Chaos in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law MysteryRomance Series) by Jana DeLeon

Author:Jana DeLeon
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Jana DeLeon
Published: 2014-06-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Maryse reached for the bottle of water on her makeshift laboratory table and cursed when she saw it was empty. And it had been the last one in Mildred’s refrigerator. She glanced at her watch and cursed again. The general store had closed twenty minutes before and a drive down the highway to Walmart was outside the scope of movement that Luc was comfortable with.

She sat the bottle back on the dresser next to a rack of test tubes and flopped backward onto the bed in the hotel room Mildred had given her to work in. She supposed the bed part was an advantage. It was sort of convenient to be able to flop when she was aggravated. At her real lab, she resorted to pacing. Flopping and lying were better options when one was feeling tired, frustrated, and lazy.

And lately, those three were her standard.

Scientists who were trying to save the world should not have their progress delayed by lack of bottled water. Nor should they be making do with hotel room dressers for laboratory tables. They should be hiding away in dark laboratories, with cool equipment that only other scientist nerds would covet.

“My life sucks,” she said to the ceiling.

“You’re young, skinny, financially well off, and have the most gorgeous husband in Louisiana,” Mildred’s voice sounded from the doorway. “If your life sucks, then I should go ahead and take a bullet.”

Maryse looked over at Mildred and grinned. “Why? You’re not old, not fat, rich as Caesar, and don’t want a man messing things up.”

“Touché.” Mildred smiled. “So what’s got you whining like a six-year-old?”

“Besides the fact that it’s six p.m., I arrived here at an indecent hour, and I haven’t heard from my husband—who was supposed to pick me up at five—since lunchtime?”

“That’s a lot of complaints for one sentence.”

Maryse sighed. “That’s the condensed version. But my current dilemma is that I ran out of bottled water.”

“So drink a soda. Problem solved.”

“Not for drinking. I need good clean water for my experiment, and I know you’re not going to suggest I get it from the tap.”

“Heck no. Sometimes the water’s such a weird color I think I should boil my bathwater.”

“That’s all the algae blooms. I suppose I could boil some water.”

“Are you able to without burning it?”

“Ha ha. Just because I choose not to cook doesn’t mean I can’t.”

“I know you can cook. You’ve been burning stinkweed in here all day. I had to close the air registers in my office because of the smell. Thank God the rest of the rooms are on a separate ventilation system.”

“Well, the stinkweed burning is over for the day because I don’t have bottled water, don’t feel like cooking any, and can’t go to Walmart.”

“If you really want to finish up with whatever that green mess is, check Jadyn’s room. She bought a case of bottled water the other day. I’m sure she won’t mind you borrowing one. I’m getting a supply shipment tomorrow, so I’ll be restocked.”

Maryse

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