Catalpa's Curse by Terri Reid

Author:Terri Reid [Reid, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-06-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-two

Hazel picked up a deep-fried cheese curd and dipped it in ranch dressing before she took a bite of the oozing, cheesy deliciousness. She sighed in pleasure and leaned back in the patio chair on their back deck. “I think getting take-out from Second Salem was a brilliant idea,” she said.

“It was your idea,” Rowan replied, munching on a French fry.

“And won’t the waitress be surprised when she discovers the food ordered by someone else just disappeared from the kitchen?” Henry asked.

“Well, I paid for it all,” Hazel said, justifying her magic as she picked up one more cheese curd. “And I left her a really good tip. All in all, this was a good day.”

Joseph, sitting next to her, glanced down and shook his head. “What are you talking about?” he asked. “Donovan nearly killed one of us. A demon attacked him. Cat doesn’t know whether or not she can trust him. We have a stranger in town who seems to be all-knowing and a little bit intimidating. And you just ate the last cheese curd.”

She looked up at him and grinned. “You snooze, you lose,” she replied. “And, to counter your comments. No one got killed. We healed Donovan as much as we could. The demon is barred from Donovan’s room, so he has a chance to recover. Mom super-soaked the demon with holy water. And I think Ellis arrived just in time to help us.”

“And Cat?” Rowan asked, sipping on her soft drink.

Hazel sighed. “Yeah, well, she probably just talked Mom into letting her go back to Ellis’ and stay with Donovan.”

Henry shook his head. “There is no way that your mother is going to allow Cat to go back there tonight,” he said decidedly. “Absolutely no way.”

Hazel looked over at him. “You want to bet?” she asked.

“You’ve got to be kidding,” Joseph exclaimed. “There’s way too much danger for her to…”

Joseph’s words died in his throat as Cat walked out of the house, a small overnight case in her hand.

“Don’t tell me that you think you’re going back to the B&B?” Joseph said, standing up and moving in front of Cat.

She looked up at him and nodded. “I don’t only think it, I know it,” she said firmly.

“No,” Joseph said.

Henry stood up and moved into place next to Joseph. “Cat, I’m afraid I have to agree with Joseph,” he said. “It’s not a good idea for you to put yourself in that kind of danger. You need to stay at home.”

She looked from one man to the other and sighed. “You are both really adorable doing the whole big-brother thing,” she said. “But I’m going, and you can’t stop me.”

“Well, no,” Henry said. “We could stop you.” He glanced over at Rowan. “And your sister will back me up.”

Rowan slowly pushed her chair away from the glass-topped table and stood up. Then she sighed and walked across the porch, positioning herself next to her sister. “No, sorry,” she said. “I’m backing Cat on this one.”

Hazel pushed herself out of her chair and moved to Cat’s other side.

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