THE ELEVATOR DOORS slid open and the group emerged into a hallway lit only with candles. Soft, horror track music wafted from speakers set high in the walls, giving the candlelit atmosphere a spooky, if slightly hokey, feel.
Bella stepped into the hallway ahead of the group, turning to them with an unsmiling face that fit the mood perfectly. Fammy twined loudly around her ankles.
“We start the tour on the Sixth floor, because this is the site of the hotel’s most famous ghost...and murder.” She let that last word spin dramatically on the air between her and the rapt tour group.
After a few tension-filled seconds, Lila Snodgrass did what Bella expected her to do. She asked the right question. “Murder? There was a murder in this hotel?”
Bella stood just to the side of a large, white candl
