Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes_A Cozy Paranormal Mystery_A Happily Everlasting World Novel_[Un]Lucky Valley by Michelle M. Pillow

Author:Michelle M. Pillow [Pillow, Michelle M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Raven Books LLC
Published: 2018-06-25T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“I can’t talk now. You need to stop calling.” Nolan said into his phone, keeping his voice low. He stood in the mudroom by the back door and considered taking his call into the basement as not to be overheard. “It’s not a good time.”

“Don’t speak, just listen.” Councilman Rana’s tone held authority. He’d been in a position of power in Lucky Valley since Nolan was a kid. “The evacuation plan is not coming along as quickly as we had hoped. Do I need to remind you that we are on a time limit? If they stay in that house for too long, they city will not be able to consider it abandoned property. The countdown clock will reset, and we’ll have to wait another five years before we can legally seize it and knock it down. It’s time the city of Lucky Valley moved past its tragic history with the Goode and Crawford families.”

Nolan glanced into the kitchen to see if anyone was coming.

“There is some concern that you’ve been compromised by the witches,” Rana said.

“I have not,” Nolan stated.

“Them prove it. Stop playing house and get—”

“I have to go,” Nolan interrupted in a rush before he disconnected the call. His sense of duty to the town warred with how he felt about Lily Goode. Was he under her spell? He had a hard time believing she was such a great actress that she hid evilness from him. Then again, a siren could make someone do whatever they wanted by invoking feelings of love and security.

Nolan gripped his hammer as he moved to look out the back window at the fallen barn. Someone had taken the gnomes and lined them up to spell the word “ours.” He’d about had it with those stupid statues, always popping up when he was trying to work, tripping him, staring at him with those beady eyes and forever happy smiles.

“I’ve thought about doing the same thing,” Lily said, joining him, “but trust me, you don’t want to bring down Aunt Polly’s wrath if you smash her gnome friends with a hammer. She loves playing with those things. They’re like her dolls.”

Lily wore an eighties rock band t-shirt and was in the process of pulling her hair back into a bun.

“I never see her move them. Do you think she’s using magic?” Nolan wasn’t completely familiar with the rules of magic, but after seeing the unscientifically large picnic come out of a small basket, he wouldn’t be surprised by Polly’s abilities.

“You’re asking the wrong Goode. Apparently, I couldn’t find my powers if they jumped up and bit me in the hindquarters.” She gave a small laugh.

“Do you want to find them?” He tapped the end of the hammer against the wood frame of the windowsill without causing any damage. It was more of a nervous tick.

“I feel like there’s a piece of me just out of my reach. It’s like a word on the tip of my tongue, or a melody I can start but not finish, someone’s name I can’t remember but should.

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