’t been a total waste. I had
learned that Savannah Woodham was actually here in Japan, at the expo. There
was only one thing to do – call Bess and George!
“Nancy,
what’s up?” asked George.
“Not
much, I’ll tell you in a minute. How’s Kyoto?”
“It’s
the best! Yumi’s been showing me some of the coolest parts of town. The fashion
sense here is crazy! Yumi took me to a store – I don’t even know how to
describe this place… it was pink! Really, really pink! It had the pink version
of everything you could imagine!” Bess told me.
“Wow
that sounds awesome! I wish I had gone shopping with you guys!”
“I
was horrified,” said George, “But then she took us to the Gion district – so
cool! She was a little grumpy that we wanted to see some traditional plays, but
I think she had fun anyway.”
“Sounds
fun! How’s the expo going, George?”
“It’s
crazy! I’ve never seen so many clever people in one space – I’m defiantly
dealing with a little bit of that small fish, large pond anxiety. I’m still
trying to get tickets for you, but it’s not looking good,” she replied.
“That’s
ok, thanks for tying,” I told her, “What do you guys think of Yumi?”
“She’s
so much fun, a little pushy sometimes, but I feel like we’ve known each other
for years, and we just met,” said Bess.
“She
seems to really dislike the ryokan. Do you think she’d want to see it closed
down?” I asked.
“Well…
I can’t say for sure. She does really seem to resent that place. But I’m not
sure if she’d go as far as to see it shut down… I just don’t know,” said
George.
“I
found this strange book about ghosts in Yumi’s apartment with a note from the
author.”
“What
do you mean?” asked Bess.
“It
had a dedication from the author, Savannah Woodham, to the Shumizu family, but
the really weird thing is, there’s a chapter missing.”
“What
was in the missing chapter? Nope, strike that. That is a dumb question,” said
George.
“That’s
pretty strange. Maybe you can find another copy of the book somewhere,”
suggested Bess.
“There’s
a business card with the authors number inside, but more importantly, the table
of contents says the missing chapter was about the ryokan,” I told them.
“Weird!
Did you call?” asked Bess.
“I
called Savannah, but she’s got a really protective assistant.”
“Yeah?”
asked Bess.
“Apparently
she’s in Kyoto now, covering the expo for some tech magazine, so she’s pretty
busy. If I could get past her assistant, I could finally figure out what this
whole book is about.”
“Wait,
so this guy is at the expo?”asked George
“Pretty
sure.”
“Then
we’ve got this one!” said George
“We
do?” asked Bess
“Yup.
We’re going to find them, and you are going to flirt up a distraction,” said
George, sounding excited about this.
“I
am?” asked Bess.
“Yes.
You are,” George told her.
“Well,
at the very least this will be interesting,” said Bess.
“And
if it’s a mortifying failure or anything – which it might be, we do live
thousands of miles away!” said George.
“Solid
point, we’ll keep you updated, Nancy,” said Bess, sounded a little excited
herself now too.
“Thanks!”
I told them, “I looked in this mirror, and instead of seeing my reflection, I
saw a ghostly image.”
“Ugh,
creepy!” said Bess.
“Cool!”
said George.
“…
Actually, I’m gonna side with Bess on this one.”
“No!
I’ve heard of stuff like this before. There’s a thing you can do with glass to
throw a false image… but it’s a really fussy process, it’s hard to do without breaking
the mirror,” George told me.
“Yeah!
The mirror broke… so do you think it’s possible it was rigged?”
“More
possible than the other option…” said George.
Knowing
that Bess and George were working on the thing with Logan I could finally get
some sleep, but thanks to that mirror trick it wasn't much…
A pink store! If you look real close you can see the Hello Kitty logo on one of the shirts! I love Hello Kitty!!! Haha! =D
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