Cheryl squeezed her eyes closed in an attempt to shut out the outside world, but she still couldn’t shut out the music pumping through her mind. The incessant disco beat seemed to crowd her thoughts at the most inconvenient times. Her head pounded. She opened her eyes to see Adam and their new client, Janet, staring at her. They both looked concerned.
“Are you okay?” Adam asked. He walked over to her and put his hand on her arm as if steadying her.
She shook her head. “I just have a bit of a headache.” She looked at Adam, hoping he would understand. She didn’t want to tell a new client that a ghost had been harassing her with an annoying disco beat, and she’d been unable to concentrate on anything for what felt like weeks now. “I’m sorry.” She looked at Janet, who had a friendly round f
