No Return: A Contemporary Phantom Tale - Plot & Excerpts
The empty house around him suddenly seemed suffocating, oppressive. Jerome had ridden off in the ambulance with Ennis, and not fifteen minutes ago Erik had gotten a call from his assistant, who told him that it looked as if Ennis was going to make it, even though he’d probably be in intensive care for several days. The wave of relief that washed over Erik was only temporary. Ennis would be fine—his malady of the heart had a purely physical cause. But what of the damage Christine’s escape attempt had done to Erik’s heart? The downpour of earlier that evening had diminished to a light drizzle. It felt cool and friendly against the exposed side of his face, which seemed to burn with the roiling emotions he tried so desperately to suppress. Tonight he was glad of the walk from the house to the garage, glad of the chance to feel the wind and rain in his hair. The many-bayed garage had been built by his father in the late ’40s, after the war. Once it had been filled with a collection of classic and performance cars, but Erik had donated all of them to charity except for his grandfather’s ’33 Rolls Royce Phantom II, which he couldn’t bear to part with.
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