78 Keys by Kristin Marra

Author:Kristin Marra
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2011-05-16T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Laura went to my bathroom to visit my medicine cabinet. I heard a soft “Oh my God,” after she turned the light on. I wasn’t sure if she was impressed by my extensive pharmacopeia or by my decadent bathroom. I went to the bathroom door to see what had wowed her. She was looking at my Jacuzzi.

“Can I use that?” She sounded breathless with longing.

“Of course, but first I’ll have to put a plastic bag over your wrist, okay?” She nodded. “Look in the medicine cabinets to the far right. You’ll find a whole shelf of pain medication. And don’t ask how I got them.” I had a couple of pharmacist clients always willing to keep my cabinet stocked. “I’ll get you a big glass of water so you can take your pill. Don’t feel like you need to drink bathroom water. Yuck.” I left the bathroom avoiding the quizzical look on her face.

When I returned with the plastic bag, a rubber band, and a tall glass of water, Laura already had the tub filling. Steam rose from the stream of hot water crashing into the deep tub.

“Can you handle all this yourself? Do you need help covering your wrist?”

“No, I think I can manage. This tub is heaven-sent. I just want to be in it.” She was watching the water cascade from the faucet. Her face looked both exhausted and dreamy.

“Well, try not to fall asleep in there, or I’ll need to come haul you out.”

She cast a lazy wicked look at me. “Would that be so terrible?”

“Uh, right now, yes. We have to get out of town as soon as possible. Then we can make a plan. Okay?”

“Okay. Go away now.” She turned back to watch the water.

I put the glass of water on the vanity next to the plastic bag and rubber band. “That’s a new loofah there, so help yourself.” I closed the door of the steaming bathroom behind me and headed to my study, as far away from Laura Bishop as I could go within the condo. I forced myself not to think of her naked in my bathroom. Instead, I sank into my desk chair and brooded about my situation.

What was I going to tell Laura about my visions? My clients thought I could only see possible futures for them. As far as I knew, only Fitch knew that my tarot trances had taken a wild turn into the freakish Theater with Laura Bishop making harrowing cameo appearances. Fitch could bend with the bizarre, but Laura? I didn’t think so.

I paced my office and wrung my hands while Laura bathed, naked of all things, in my bathroom of all places.

“Underwear.” I muttered a few times as I paced. “She likes underwear. My perfect little life is perfectly doomed.”

The time was rolling into four a.m., but I needed a live distraction. I fished my cell phone from my pocket and speed-dialed Fitch.

“I know,” she said, “I’m the only person you can call at this hour who won’t be pissed off at you.

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