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Jake’s.”
    “He
said that?” I was horrified. “That man, or whatever he is, is evil.”
    Tommy
suddenly shivered, “If you hadn’t turned up, I might have killed myself!”
    Jake
said something.
    I
said, “Jake says you’re too much of a coward for that.”
    Tommy
grinned.
    I
asked Tommy to come with us back to Jake’s house so that he could tell Jake’s
mum exactly what happened that night, and he could tell her about Devlin.
    Tommy
agreed. His cheeks went a bit red and he mumbled, “Can you leave the room
please? I’m naked under here.”
    I
quickly went out, I could hear Jake laughing as I went.
    As
I thought about Devlin I remembered the disgusting handshake he’d forced on me so
I went into the bathroom to give my hands a good wash.
    As
I turned on the water I looked up into the bathroom mirror. I saw my own face
looking back at me.
    And
someone else’s.
     

 
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    It
was Devlin.
    I
turned around. He wasn’t behind me. I turned back to the mirror, his evil face
looked back at me.
    “What
do you want?” I tried to be brave but I was scared stiff.
    Devlin
moved closer in the mirror. He took off his glasses. Oh, I did not like those
dead eyes. I couldn’t stop looking at them.
    He
hissed at me, “Jake’s soul was nearly mine, I almost had him. Then you came
along with your interfering ways! I nearly had Tommy too and then you turned up
again! I warned you, Kate, I said your little girl wouldn’t be safe.”
    I
stood up taller and said firmly, “You can’t hurt Emily, she’s protected. I
don’t know where you’ve come from but you can go back! I’m going to help as
many ghosts as I can. I’m not scared of you!”
    The
last part was a lie. I think Devlin knew that because he just smirked at me.
    “You
can have Jake, and you can have Tommy, but there’s someone else I’m working on
and I think she’s nearly ready to come with me. Goodbye, Kate.”
    Devlin
disappeared. I turned around to make sure he wasn’t hiding behind me.
    I
quickly turned off the taps and dried my hands.
    Devlin
could only mean one person – Rose!
    I
ran out of the bedroom and knocked on Tommy’s door.
    “Are
you ready? We have to leave now? I’ll be in the car.”
    I
raced down the stairs and towards my car. I opened the back door and looked in.
    Rose
wasn’t there!
    Devlin
must have taken her soul away.
    “Rose!
What has he done to you?” I felt like crying.
    I
got into the driver’s seat and waited for Tommy. I felt so powerless. I felt
like I had led Devlin to Rose.
    A
few minutes later Tommy got into the car. Jake floated in after him and sat in
the back.
    I
started up the car.
    “Aren’t
you going to wait for the old lady?” Jake asked.
    I
looked back at him and said, “Devlin’s taken her.”
    Jake
pointed out of the window and said, “Who’s that then?”
    I
looked over to where he was pointing. Rose was coming out of a neighbour’s
house. She joined us in the car.
    “What’s
wrong with your face, Kate? Has something upset you?” Rose asked.
    I
couldn’t help it, I burst into tears, “I thought Devlin had taken you! I
thought your soul had gone to a dark horrible place!”
    Rose
smiled, “I told you I wouldn’t let him do that. I just popped into Edith’s
house over the road there. Before I died she told me she was having a new
bathroom fitted. I thought I’d go and have a look. She’s got one of them fancy
power showers.”
    I
took a tissue out of my pocket and wiped my eyes. Tommy was looking around the
car.
    “How
many ghosts have you got in here?” he asked.
    “Just
the two,” I replied. I felt much better now that I knew Rose was safe.
    “If
Devlin wasn’t after you, who was he after? He said he’d been working on ‘her’,”
I said.
    There
was a silence for a few seconds then Jake shouted out, “Mum! He’s after my mum!”
     

 
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    I
quickly drove off.
    “Can’t
you go any faster!” Jake shouted.
    “I’m
going as fast as I can!” I