Phantom Origins
Copyright© 2023 by George H. McVey
Chapter 7
Harold stood by the window in Lucas Hart’s office, watching the young man sort through emails, which he’d learned were like electronic letters. Amazing that they could cross the world in just a few seconds.
“Demons ... a witch ... nah. Boring,” Lucas muttered. “A yeti?” Lucas laughed. “Pass on that, too.”
Looking out the window, Harold smiled as he gazed at the lowering sun in the LA sky. It was amusing hearing Lucas talk to himself, especially about what he called supernatural stuff.
“Dracula? Really? Someone’s having a Twilight fantasy.” Harold turned back to Lucas when the younger man let out a huge laugh. “Oh, God. Paul has to hear this.”
Harold shook his head in wonder, as Lucas quickly tapped on his cellphone with his thumb, and then laid it on his desk.
“Hey, pain in the ass, what do you want?” said the voice of the man Harold knew was Paul Hourton.
Lucas grinned. “I’m looking for prospective investigations, and you have to hear this.”
Harold liked the way the two men bantered.
“Something good?”
“Oh, it’s good all right. This lady in Connecticut says that she can read her dog’s mind and that good ole, Sparky, her cocker spaniel, saw an alien last week,” Lucas said, his voice thick with restrained laughter. “Not only that, but she said that the alien told Sparky that the beings from his planet really dig Elvis.”
Paul and Lucas laughed together and Harold smiled. He knew who Elvis was and thought that his music wasn’t half-bad.
“That’s one of the funniest ones I found today,” Lucas said, looking at his computer again.
Harold moved to stand behind Lucas, and read the lines of type on the computer screen until he found the one he wanted. Then he placed his hand on the monitor and concentrated a little.
“What the hell?”
“What’s the matter?” Paul asked.
“My stupid mouse won’t scroll. It’ll let me click, though.” Lucas opened an email and started scanning it. “Hey, this sort of sounds interesting.”
“What does?”
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