A Call to Charms by Denise Swanson

Author:Denise Swanson [Swanson, Denise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780986101762
Published: 2019-09-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Used Karma

The next morning, I just couldn’t make myself get out of bed. I had a million things to do, but sitting up seemed to be a herculean task that was beyond me.

After falling back asleep the third or fourth time, it occurred to me that I might be in some kind of shock. In the past week, I’d discovered that I wasn’t who I thought I was, my ex had tried to kill me, not once, but twice, and those two little events weren’t even the most astounding item on my list of what had happened to me.

Despite a mighty struggle not to accept it, I was beginning to think what Elissa had told me might be true. I could really be the Ravenscraft Shield, and it was possible that I wielded magical power. Which apparently was the norm for my new hometown.

Pulling the blanket over my head, I snuggled into Aunt Pandora’s super comfortable mattress. If I was sleeping, I could pretend that it wall was just a dream.

Finally, the need to pee forced me out of bed. Then once I was up and awake, my stomach rumbled loud enough to wake the dead, which considering what I’d been told about Echo Springs was not something I wanted to chance happening. I absolutely refused to see if ghosts were included among the town’s magical citizens.

After taking care of my most pressing need, I showered, then threw on a pair of yoga pants and a long-sleeved T-shirt. It might be spring, but I still felt cold.

It was Inga’s day to work at the candy shop and I wasn’t planning to leave the house, so I let my hair dry naturally and didn’t bother with makeup. Normally I straightened my curls and never appear in public without my blush and mascara, but once in a while, it was nice not to mess with any styling products or cosmetics.

While I ate my usual breakfast, I pulled out my trusty legal pad and made a list of what I had to do. Reading the estate papers from Uncle Will should have been number one, but every time I picked them up, the tiny print seemed to blur, and I got a headache. Maybe I needed to have my eyes examined for glasses.

Vowing to go through the pages tonight, I looked over the rest of my tasks.

1. GO THROUGH AUNT PANDORA’S DESK AND FILE CABINET.

2. EXAMINE THE CANDY SHOP’S BOOKS.

3. EXPLORE THE REST OF THE HOUSE.

Shoot! I had forgotten to ask Uncle Will about the keys to the locked rooms.

I started to reach into the front pocket of my yoga pants for my cell phone, then stopped. He’d ask about the estate papers, and I was embarrassed to admit they were strewn across the floor in the family room. I’d flung them there after my second or third attempt to make sense out of one of the paragraphs on the first page.

I brightened. Maybe the missing keys were in Pandora’s desk, and I wouldn’t have to bother my honorary uncle.

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