good.”
All business again, Bo strode back to the doorway leading to the hall to begin a more methodical survey of the room. Sam followed, smiling to himself. Of all the possible explanations for the strange events in the house, a dangerously high EMF was the only one Janine would accept without argument. She might even thank them for finding it.
Janine’s gratitude would, in Sam’s opinion, make the whole thing worthwhile. The past several months had been painfully difficult for Bo, and Sam figured it was about time things went right for a change when it came to Bo’s sons and their prickly mother.
Don’t get ahead of yourself, Sam, the logical part of his mind warned. There might be other things going on here besides the EMF. Finish the investigation before you start jumping to conclusions.
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Tamping down his optimism as best he could, Sam pulled his focus back to the job at hand.
***
Shutting off the video on his computer, Dean leaned back in his chair and stretched.
“Nothing on this one.”
“Same here.” Sam halted his own video and turned to face Dean, who sat at the desk beside his. “All we have left is one audio recorder and a little bit of thermal, right?” Dean nodded. “Yep. Looks like this case might be a bust.”
“God, I hope so,” Sam said with feeling.
Dean laughed. “Yeah, for once I guess we all kind of hope that.” Sam slumped in his seat with a yawn. It had taken them two days—well, one and a half, seeing as how Wednesday was only half over—to go over the bulk of the video, audio and thermal from Friday night and Monday. Janine had refused to let the group come back after Monday, claiming they’d already found the cause of her family’s hallucinations.
So far, the hours of tape they’d reviewed bore out Janine’s opinion. They revealed nothing more sinister than one loose shutter and a couple of bats in the attic. That fact, combined with the high level of electromagnetism leaking from the entertainment center to the children’s rooms upstairs, lent strength to Bo’s theory that an uncontrolled electromagnetic field lay at the heart of Lee and the boys’ experiences. Sam had been almost afraid to hope Bo was right, but it seemed as though he was.
Sam was relieved, and not only because it meant Sean and Adrian were in no danger after all. He much preferred Bo relaxed and happy than tense with worry over his sons.
The front door opened, letting in a blast of damp wind as David rushed inside.
“Damn, it’s blowing hard out there.” Shucking his jacket, David hung it on the coat rack and mopped the beaded raindrops from his face. “Y’all find anything yet?” Dean shook his head. “Zippo. What about you, did the research turn up anything juicy?”
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“Nope. That old house is as boring as they get.” David crossed to the coffeepot on the other side of the room, grabbed his War Eagle mug from the shelf and filled it to the brim. He blew once across the steaming surface before taking a cautious sip. “No murders, no suicides, nothing. Only one person died there that I could find, and she went peacefully in her sleep.”
Dean wrinkled his nose. “God, you’re right. Dull as dishwater, as my granny used to say.”
Laughing, Sam rose to his feet. “In this case, dull is good. Bo’s very happy that we haven’t found anything, and I for one want to keep him happy.” “I bet,” David said with a smirk.
“Shut up.” Sam walked over and flicked David’s ear. Ignoring the resulting yelp, he poured coffee and creamer into his own mug. “The fact that no one’s reported any hauntings at the house in the past, or any violent deaths which might produce hauntings, just makes it more likely that we’re right about this being hallucinations caused by that ridiculous EMF level.”
Dean rubbed his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face. “Speaking of which, what are we
All business again, Bo strode back to the doorway leading to the hall to begin a more methodical survey of the room. Sam followed, smiling to himself. Of all the possible explanations for the strange events in the house, a dangerously high EMF was the only one Janine would accept without argument. She might even thank them for finding it.
Janine’s gratitude would, in Sam’s opinion, make the whole thing worthwhile. The past several months had been painfully difficult for Bo, and Sam figured it was about time things went right for a change when it came to Bo’s sons and their prickly mother.
Don’t get ahead of yourself, Sam, the logical part of his mind warned. There might be other things going on here besides the EMF. Finish the investigation before you start jumping to conclusions.
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Tamping down his optimism as best he could, Sam pulled his focus back to the job at hand.
***
Shutting off the video on his computer, Dean leaned back in his chair and stretched.
“Nothing on this one.”
“Same here.” Sam halted his own video and turned to face Dean, who sat at the desk beside his. “All we have left is one audio recorder and a little bit of thermal, right?” Dean nodded. “Yep. Looks like this case might be a bust.”
“God, I hope so,” Sam said with feeling.
Dean laughed. “Yeah, for once I guess we all kind of hope that.” Sam slumped in his seat with a yawn. It had taken them two days—well, one and a half, seeing as how Wednesday was only half over—to go over the bulk of the video, audio and thermal from Friday night and Monday. Janine had refused to let the group come back after Monday, claiming they’d already found the cause of her family’s hallucinations.
So far, the hours of tape they’d reviewed bore out Janine’s opinion. They revealed nothing more sinister than one loose shutter and a couple of bats in the attic. That fact, combined with the high level of electromagnetism leaking from the entertainment center to the children’s rooms upstairs, lent strength to Bo’s theory that an uncontrolled electromagnetic field lay at the heart of Lee and the boys’ experiences. Sam had been almost afraid to hope Bo was right, but it seemed as though he was.
Sam was relieved, and not only because it meant Sean and Adrian were in no danger after all. He much preferred Bo relaxed and happy than tense with worry over his sons.
The front door opened, letting in a blast of damp wind as David rushed inside.
“Damn, it’s blowing hard out there.” Shucking his jacket, David hung it on the coat rack and mopped the beaded raindrops from his face. “Y’all find anything yet?” Dean shook his head. “Zippo. What about you, did the research turn up anything juicy?”
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“Nope. That old house is as boring as they get.” David crossed to the coffeepot on the other side of the room, grabbed his War Eagle mug from the shelf and filled it to the brim. He blew once across the steaming surface before taking a cautious sip. “No murders, no suicides, nothing. Only one person died there that I could find, and she went peacefully in her sleep.”
Dean wrinkled his nose. “God, you’re right. Dull as dishwater, as my granny used to say.”
Laughing, Sam rose to his feet. “In this case, dull is good. Bo’s very happy that we haven’t found anything, and I for one want to keep him happy.” “I bet,” David said with a smirk.
“Shut up.” Sam walked over and flicked David’s ear. Ignoring the resulting yelp, he poured coffee and creamer into his own mug. “The fact that no one’s reported any hauntings at the house in the past, or any violent deaths which might produce hauntings, just makes it more likely that we’re right about this being hallucinations caused by that ridiculous EMF level.”
Dean rubbed his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face. “Speaking of which, what are we
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