Black Magic Kitten by Sara Bourgeois

Author:Sara Bourgeois [Bourgeois, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

We made it out the back gate before Thorn appeared in the yard. "Hey!" he yelled at us, and I shoved the invoice into my bag.

"Oh, hi, Thorn!" Reggie called back cheerfully.

"What are you two doing?" he asked as he closed the distance between us.

"We were going to break in and have a look around",” Reggie said, and I shot her a death stare. What was she doing? "I mean, it was my idea. I think Kinsley just came along to talk me out of it, and she finally did. Thank goodness or you'd probably have to arrest us right now."

"The neighbors called it in and said they saw two women going in the back door",” Thorn said and crossed his arms over his chest.

"We went into the yard, but we change our minds. So, we came back out here and we were just leaving",” Reggie said.

I held my breath and prayed that Thorn didn't ask me to confirm her story. While I was impressed with her ability to spin a yarn to the sheriff, I didn't want to lie to him. I didn't know if I could lie to him.

Thorn's piercing eyes fell on me and he watched me for a second. Just then, Meri popped his head out of the top of the bag.

"Do you have Meri with you?" Thorn asked with a chuckle.

"I do",” I said and felt my cheeks turn bright red.

"Well, I guess I don't believe that you'd break into a house with your cat in a tote bag. That's a little too absurd for even this town."

Oh, if he only knew.

"See, so can we go?" Reggie asked hopefully.

"Yeah, you guys can go, but Reggie, please don't drag our newest resident into any more situations where I have to be involved",” he said and started to leave. "Oh, and if I catch you breaking into any more houses, I will arrest you both. And the cat."

"I'm sorry",” I said, but before Thorn could respond, Reggie grabbed my hand and yanked me down the alley.

"Come on, let's move",” she said as she pulled me toward the car. "He said we could go, so let's get out of here before he changes his mind."

"He knew",” I said as I got into the car.

"Yeah, he totally did, but either he couldn't prove it or he didn't want to arrest you",” Reggie said. "Either way, when he checks the place out, he'll see we didn't do anything."

"Well, I did find an invoice from Reliable Construction on the desk in Merrill's bedroom and I took it",” I said.

"Oh, yeah? That's Jerry's company."

"That house didn't look like it had any kind of remodeling done",” I said.

"Where's the invoice?" Reggie asked.

"In the bag with Meri."

She dug it out and looked it over. "It doesn't look like there was any remodeling because it was foundation work. This unpaid invoice is for a lot of money too, and he just got it a couple of weeks before he died. I doubt he paid it.

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