Shaun and Jeffrey were happily enjoying their buffet dinner whilst chatting about their previous cases when they heard a shrill scream coming from behind them. Turning around, they perceived that the rest of the customers in the dining hall were all motionless, staring with their mouths wide open towards the buffet area, where they saw trays, plates and cutlery appearing to float in mid-air. In fact, Shaun and Jeffrey, who had supernatural abilities, spotted several ghosts carrying the trays and dishes around, having a great time. Only after a few minutes did people begin to come to their senses and dashed out of the dining hall whilst others were so petrified that they appeared to be rooted to the spot.
"What happened?" whispered Jeffrey to Shaun. "I don't remember sensing any ghosts when we first entered the hotel."
"It must've been the magic charm!" responded Shaun, referring to the Taoist charm which Tiffany had ripped off the coconut tree trunk on their way back from the beach that afternoon. "Every magic charm must have its purpose and I guess we now know why it was there. It must've been there to seal the spirits in that tree. Now that the charm is gone, the ghosts can roam freely around the hotel."
"In order to send these ghosts away, we'll have to at least find out a bit about the history of this hotel," mumbled Jeffrey pensively.
"Exactly! We'd better also discover who those ghosts were before they died and why they're still here!" replied Shaun. "We could ask Tiffany. Her father is a shareholder of this hotel, so perhaps he'd know something about its past. Speaking of whom, where's Tiffany?"
"I remember she mumbled about going to the toilet around half an hour or so ago," answered Jeffrey. "That's odd! She should've been back ages ago! What's taking her so long?"
Suddenly, the detectives heard a high-pitched scream coming from upstairs.
"What now!" cried Jeffrey. "Don't tell me there are more ghosts!"
"Let's go find out!" replied Shaun.
Dashing up the stairs, the detectives reached the floor above only to discover that the cleaning lady was screaming whilst her cleaning cart was being pushed around by a ghost. Except that the maid could not perceive the ghost, so she thought that her cart was moving on its own accord.
"It seems like this hotel is now haunted by a group of ghosts, not just the ones we saw in the dining hall," concluded Shaun.
"I didn't know that a piece of paper could be that useful and the absence of which could make such a huge difference to a place," declared Jeffrey.
Suddenly, Jeffrey received a phone call from Tiffany. Oh no! Is Tiffany in trouble?
~To be Continued~
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