Black Cat by Cat Johnson

Author:Cat Johnson [Johnson, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Barnesnoble:
Goodreads: 6767032
Publisher: Linden Bay Romance
Published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Belinda walked in the door to the sound of the ringing

phone. She ran for it and grabbed it just in time before the

machine picked up. “Hello.”

“Hey. Grace and I want to do something tonight. It’s

Halloween and we’re missing our youth and feeling like

we need to do something to celebrate. Something that

involves scary movies and lots of chocolate.”

Belinda laughed, out of breath from her sprint for the

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phone. “I’d love to, but Max just got home late last night

and I kind of feel like I have to spend some time with

him.”

She could practically hear the face Donna was

making on the other end of the line. “OK. But if you

change your mind, we’ll be at my place.”

“Alright. Thanks.” She hung up and dropped her bag

on the counter. All she wanted to do right now was take

off her shoes, which were killing her, and change into

something comfy.

Walking into the bedroom, she had to smile when she

spied her black cat curled up in an adorable circle in

Max’s suitcase. “Hey, you.” She bent to pet him. “You

better not let Max see you in there.”

Then her gaze hit on a small scrap of lace in the side

pocket. Frowning, she reached out to take it. What it was

hit her like a full force body blow.

“Oh my god.”

The cat put a paw on her leg. She pushed it away and

stood up. “Not now, Black Cat.” Her heart was pounding,

her head spinning. She was holding some other woman’s

underwear in her hand, unable to move or even think.

Then her brain snapped into action. He would deny it.

She knew him too well now. He would probably say they

were hers and she was crazy for forgetting she put them in

his bag. Everything was always somehow her fault, even

though he was the cheating bastard.

She shook her head. She had to find more proof. But

whatever she found, cell phone bills, lipstick, love notes,

it wouldn’t matter. He would somehow explain it away

and deny it. Then, she realized, it didn’t matter. This was

her place. And as of now, he was out of it. She started to

fling his stuff in his suitcase, thinking how convenient of

him to leave it on the floor and open for her. And when

the suitcase was full, she would move on to putting his

stuff in garbage bags, that seemed fitting.

She paused in her flinging just long enough to make

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two phone calls. Call number one was to the locksmith to

have her deadbolt changed. Call number two was to

Donna’s house. She got the machine.

“Hey, I’m coming tonight and I’ve thought of

something very Halloween-ish for us to do. Just make

sure Grace brings her spell book.” As she hung up the

phone, she glanced out the window at the huge orb of a

full moon just appearing on the horizon. She was feeling

very much like a witch at the moment and she was

definitely in the mood to be bad.

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