Haunted Boston

PLACEHOLDER

The disappearance of the team who had been carrying out the research into portals into other dimensions had been both a major loss and a major find, or that's the way Gerald Hargreaves had chosen to look at it. After all, if they had discovered a portal and been drawn through it then they had proven that what Gerald had always believed was true, was true.

He drummed his fingers on the desk in the office he had started to frequent more often since the loss of the team. One of the drawbacks of losing the team, other than losing the actual team, was having to replace them. And he had decided that as there was now a good chance his hypothesis had been right, he was going to be a little more hands-on in the management of the business. That and both the manager and receptionist had disappeared at the same time as the team, along with a few other staff.

So the first task he had taken on was the replacement of team members. And today was back to back interviews with potential candidates for a number of positions. The ad had been placed by Elijah, the young man quite adept at turning his hand to anything required at the time, though Gerry thought the young man would probably draw the line at opening mail, and making coffee.

He picked up the elegant china cup that sat on a matching saucer and sipped the freshly brewed coffee, inhaling the aromatic steam as his eyes ran over the list of appointments on the sheet in front of him.