Cat Got Your Secrets: A Kitty Couture Mystery by Julie Chase

Author:Julie Chase
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC022070 Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

Chapter Thirteen

Furry Godmother’s words of wisdom: Don’t like sleeping alone? Get a cat.

Jack made a thorough sweep of my home before collapsing onto my couch. He threw one arm across his eyes and leaned his head over the backrest. “You’re killing me, Crocker.”

I climbed onto the cushion beside him and pulled a pillow into my lap, tucking both feet beneath me. “What do you think the photos mean?”

He rolled his head to glare at me. “Really?”

“Besides ‘butt out.’” I leaned toward him, eager to work through the strange situation. “What was the purpose of choosing those photos? A note attached to a photo from one of the best nights of my life is not very scary.”

He gave me a droll look. “I wouldn’t care if the note came on a candy bar. This is a problem. And how was that the best night of your life? Weren’t you with your ex-fiancé in those pictures?”

“Hey, I didn’t know he was a scheming, two-timing jerk at the time. I’d just won a national design competition and been proposed to. I was high on endorphins and victory. To my younger mind, life had reached the pinnacle of perfection. Why choose a moment like that to slice up?”

“I don’t know.” He rubbed his eyes with one big hand. “I’m tempted to ask about the proposal and how a guy like that convinced you to accept, but I’m going to let it go.”

Good thing, because Pete hadn’t done anything special. I was so glad to be wanted as I was, for eternity, that I agreed to a spontaneous ask. No grand gestures. Just the party around us. I twisted on the cushion to face him. “What do you think of the pictures?”

“I liked the outfit.”

“Ha ha,” I deadpanned. “It was a swimsuit design competition. All the participants looked just like me.”

“No.” His eyes darkened. “They didn’t.”

A different sort of energy pulsed between us and breath caught in my throat.

“I kissed Chase.” The words were no sooner present in my mind than swan diving from my lips. “I traded him a kiss for Penelope’s freedom last summer.”

Jack eased back a fraction of an inch. “You kissed Chase last summer?”

I bit my lip. “No. This week. I was slow on payment.”

He tented his brow. A disarming look of frustration marred his handsome face. “And?”

“I don’t know. We kissed and that was that. I have no idea why I’m telling you this.” I decided against adding the fact Chase had requested a do-over.

Jack seemed to roll the information around. “Is this your way of letting me know you’re seeing Chase?”

“No.”

He narrowed his gaze, watching me so intently I temporarily forgot to breathe. “Why did you tell me you kissed Chase?”

“I don’t know. Chase thinks I’m an oversharer. Plus, I don’t want to lie to you,” I said.

“You lie to me all the time about staying out of my investigation.”

A smile tugged my lips. “Fine. I don’t want to lie about the important stuff.”

“You believe kissing Chase qualifies as important stuff?”

I cringed and tipped over, landing face down away from him, on the sofa.

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