HAUNTED STATES of AMERICA HAUNT and SEEK THOMAS KINGSLEY TROUPE JOLLY FISH PRESS Mendota Heights Minnesota
CHAPTER 1 WINDY CITY Ben Tajima couldn’t believe people sometimes About halfway through their five-and-a-half-hour bus ride from Columbus Ohio to Chicago Illinois he saw something he didn’t expect The middle-aged guy across the aisle from him had taken his shoes and socks off It was bad enough seeing the man’s grungy bare feet and toenails Even worse They could have used a trim maybe a month or two ago Even worse than that He was picking the lint from between his toes and dropping what he found on the ground Gross Lola his younger sister said aloud She was looking over at the man from the seat next to Ben Her voice was loud enough for the man to look up from his
work As the man started to turn his head Ben elbowed Lola then pretended to be engrossed in his book again What Lola whispered Ben leaned forward to cut off her view of the man His heart thumped in his chest He didn’t know if the guy was staring at them with his bare feet hanging out or not but it sure felt like it
