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He says he doesn't know. He shivers and leaves. She thinks asking him, if he is okay, He nods. Her mom pulls outside to look at the area.

They are at the motel which C and J think is haunted. When they get to the room, behind the main door is a mirror. She goes behind him and sees two versions of him. One beside her and one in the mirror, they aren't the same. The one in the mirror is grayed out and gaunt, clothes soaked and river water pooling at feet. The Jacob in the mirror looks dead. She steps between them sand asks what that was.

Part 2-City of Ghosts. Her mom says how this is just a new storyline, new chapter. "We have a whole new book to write, and how do we write it?"
"one page at a time." They pack their bags and head to the airport. Jacob left, he said he gets carsick. She wish he stayed, when she sits in her window seat. She says how it is strange that she can't feel the Veil, 35, 000 ft in the air. She feels like something is missing.

Her mom askes what she thinks but she knows she doesn't have a choice. She shoots Jacob a look-maybe it will be fun. Her mom opens the folder and her eyes track down to Episode one in Edinburgh, Scotland. Title called, "City of Ghosts"! " I thought my life was already pretty weird. Apparently, it's about to get weirder."

She said she doesn't understand but they said they are going all over for this series. They said they didn't want to tell her incase, it didn't happen. Jacob says he is more concerned about the most haunted cities part. He isn't a fan of scary things or anything to do with the Veil. Jacob said it's cold, how you're warm coming out of snow but start shivering right away. "I feel like I'll never get warm again".

Jacob throws himself on the bed and Grim's ears twitch. He paws at air around Jacob. She is not sure if he can see Jacob or kind of senses a disturbance in force. She starts packing her bag for the summerhouse.

Her dad calls family meeting. They share they are starting a TV show that will be around the world visiting different cities for a documentary. They are playing themselves and she will be there with them.

When she enters, her mom has her interview voice on. She whispers into her that her dad's on his way and 'we need to talk". She wants a clue but her mom pulls away. Grim is asleep on her bed-sprawled out, paws up in the air like a dead dog. She scratches his eyes to make sure he's alive and then goes to the room in her closet. More information about her room. Jacob's there- he doesn't like stairs and doors.

Family Information.
Her parents write books-they are their sixth book now. It's called the Inspecters. It's a play on words-inspector is a person who searches for and examines something and a specter is another word for ghost. History books with ghost stories, truth and myth.
Her dad is a slim man with dark hair and glasses. Her mom has dark curls in a messy bun with pens struck through it. A black cat called Grim.

She thinks back in the auditorium, when she thinking that she could help the ghost boy, Jacob said, "That's not how it works." But Jacob doesn't talk like that-he doesn't know anything about the Veil or he doesn't know why she is drawn to the veil. "Rule number seven, don't be nosy." She thinks the first rule is not keep secrets. "I can't tell you everything, Cass. There are rules to being..."- gesture to himself

If they were in a comic book, this would be their origin story. She says how other people get a spider bite or a vat of acid. "We got a river."