Bad Company by Jen Schoenbein

Author:Jen Schoenbein [Schoenbein, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781796978827
Publisher: Serenity Endeavor Press
Published: 2019-04-06T22:00:00+00:00

I went home a little early, exhausting my research efforts. I had also spent a couple of hours trying to get my finances in order. It seemed like I never had time to get it all done. The bills kept coming in and I kept paying them, but I wasn’t really certain I could cover them all of the time. I tried to keep my work check book balanced, but it was always the last thing on my mind. Probably because it was my least favorite thing to do.

Bills always wore me out, so I decided to sit out on my balcony for a few minutes with a cup of coffee. I locked my door behind me out of habit, chucked my shoes and walked into the kitchen to make a pot of coffee. I poured water into my dead plant on the counter and walked out to the sliding door to wait for the coffee to perk.

It was a beautiful day outside and I let myself sit for the first time in days without something to do. My brain was shot. I watched the clouds in the sky. I really loved Spring, but I loved coffee more.

I couldn’t wait any longer, so I stole from the pot mid-brew and took a sip of the beautiful thing before I walked back outside. Letting out a major sigh, I felt my caffeine raise back to acceptable levels and relaxed a bit.

I really should get a cat or dog to talk to when I get home, I thought. We always had one when I was younger. Most often it was a dog, but with an apartment, a cat would be easier. Then I thought about my ivy plant on the counter and decided it wasn’t that good of an idea anyway.

I needed a new case. I know I was busy enough with Suzy’s case and I was still busy tracking down this fire, but I could really use another income coming in. It was my own fault, really. I wouldn’t take more money from Sam. It just didn’t feel right. I would have kept on the case regardless.

Then, as I was looking up into the sky, I noticed an odd cloud, maybe a plume of smoke off to the south. It was darker than it should be, definitely smoke.

Alarm spiked through me. Damn it! It’s another fire!

I heard the fire alarms off in the distance, but was already on my feet. I shoved my feet into my boots and dumped my coffee into an insulated mug to take with me, grabbed my leather jacket and I was out the door.

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