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The month was coming to an end. Unfortunately, February skipped along happily to March without any consideration for Jessie’s birthday. Another year went by; Jessie stayed two and Megan turned ten! Since Jessie would not have a birthday, Megan would share hers with her twin sister, again.

Megan and Jessie waited for the birthday sleepover to arrive. The twins and their best friends, often did things together, but this would be the first sleepover in the basement room. They planned to push the double beds together, give each other makeovers, have pizza and talk all night. The Fayreweather twins were very excited about having their slumber party. Yet, Jessie was a little nervous about the party. Anxious that Raven would scare Hannah and Nikki.

Confidentially, Jessie told Nikki about the ghost in her basement. That she worried the ghost would cry and moan the night of the sleepover that Raven would ruin everything. If anyone would have a sensible suggestion on how to get rid of the ghost, it would be Nikkipedia.

Thriving on facts, Nikki did some research on the Internet about ghosts, looking for an e-book that might help. Having a voucher to download a book, she downloaded the electronic version of The Starter Séance, by Alistair Sagebourne, the renowned spirit seeker. Studying the text on her e-reader, Nikki hoped to help Jessie deal with Raven.

After reading through the Sagebourne book, Nikki was sure she had found a solution, and stopped by to see Jessie. Explaining that people held séances to make peace with ghosts, Nikki’s suggested they have a séance. Maybe then Raven the shadow ghost would be happy and go away, she would quit crying in the night, and Jessie would not be frightened any more.

Megan overheard Nikki telling...

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...ils and shimmery lips decided it was time to go to bed. The four girls went upstairs to brush their teeth, wash their faces, and to say good night to Jay J and Dr and Mrs Fayreweather. Even after the séance, none of the girls wanted to use the downstairs bathroom!

Scooting into the giant bed and snuggling together, the four girls talked for a while, about Raven the shadow ghost. As Jessie fell asleep, she could hear some soft humming that sounded a little like singing.

Maybe Raven was not so sad now that she had friends. Jessie was relieved the ghost was not crying in the darkness. From that night on when Jessie and Megan heard the groaning and creaking in the basement, they said hello and went back to sleep. Raven the shadow ghost had become their friend after meeting her at the séance. When she grew silent in the warmer months Megan and Jessie almost missed her.

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