Jane dove into her own research, now that she had taken care of the big, time-consuming tasks like planning how to renovate the inside of her new building, ordering cabinets and display cases, and creating her own sanctum in the apartment on the third floor that was three times larger than her current apartment. She calculated how much more space she would have and researched new items to add to her spa’s inventory. That was the fun part. Then she programmed her computer’s search engine to flag any stories that appeared on the Web dealing with Neighborlee, any police news, TV broadcasts, following up on personalities. Digging further on news in the town and surrounding area kept her busy in the evenings and helped her ignore the constantly fluctuating feelings about the Ghost. Honestly, when was Fendersburg going to accept the fact the Ghost was gone, and nothing they could do or say would bring him back?
She studied the major
businesses in Neighborlee, the community leaders, and town stories and legends.
Jane learned the Tattler had been bought at Thanksgiving by Sheridan
Communications. That necessitated a quick trip to the Sanctum to confer with
Demetrius and Beau, resulting in two researchers being assigned to dig into the
Sheridan family. The family patriarch had been a graduate of Neighborlee
Children’s Home, a lost child. Even more important, he had had several close
calls with Demetrius and Beauregard in the past. Whether he was friend or foe
was uncertain, but the Hoax family was sure he wasn’t allied with the Rivals.
Not like the resident Neighborlee nasties, the Grandstone family.
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