Blood, Sweets and Tears (BEWITCHED BY CHOCOLATE Mysteries ~ Book 4) by H.Y. Hanna

Author:H.Y. Hanna [Hanna, H.Y.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wisheart Press
Published: 2017-08-02T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Caitlyn burst into the kitchen at Bewitched by Chocolate, flushed and breathless. She was relieved to see the Widow Mags at her usual place beside the large wooden table, a chocolate-covered spatula in one hand and a bowl in the other. Bertha was sitting on the other side of the table, sipping a cup of tea, and both women looked up in surprise as she came barrelling through the back door.

“Quick! You’ve got to come… quickly… Rocco… I… I don’t know what I did… the chocolate… can you change him back…?”

Bertha sprang up in concern. “I don’t understand, dear—what are you talking about? Who’s Rocco?”

Caitlyn waved her hands hysterically. “Gertrude… Gertrude Smith… he was going for Viktor… I thought he would kill him... but I didn’t mean—”

“Calm down, girl—we can’t understand a word you’re saying,” said the Widow Mags. “Stop talking and take a deep breath.”

Somehow, her grandmother’s sharp reprimand did more to calm her than her aunt’s gentle words. Caitlyn gulped and obeyed the Widow Mags. She took a shuddering breath, then let it out slowly, and felt her pulse steady. Taking another deep breath, she began to talk rapidly:

“I… I’ve put some kind of spell on Rocco—that’s Gertrude Smith’s terrier… she’s one of the new tenants… I didn’t do it on purpose, it just happened! He grabbed Viktor and had his wing in his mouth—Viktor had sneaked into the cottage in his bat form—I told him not to follow me!—and he was stealing from Gertrude Smith’s fruit bowl but Rocco must have found him… and… and then there was total mayhem… and Gertrude was shrieking and I was terrified Rocco would hurt Viktor, so I reached out… and then I felt this… this thing at the tips of my fingers…”

She faltered to a stop as she saw that both women were staring at her, completely befuddled. Taking another deep breath, she tried again, this time telling the whole story from the beginning and forcing herself to speak slowly. When she finally finished, she looked desperately at the Widow Mags.

“You can fix it, can’t you? You can undo the spell?”

The old witch put down the spatula and walked over to the kitchen sink to wash her hands. “Yes, I should be able to undo it—but I’ll have to see the dog first.”

“What about Gertrude?” asked Caitlyn. “How are we going to explain it to her if she sees you turning a chocolate statue back into her dog?”

“Don’t you worry about that,” said Bertha, rising from her seat. “I’ll make her a nice cuppa and she won’t remember a thing.”

“But—” Caitlyn started to protest.

“Stop fussing, child, and take us to the dog,” said the Widow Mags.

Caitlyn gave up. She drove them at breakneck speed back to Gertrude Smith’s cottage and they arrived to find the front door open. As they walked in, they nearly bumped into the woman herself hurrying out. She was carrying a suitcase and she scowled as she saw Caitlyn.

“You! Get out of here, you witch!

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