Hexcess Baggage (A Supernatural Speakeasy Cozy Mystery Book 14) by Lily Harper Hart

Author:Lily Harper Hart [Hart, Lily Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperHart Publications
Published: 2024-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

11

ELEVEN

Sully was worried about Ofelia.

Very worried.

Pascal and Tansey fled before the backup units arrived because nobody wanted to explain their presence on the roof. That left Ofelia to pace near the edge, and Sully to watch her as he ordered the responding parties to load up the body and gather evidence.

Their official story was that Bright must’ve done something to kill himself after he fled Joey’s. They couldn’t pretend they hadn’t been in the bar. There were too many people who had seen them and watched them give chase. They had to stick as close to the actual story as possible. Sully didn’t like that one bit. He would’ve preferred to lie.

Thankfully, once Jack Dunham arrived on the scene, things got better.

“Detective Sully.” Dunham’s gaze was flat as he took in the action. The coroner’s office was loading up the body. They wouldn’t get an autopsy until the following day. “Nice neighborhood you decided to visit.”

“One of the prison bigwigs told me that our victim left Rowdies with some guy, and they mentioned coming to Joey’s. We came here to see if our victim had visited. Corbin Bright was in the bar and acting squirrelly. As we were asking questions, he ran. We followed. He went to the roof. We trailed behind, being as safe as possible. We found him dead.”

Dunham nodded as he took it all in. “Very good. Now tell me what really happened,” he prodded in a low voice. It was obvious that he didn’t want to risk anybody eavesdropping.

“It basically happened exactly as I said, except we had Pascal and his date with us,” Sully replied blandly. “The guy was acting weird and there was no missing him when he ran. We obviously followed. It was up here that things shifted.”

“I’m almost afraid to ask.”

Sully filled in his boss. Dunham was familiar with all the players. When he got to the part about the shadows ripping apart Bright’s soul, Dunham cringed. When it came time to relate Marie’s presence, however, Dunham’s eyes practically bulged right out of his head.

“Are you kidding me right now?” he hissed, drawing closer to Sully. “You have got to be kidding.”

“I am not kidding,” Sully assured him. “They were on the ground looking up at us. They did not respond when we tried to talk to them, though.”

“Meaning … what? Are you suggesting they were in some sort of trance? Like maybe they were being controlled by a spell.”

“Oh, that would be great.” Sully bobbed his head. “I would love it if Marie was under a spell and not purposely doing this.”

Realization dawned on Dunham. “Because Ofelia is struggling with her mother already.” He studied the witch in question, who was busily pacing back and forth. Ofelia appeared to be in her own little world. She wasn’t interested in what the two law enforcement representatives were talking about. “What is she going to do?”

Sully didn’t have an answer to that question. “I have no idea. I’m afraid, though.”

“For her, or of her?”

“Maybe a little of both.

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