After the family went to sleep.
Jack with no energy left could only walk around the house while boringly waiting for them to wake up tomorrow.
...
The next morning after a peaceful sleep the family was up and about already eating breakfast.
"I'm going to call and try to make an appointment with the medium today. " Sarah said as she remembered the psychic medium she found.
"Alright." David approved as he ate breakfast.
"It's really quiet today." David noticed that nothing happened overnight.
"Maybe it left?" Sarah hoped, she didn't want to watch over her shoulder when she was alone in her house.
Jack heard this and mischievously smirked. He walked over to the table and willed an orb to appear and fly around the family.
"It's the pretty light again!" Angelica exclaimed excitedly as she reached her hands up and tried to catch the orb.
Sarah regretted that she spoke those words and shifted uncomfortably as she saw the orb disappear after doing a few laps around them quickly.
"Sweetheart, have you seen this orb before?"
David with a serious and concerned face paid more attention to what his daughter said. This isn't the first time she saw it.
"Yeah! I saw it the other night." Angelica nodded and explained but left out she was supposed to be asleep.
"Listen to me sweetie next time tell us when you see things like this." Sarah seriously instructed her daughter.
"Ok!" Angelica saw her mom's stern face and nodded obediently.
Jack looked at his status and saw his experience go up a bit.
[70%]
'Not bad for a quick spook with little energy expenditure.' Jack thought as he watched the family converse some more and finished breakfast.
David and Angelica moved to the living room while Sarah got her phone out and started calling the number to schedule the appointment.
"Hello, I'm calling to schedule a home visit to help with a spirit that is haunting us. " Sarah said to the person on the other side of the phone.
"You need my email to book the appointment? Alright, no problem." Sarah complied and gave her information including her name, birth date, and email.
"Can the appointment be scheduled today?" Sarah inquired and she received a positive response.
"That's great, in the afternoon then?" Sarah asked and then gave her credit information for the billing.
After a few more questions Sarah hung up the phone feeling great even though it is going to cost her an arm and a leg, at last, she can get her peaceful life back! This professional should help the ghost move on.
Jack hearing her make the call looked at her skeptically. He doesn't think he can move on to heaven or hell if they even exist.
Sarah then walked out of the kitchen almost skipping in excitement as she sat down next to her husband with a small smile on her face.
"I called and the medium can come today in the afternoon. " Sarah expectantly told her husband.
"Good, hopefully, we can truly help it move on to a better place. " David said as he hoped for the best outcome.
"What are you talking about mommy?" Angelica asked innocently with a head tilt.
"Nothing for you to worry about sweetheart. A friend is going to come over in the afternoon so be on your best behavior." David said dotingly to his daughter.
The conversation died down as the family watched television together.
Meanwhile, Jack concluded it will probably be for the best to save his energy for the medium later.
...
Soon lunch came around and the family sat at the table eating and chatting.
"When will our friend be here?" David asked.
"In a few hours. " Sarah replied.
"Angelica, can you play in your room when our friend comes so the adults can talk?" David asked Angelica. She pouted, her parents were being sneaky recently always asking her to go to her room.
"Do I have to daddy? I'm a big girl now." She asked with puppy dog eyes.
"Please." David requested again.
"Fine." Angelica relented.
"Thank you, I promise I'll get you your favorite snack later. " David said while whispering the last part to her.
Angelica smiled and bobbed her head.
Sarah watched their interaction and rolled her eyes when she saw them think they were making a secret deal.
Soon the family who had finished lunch and was back in the living room heard some knocks on the door.
"Come on I'll take you to your room. " David said as he held Angelica's hand and guided her.
"I'll get the door." Sarah followed after them and walked to the door and opened it.
She saw a pretty young lady standing in front of the door she looked like a hippy with a green baggy shirt and flowers in her shaggy hair.
"Hello, I'm Chris, is this the Wilson family's home?" Asked the young lady.
"Yes, I'm Sarah nice to meet you please come in. " Sarah said as she opened the door to let her in.
"I'm David nice to meet you." David greeted her as he came back from taking Angelica to her room.
"Pleasure." Said Chris smiling as she walked inside and shook David's hand.
"Let's talk in the living room. " Sarah recommended and retrieved her hand and led the way to the living room couch while David closed the door and Chris followed.
"Please let me get a chair for you." Sarah said as she went to pull a chair over so they could sit facing each other.
After Sarah put a chair opposite the couch the family sat down on the couch and Chris sat on the chair.
Jack moved closer to the medium to see if she could see or feel him but she didn't react at all.
"Alrighty, Please explain what you called me here for. " Chris asked as she crossed her legs and got comfortable.
"Our home is haunted and we want it to end, so we called you here to help it move on."
David and Sarah exchanged a glance and talked to each other with their eyes before Sarah started explaining the situation.
"Hmmm, I see, I see." Chris took out a crystal ball from her bag and started rubbing it all over with a dead serious face.
"ooooh. yes. uhhhh. mhmm." Chris made a bunch of noises while the couple exchanged weirded-out glances, they started to doubt if this was a good choice.
Jack was 50% sure she was a con artist at this point.
"Ahaaa!!" Chris suddenly cried out.
"Yes, there is a very powerful evil spirit here. do you have a daughter?" Chris inquired as she put her crystal ball away.
The family had started to doubt her but this immediately made them believe her again, how could she know they had a daughter, they never told her.
In reality, it wasn't hard to guess. They have toys in the corner she noticed when she walked in and also the photos have her in them.
"Yes, how did you know?" Sarah questioned Chris.
"I can detect that the evil spirit is attached to your daughter, I must see her be sure." Chris demanded.
"What?!?" x2
The family both exclaimed in fear and shock.
Meanwhile, Jack rolled his eyes in disbelief, he was already 100% sure she was fake. After all, he knows he's not evil nor is he attached to Angelica.
"I'll go get her right away!" David said with a panicked face as he got up and ran to get Angelica.
"How do we get it to let go of her? Please help us." Sarah begged Chris frantically.
"Don't worry I just need to see her." Chris tried to calm her down.
David soon came back with Angelica in tow.
"What's wrong, Daddy?" Angelica looked at her father with concern since she was taken in here hurriedly.
"Nothing, just let this nice young lady see you." David told her while placing her in front of him and gently pushing her to Chris.
"Come here, child." Chris implored because Angelica looked hesitant as she stepped in front of her.
"Yes, I see. mhm. Oh my."Chris reached out to Angelica's face and started rubbing her face all over and pulling her cheeks.
" Yes, it's a very powerful attachment. The spirit is the strongest I've ever seen. This will require quite the purification." Chris told the family and stopped when Angelica looked like she was about to cry.
Hearing what she said the family looked at her with even greater concern. Angelica is finally freed from the weird lady and ran to hide behind her parents.
"What can we do?" Sarah asked with great concern as she clenched her hands together in front of her chest.
"Luckily for you, I can get rid of this evil spirit-" the lady started with a smug face.
"That's great!" David interrupted her in relief.
"*Cough* Yes well, it will be costly." Chris coughed at being interrupted and continued.
" No matter the cost as long as Angelica is safe!" David said again while Sarah started to get wary.
"The ceremony will cost $1000."
The couple stilled instantly.
Jack hearing this decided that he can't watch this anymore. there's no way he'll let the family get conned because of him.
Fake mediums like Chris use the client's email and name to search for information on them and then give a bogus claim just to get the clients to pay for another session or a so-called solution for their problems.
In reality, she just tells them what they want to hear. she used the fact that they believe they're haunted and their worry for Angelica to get them to spend more to relieve themselves of their fears, not caring whether it works or not.