Balloons, Allies & Dead Guys by Jennifer Fischetto

Author:Jennifer Fischetto
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, medium, paranormal mystery, ghost whisperer
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

CHAPTER TEN

10 p.m.

When we step back into the kitchen, everyone is moving about, squeezing past someone else to grab something—more coffee, a plate of food, a glass of water. Alice stands in the dining room archway with her phone in hand. Izzie is in the back corner, by the French doors, rocking Giovanni in her arms. Felix is by the kitchen table. He's standing with a plate in his hands, in line for the microwave. I can't approach him now because there are too many people around.

Julian has his hand on my lower back. I turn into his embrace, push myself up on my tippy toes, and whisper, "You tell Enzo what you discovered. I'm going to try and get Felix alone."

He kisses my forehead and nods. But he doesn't immediately move. We watch the train of hungry people moving along for another moment. Then I catch Enzo looking our way. Julian must have given him one of his head tilts, because Enzo nods and walks into the living room. Julian rubs my back and then walks off through the dining room. I'm certain they're going to meet in some corner and whisper like a couple of spies.

I manage to insinuate myself into the middle of the kitchen. Felix is at the microwave, inserting his plate. This still isn't a good time. I should wait until he's done eating so I can haul him off to a private corner of some room as well. Fine. I turn to Izzie. Maybe we can get a few minutes together, I can check in with my sister and nephew and see how they're doing.

"How are you?" I ask her and rub Giovanni's back.

She shrugs and looks past me. I don't have to turn my head to know she's staring at Alice. "As well as can be expected since my husband and daughter are mad at me. This is all your fault."

I laugh because we both know it's not, but if it makes her feel better to blame me, so be it. I can take it. For a little while at least.

"You all will be fine," I say, not just because it's the polite or right thing to say but because I believe it. They have to be. They're Izzie and Paulie. But then I think about it, and I don't really know that they'll pull through, and I don't know how Paulie is doing. I haven't seen him much since I blurted my secret out. I know how Alice is coping, but what about my brother-in-law?

"How is your husband taking the news?" I ask.

She squeezes her eyes shut for a moment and lowers her voice. "He sees it as a betrayal. That I didn't trust him enough to tell him the truth, as if it's a secret about me."

I don't respond because I agree with him. I wasn't allowed to tell him because he's her husband and it was her duty to do so. That was her rule since they first started dating. At the time, I totally understood.

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