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Chapter 9 - Zack, Again

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While they wait for Brandon and Brook to arrive, they counted all of their earnings from today's magic act.

"562.59 dollars?!" Clark exclaimed.

"Yeah, this is not enough." Collin said. "We earned way more money back then when we did street performance."

"Literally not enough to buy a single ticket." Leslie said with disappointment.

Brandon and Brook arrived.

"Hello guys!" Brandon called out. "How was the magic act?"

"Pretty good." Clark said. "We earned about 560 dollars."

"Really?!" Brandon exclaimed. "I guess I should re-think of my career."

"Hey Clark." Someone called out. "Collin!"

It was Zack. "Guys!"

"Did he just called Collin?" Leslie asked.

"Yeah." Clark answered. "He's a medium."

"What's a medium?" Leslie asked again.

"A person who can see ghosts." Collin replied. "He can also touch them."

"Does he know that you are a ghost?" Jessica asked Collin.

"No." He replied.

Zack finally reached them and now he's standing with everyone else. "Hey guys."

He breathed heavily then rested his left shoulder on a tree. "So Clark. Do you want to tell me something? Something about Collin?"

Collin and Clark froze there, not knowing what to reply. Zack is still waiting for an answer.

"What do you mean?" Clark said, his voice trembling

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"What do you mean?" Clark said, his voice trembling.

"Earlier, I was here in about 9:00 am." Zack said. "There was a funeral held in this park. And next to the coffin stood a picture of a man named 'Collin Bradey'."

He walked away from the tree and stood next to them. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Well," I said. "No offense, but we just met you and we don't know if we can trust you with that."

"Dude," he said. "I can see ghosts when I was a kid. I didn't tell a soul."

He chuckled a bit. "Get it? Soul?"

No one laughed with him. "Okay."

He looked at the others. "Any more spiritual entities with you?"

"Yeah." Collin replied. "This is Jessica and Brook."

"Nice to meet you!" Both of them said to Zack.

"So, taking more photographs?" Clark asked him.

"Yeah." Zack replied. "I photographed some curches and cathedrals around here in LA."

He pulled out a couple of pictures from his messenger bag. "Here's a picture of New City Church of Los Angeles, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Union Church of Los Angeles, and St. Peter's Italian Catholic Church."

"Impressive." Collin said, touching his chin while nodding. "You don't ever get tired?"

"Well, I'm on the track team back in high school so I have a lot of stamina."

He also noticed the outfit and props that they have. "Did you guys do a magic show or something?"

"Yeah." Collin spoke. "Since nobody can see us, we can make it look like things are floating and stuff."

"Good thing there are no mediums on those audience."

"Yeah, or we're screwed."

They laughed. "Hey guys, can I take a picture of all of you?" He asked.

"Sure." Clark said. "Go ahead."

Before of them fixed their position, Collin says "Wait. We're ghosts. We won't even be in the pictures if you take one."

Zack clicked his tongue and at the same time, snapped his fingers. "You're right. Is it okay if I took a photo of the three of them instead?"

"Sure." Collin said.

Jessica followed it with a "Yeah."

Brook shrugged. "Why not."

Clark, Leslie, and Brandon set themselves in place. They smiled at the camera. Zack pressed the shutter. The flash covered their face then slowly, the photo develops.

Zack took the developed photo. "Stay there, I'm gonna take another one."

He took another one. "There."

He gave them the photo that was recently taken. "So you can never forget this day of 'magic'."

"Well, gotta go." He said. "There are more churches in this town. After churches, ponds are next."

"Okay." Clark said. "See you in some other time."

By that, he walked away until he's out of sight.

"He seems nice." Leslie said.

"Yeah." Collin said. "I'll send the photo later. Let's go."

Today was very exhausting, even for a ghost, so they decided to not do anything else after and go home to get some rest.

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