Buried by Emma Shelford

Author:Emma Shelford [Shelford, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781795358606
Publisher: Kinglet Books
Published: 2019-03-05T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XV

A click of the front door being unbolted freezes me. We were too slow. What is March doing home at this hour? Doesn’t she have businesses to oversee or evil organizations to run?

I curse under my breath and think through our options. The only way into the basement is through the door in the pantry. Our shoes are in the coat room, and although we could leave without them, there is a convenient and hidden exit door in that room. It depends where March goes.

“What are we going to do?” Alejandro breathes in my ear. His lauvan dance with agitation.

“Listen for where she goes, first. If she goes upstairs, we’ll make a dash for the exit. If worst comes to worst, I can transform us into mice, and we can scuttle out like that.”

Alejandro visibly relaxes.

“Assuming she doesn’t have a cat,” I add. “And that I can remember how. It’s been a while.”

His lauvan stiffen again, but he creeps to the stairs without further speech. I follow him, and we listen for clues to March’s whereabouts.

Soon, it’s clear where she has decided to go, and she’s not alone. Anna’s soft voice floats through the door as she and March settle into chairs at the kitchen table. My fists tighten. How long will we have to camp out here? Now even my mouse plan won’t work. They would notice the door opening from their vantage point and would certainly not leave mice to roam freely. My mouse trick worked much better in the past, when rodents were commonplace in houses.

I sit on the third stair from the top. We might as well get comfortable, since we’ll be here a while. Perhaps March will discuss sensitive information with Anna, and we can learn something of interest to make this trip worthwhile. Alejandro follows suit on the fourth tread, and we listen closely.

“I love this tea, March,” Anna says. A teacup clinks on a saucer. “Where do you get it?”

“It’s a special blend. I’ll give you some when you leave,” says March. A chair scrapes over the floor, and March sighs. “Oh, it’s good to sit for a moment.”

“Busy times, for sure. Linda tried to weasel out of meeting duty yesterday, I had to give her a talk about priorities,” says Anna. “Honestly, as if everyone doesn’t have enough to do.”

“Oh, I didn’t tell you,” says March. There’s a pause while she swallows tea. “Jeremy Barnum asked me out for a drink last night at headquarters.”

“What?” Anna gasps then chuckles. “You could do worse. He’s very put-together, and good-looking, too. Always easy to talk to, that one. What did you do?”

“I went. Why not? It’s not every day that a man asks me out on a date, not anymore. You’re still young and beautiful, but one day you’ll understand how invisible an older woman gets.”

“You’re still beautiful,” Anna says in an admonishing tone. March laughs.

“For my age, maybe. In any event, we went for drinks. As you say, he is quite pleasant to speak with, and that evening was even more so than usual.

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