Landon: Justice Series ― Erotica Paranormal Romance by Kathi S. Barton

door until she came out, and then following her down the hall until she was next to Landon. Or one of them. Then Vinnie realized that Logan was falling in love with the woman. And the ghost knew it, Vinnie thought.
    “Please don’t speak to him. I don’t think she can see him; or she might know he’s there, but does not speak to him.” Vinnie leaned back and waited for Logan to explain himself. “He’s not related to her. He’s someone that she was supposed to find for the family, but his body was...he wasn’t happy that they were not able to find all of him. He’d been dismembered by his murderer, and the family was satisfied with what she’d been able to locate for them. But I think...do you think that he is bothering her for some reason?”
    “No. I think he’s keeping her safe from someone else. How much?” Vinnie asked him quietly. Logan nodded as if he knew what she meant, and she waited for him to return to her after he’d gone to see his grandson. Landon had left the room for a moment, and when Logan returned, he said that Kari was in the final stages of labor. “How much was she able to find for them?”
    “All but his head. I don’t think he thought they should have been happy with her not finding it. But you should know that she did try. I heard that she even went out to the site where the body had been located by herself to see if she could find it on her own. But she wasn’t that lucky.” She asked him if they’d caught the murderer. “Oh yes. She was able to lead them to him when they found the saw that he’d used. Left some of him behind on it, I guess. I’m not sure how all that works, you see. But she is trying to find it. You think that he’s protecting her from my Landon? I assure you that he’s not going to hurt her.”
    “I know that. But you’ve been watching her for more than just the few times you’ve seen her at your son’s house.” The man looked around nervously, and she did as well. The only person who might have been able to hear her was Kari, and she was a little busy right now with birthing the baby. “How long have you had your eye on her for Landon?”
    “Landon is very...he’s more than just lonely, but he’s hurting too. Some days I despair of him getting out of the house when he had no reason to, and I think that his parents hurt him more than I thought. Not that I don’t still believe that, but with her with him, he can think on other things other than...other than what he believes he’s responsible for.” She asked him what that might be. “You know his name and how old he is, don’t you? Well, look him up. I can’t...someone should have done it long before now to help him, but I don’t think...no, I know that Landon would leave should someone find out. But it’s all lies.”
    “He killed someone.” Logan shook his head sadly. “Then he thinks he did. And his parents are blaming him for it.”
    “Look him up.” Logan stood up then and moved away before turning back to her. “When you need me, just call my name. I’ve learned to keep myself hidden from people like you, and it has served me well. But you call me when you’ve figured it out and I’ll come back to you.”
    When he faded out of the room, Vinnie sat there for several minutes, not paying much attention to the things going on around her. As she sat there, her mind drifting in and out, she started to close her eyes, and that was when she saw them.
    The boys looked like preps. Both of them were about sixteen to seventeen years old when they were killed. And neither of them looked like it had been a very easy death, either. They’d been burned, and badly. The taller of the two worse than the other.
    They were tormenting Landon. Not only that, but they were touching him, sticking their bodies into his until he had to get up and move. The boys, laughing now, followed him to the other side of the room and began their torment again. She had no idea what they were saying, but whatever