“So, is it gone?” Eric asked as he took the key from Morgan.
“You’ll still hear the door open and close,” Morgan told him truthfully. “But that’s all. Everything else is gone.” Mentally, she crossed her fingers. “The door noises are what’s called a residual haunting. An echo from history. The house isn’t haunted in the traditional sense. Eventually, the noises will fade away.”
“There’s nothing really here, just a bit of sound?” Eric asked cautiously. “The house isn’t haunted?”
“It’s not haunted. It’s just an echo. A house sat on this spot a hundred years ago and there was maybe some issue about the door upstairs. Nothing bad though.” Morgan hoped she sounded sincere. She hated lying.
“Did you find whatever you were looking for next door?
“There’s nothing there. The owner has a ton of
