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Boo Proves His Worth
“For what it’s worth, her name is coming up a lot,” Mara said from where she was sitting on the far end of the stationmaster’s desk, scanning through files on a tablet. “High praise from lots of folks rid of ghost problems.”
Alexei, the stationmaster, turned his attention back to April, who stood in front of his desk, Boo scampering about her feet, sniffing at everything.
“You are who you say you are,” he allowed, crossing his arms as he leaned back in his chair. “But I’m not sure you are what you say you are.”
“You don’t believe in ghosts,” April said, remembering what Lars and Hakim had told her before. “But that’s not important.”
“It’s not?”
“No. It doesn’t matter. Because those people do. And it doesn’t matter what happens when I go inside the sealed-off
