The Mediator Ninth Key

At Kelly Prescotts pool party Suze unknowingly contracts a
poison oak rash after falling into some bushes while
spying on her stepbrother Dopey. She also shares a slow
dance with Tad a student at a local school. That night
Suze is awoken by the ghost of a woman who starts yelling
hysterically. The woman asks Suze to tell Red that he did
not kill her. Suze does not know who this woman is or who
Red is but the ghost disappears before she has the chance
to ask. She later finds out from her friend CeeCee that a
local businessman called Thaddeus Beaumont goes by that
name. Suze tries and fails to get in contact with Mr
Beaumont. She encounters the ghost of a boy named Timothy
who tells her his parents abandoned his cat Spike. Suze
promises to find the cat and give him a good home. With
the pretense that she is a reporter for the school paper
Suze goes to Beaumonts mansion and meets him. She delivers
the ghosts message saying the woman appeared in a dream.
Mr Beaumont seems only interested that he wasnt the cause
of the womans death and that Suze was able to speak to
her. He is eager to get Suze to summon the spirits of
other people he says he has killed. Disconcerted Suze
tries to leave only to find that she is trapped. She is
rescued by Beaumonts secretary Marcus who escorts her out
believing she was merely playing a prank. As they leave
they encounter Tad who is Beaumonts son. Recognizing her
from the pool party Tad takes Suze on a coffee date and
gives her a ride home; when he drops her off he kisses
her. Their kiss is interrupted by Jesse who warns Suze to
stay away from the Beaumont family. When Suze explains the
situation to Father Dom he suggests that the strangeness
of Mr Beaumonts behavior could mean that he is a vampire.
Several days later Suze retrieves Spike the cat from a
field and hides him in her room. CeeCee researches
Beaumont upon Suzes request and discovers a string of
disappearances linking to his companies. One of the
missing women – Mrs Deirdre Fiske – vaguely resembles the
ghost who has asked Suze for help. Adam takes them to the
house of CeeCees Aunt Pru a fortune-teller who tries to
summon Mrs Fiske using Tarot cards. Although the ghost of
Mrs Fiske confirms that a Beaumont killed her Suze
realizes she is not the ghost she is looking for. That
evening Mr Beaumont and Tad invite Suze for dinner at
their house. After the meal Beaumont drugs Tad and tries
to talk to Suze about her psychic abilities. Believing he
is a vampire Suze stabs him in the chest with a pencil but
fails to kill him. Marcus threatens Suze to never return
and to not speak of Beaumonts vampirism which he claims is
a psychosis. Later CeeCee calls Suze with the revelation
that after the death of Tads mother Beaumont had handed
over most of his business duties to Marcus who is actually
his brother. Tad also calls Suze to apologize but they
have an argument when Tad denies his fathers illness and
Suze implies Marcuss potential role in the Beaumont
killings. The next morning Suze is kidnapped by Marcus and
his thugs. She tries to escape but Marcus forces her into
Mr Beaumonts office giving her a swimsuit to change into
and leaves; he plans to kill her and Tad by drowning them
in the ocean during a storm. Suze smashes the aquarium in
the office when Marcus returns to check on her. When he
threatens her with a gun Suze electrocutes him with a
lightbulb from the aquarium. As the building catches fire
Jesse appears claiming Suze called him and breaks the
window shutters allowing Tad and Suze to escape the
burning building. Marcus remains missing after the
incident. Suze returns home but is grounded by her parents
as she is unable to tell them the full story. Red turns
out to be the nickname of Suzes stepbrother Doc and the
ghost is Docs mother. Suze tells Doc his mothers message
and admits that she is a mediator. Tad calls Suze with the
news that he is moving to San Francisco while his father
recovers and they break up.