Best Wishes (How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World (Or Die Trying) Book 4) by Helen Harper

Author:Helen Harper [Harper, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Alicia’s eyebrows rose when I strolled into the new Wish Inc office with Pumpkin and Delilah in tow. Harry’s boss had kept him back to harangue him for getting involved. One look at my friend’s expression and I knew it was best to stay out of it. I resolved to no longer involve Harry in any of my shenanigans. I couldn’t drag everyone down to the same subterranean depths of my own shame, even if lots of the daft buggers seemed determined to join me.

‘You’ve not been locked up then,’ Alicia said with a toss of her head. ‘I suppose that’s good news.’

Melissa gazed at her blankly. ‘Is it?’

I smiled at them both. They didn’t fool me for a second – I’d seen the flicker of relief in their eyes when I opened the door.

‘Nope,’ I said, stretching out my arms to indicate my liberty. ‘I’m free as a bird. In fact, rather than spending time considering whether I should be thrown in gaol or not, we ended up discussing this place. Unsurprisingly, the Director was trying to shut us down.’

The others, who’d been busy painting the walls, stopped what they were doing and drew closer. ‘She knows Wish Inc has the potential to be a real threat to her,’ Mrs Jardine said, nodding with approval. ‘That’s good. It makes it more likely that she’ll take a risk and screw up. We’ll catch her out soon enough.’

‘Not if she actually manages to close us down,’ Billy said darkly. ‘What happened?’

‘They are planning to test us,’ I said. ‘We have one task to complete and, if we manage it successfully, we’ll be allowed to stay open. If we fail, the other departments will force us to close.’

Rupert’s eyes flitted anxiously. ‘That’s good, right? The Director will try to trip us up. We need to catch her in the act and then we win.’

‘You know,’ Melissa said, ‘we could just kill her instead. It’ll solve all your problems if she’s dead.’

‘The lady troll makes a good point,’ Rupert muttered.

‘No killing. We’ve got to be better than she is, otherwise what’s the point? In fact,’ I continued, ‘I think we ought to re-consider the reasons for our existence.’ I pointed to Delilah. ‘As my friend here said, there are some compelling arguments why Wish Inc should exist – and none of them have to do with the Director.’

‘Whatever!’ Angela waved her hands impatiently. ‘What’s the test?’

A slow smile spread across my face. ‘It’s going to be amazing.’

‘Saffron…’

‘What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of faery godmothers?’ I asked.

‘Incompetence,’ Angela answered without missing a beat.

‘Genocide,’ Melissa offered unhelpfully.

Rupert shrugged. ‘Very unsexy and unflattering cloaks?’

‘A tendency towards rule breaking?’ Billy suggested.

Alicia folded her arms. ‘Magnificence. Obviously.’

Vincent wandered through, whistling. He caught sight of me and a grin spread across his face. ‘Saffy! You’re still with us!’ He bounded over and hugged me. ‘We should celebrate,’ he said. ‘How about wishes all round? Especially for me?’

I rolled my eyes. ‘Vincent, what’s

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