5 More Ghost Trouble

CHAPTER 5 MORE GHOST TROUBLE "What the devil is that?" Beckett asked as Cosmo dog-paddled around the entryway of the library. "My dog, Cosmo," Kaz said with a grin. "Woof! Woof!" Cosmo barked. "Okay." Beckett leaped out of the dog's way. "Maybe a better question is: Why is he here?" Kaz didn't think that was a better question. He thought it was a strange question. "Because I'm here," he said. "Cosmo is my dog, so he should be with me." "We're going to bring all of Kaz's family

here," Claire said as she dropped her detective bag by the door and kicked off her shoes. "Once we find them all." "What?" Beckett exclaimed, his hat flying off his head. "No! You can't!" "Why not?" Claire asked. Beckett grabbed his hat and placed it firmly back on his head. "Because this is a library, not a hotel. There isn't room for Kaz's whole family." He darted out of the way as Cosmo dog-paddled past again. "What are you talking about? There's plenty of room," Kaz said. The library was almost as big as his old haunt. "Not in my private haunt, there isn't," Beckett said. "No one said we'd all live there," Kaz said. Kaz had never even seen Beckett's secret room. "Meow," called a soft voice from the stairs. Claire's cat, Thor, peeked between the slats of the railing.

"Uh-oh," Kaz said. He knew Thor didn't like him very much, and it looked as though Thor liked ghost dogs even less than he liked ghost boys. But Cosmo wasn't afraid of Thor. "Woof! Woof!" Cosmo barked, lunging at the solid cat. "MEOW!" Thor spun on his heels and bounded up the stairs. Cosmo tore after Thor. He chased Claire's cat upstairs... then downstairs... then upstairs again... then back downstairs and into the children's room. Claire, Kaz, and Beckett raced after them. Grandma Karen gasped as Thor leaped up onto her desk. Cosmo nipped at Thor's tail, and Thor turned around and hissed. He batted his paw at Cosmo, but his paw passed through the ghost dog. "Cosmo!" Kaz said at the same time Claire said, "Thor!" "Good heavens!" Grandma Karen sank back against her chair. "What's the matter with that

cat?" Cosmo lunged for Thor. Thor jumped down and darted across the room. Cosmo stayed right on his tail. They ran from room to room until they couldn't run anymore. Then, they dropped to their bellies at opposite ends of the entryway. "Well, that was entertaining," Beckett said with half a smile. "I changed my mind. The dog can stay." "Woof! Woof!" "MEOW!" "Woof! Woof!" "MEOW!" Claire had a hard time sleeping that night. So did Grandma Karen. A little after midnight, Kaz heard Grandma Karen's bedroom door creak open. "What's the trouble, Thor?" Grandma Karen whispered out in the hallway. "Where are you running off to in such a hurry?" Claire threw her covers off and went to open

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her door. "Did Thor wake you up, too?" Grandma Karen asked. "Yeah, I guess," Claire replied with a yawn. Grandma Karen shook her head. "That cat has been acting strange all day. It's like he sees something that isn't there." Claire bit her lip. Back in her bedroom, Claire told Kaz, "Your dog and my cat will make friends with each other eventually. They just need to get used to each other." Kaz hoped she was right. The next morning, all was quiet inside the library. Too quiet, Kaz and Claire agreed. "Thor?" Claire called. "Cosmo?" Kaz called. Neither animal came when they were called. "I wonder where they are," Claire said. Kaz followed Claire into the kitchen. Claire