Graham climbs out of the water and sits down.
‘The best
way we can find her is to split up,’ Elle says, raising one eyebrow, deep in
thought.
‘Maybe we
should stick together,’ Yates says.
‘Look,
Yates,’ says Graham, ‘don’t worry, I’m nice, honest.’
‘That
remains to be seen,’ says Yates. ‘Look, I want to find Penny too, but hadn’t we
better look around for an end to our…predicament?’
‘But the
only person we know who knows anything about Ghost Physics is Teague?’ I say.
‘Unless Benjamin knows a thing, but the first time we know where he’s going to
be is next Friday?’
‘There
might be something in Thacker’s notes!’ Yates says, lifting the bag as if he’s
just remembered for the first time. ‘Though…’
‘What?’
Elle asks. ‘We can study them if you want?’
‘Just, I
don’t want them to go out of order. God knows what he’s done to them.’
‘I can
help,’ Graham says.
We all stop
and look at him.
‘What? Like
I can’t do a nice thing. I owe you.’
I look
Graham in the eye. I’ve yet to develop telepathy in my ghostly arsenal, but I
tried to communicate to him the idea to behave, to be humble for once in his
life.
‘You’d help
me?’ he asks.
‘Of
course,’ he says. ‘Two heads are better than one.’
Yates
considers it. Me and Elle look back and forth between them.
‘Alright,’
he says. ‘And while we study, you two can go and look for Penny.’
‘Are you
sure?’ I say. I feel selfish. But everyone here wants to help me. Does that
mean I should be selfless and help them?
‘We’ll
report back every day,’ Elle says. ‘There’s an Irish bar called Finnegan’s near
the Coliseum that’s pretty quiet during the day.’
‘We’ll be
there,’ Graham says.
Yates stays
quiet. I wonder was he thinking of returning to his house.
‘OK, plan,’
Elle confirms. ‘Right, science boy. Where to?’
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