09.4 A Touch of Dead (from Sookie Stackhouse The Complete Stories) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-09-18T12:04:22+00:00

“So.” Bill caught my arms and looked down at me. “Were you trying to make sure he died

all along, or were you trying to send him back to the queen?”

“Yes,” I said.

One-word answers never hurt.

LUCKY

Amelia Broadway and I were painting each other’s toenails when my insurance agent knocked at the front door. I’d picked Roses on Ice. Amelia had opted for Mad Burgundy

Cherry Glacé. She’d finished my feet, and I had about three toes to go on her left foot when

Greg Aubert interrupted us.

Amelia had been living with me for months, and it had been kind of nice to have someone

else sharing my old house. Amelia is a witch from New Orleans, and she had been staying

with me because she’d had a magical misfortune she didn’t want any of her witch buddies in

the Big Easy to know about. Also, since Katrina, she really doesn’t have anything to go home

to, at least for a while. My little hometown of Bon Temps was swollen with refugees.

Greg Aubert had been to my house after I’d had a fire that caused a lot of damage. As far

as I knew, I didn’t have any insurance needs at the moment. I was pretty curious about his

purpose, I confess.

Amelia had glanced up at Greg, found his sandy hair and rimless glasses uninteresting, and

completed painting her little toe while I ushered him to the wing-back chair.

“Greg, this is my friend Amelia Broadway,” I said. “Amelia, this is Greg Aubert.”

Amelia looked at Greg with more interest. I’d told her Greg was a colleague of hers, in

some respects. Greg’s mom had been a witch, and he’d found using the craft very helpful in

protecting his clients. Not a car got insured with Greg’s agency without having a spell cast on

it. I was the only one in Bon Temps who knew about Greg’s little talent. Witchcraft wouldn’t

be popular in our devout little town. Greg always handed his clients a lucky rabbit’s foot to

keep in their new vehicles or homes.

After he turned down the obligatory offer of iced tea or water or Coke, Greg sat on the

edge of the chair while I resumed my seat on one end of the couch. Amelia had the other end.

“I felt the wards when I drove up,” Greg told Amelia. “Very impressive.” He was trying

real hard to keep his eyes off my tank top. I would have put on a bra if I’d known we were

going to have company.

Amelia tried to look indifferent, and she might have shrugged if she hadn’t been holding a

bottle of nail polish. Amelia, tan and athletic, with short glossy brown hair, is not only

pleased with her looks but really proud of her witchcraft abilities. “Nothing special,” she said,

with unconvincing modesty. She smiled at Greg, though.

“What can I do for you today, Greg?” I asked. I was due to go to work in an hour, and I

had to change and pull my long hair up in a ponytail.

“I need your help,” he said, yanking his gaze up to my face.

No beating around the bush with Greg.

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