Dallas Fire & Rescue: Emergency Cupid (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Mt. Olympus Employment Agency: Cupid Book 1) by Naquin R.L

Author:Naquin, R.L. [Naquin, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Now that I had to be visible doing my job, I had to time things carefully. I grabbed a cup of tea at the cafe across from the fire station and sat at the same table where I’d met Vanessa. Since the feathers were fairly thick there due to being so close to the station, I kept the vacuum on and let the magic get sucked into the fresh bag I put on it.

The bag filled three times while I sat there. As I clipped the fourth bag into place, sirens went off across the street, and the shiny red trucks pulled out, followed by the ambulance. The garage doors came down, and the place looked empty.

I waited for a few minutes to see if there would be any more activity, drained my cup, tossed it in the trash, and crossed the street. Having already been inside, I walked around the building to the parking lot and entered through the side door.

“Hello?” I stepped quietly, listening for the sound of other people.

As I walked, the Magic-Vac 5000 whirred and hummed. Clouds of feathers gathered and ducked beneath my cardigan to the vacuum hidden underneath it.

The hallway was empty, though I could hear activity off toward the business side of things where the offices and dispatch area were. Around the corner, the rec room stood empty with the television on. I blinked in the dim light until I could see better. A small form sat curled on the sofa. After a moment, I realized it was Oliver.

He sat up. “Hi. Everybody went out on a call.”

I wasn’t sure what to do. “Oh. Well, I…uh…came to do some cleaning.”

Oliver watched me for a moment, then his gaze moved to my cardigan and his eyes grew wide. “What’s that?”

“What’s what?”

“Under your sweater. In your hand.” He pointed and nudged forward on the couch.

At that moment, the humming sound changed on the vacuum to let me know the bag was full. I pulled off the cardigan and shut off the machine.

Oliver had crafted the love bomb. He’d been able to see the magic spilling out of the toilet—otherwise why would he have looked so upset when we’d removed it? It stood to reason he could still see the magic, which meant he saw it all get sucked under my sweater.

I moved toward the couch and sat in a chair across from the kid. “You can see stuff, can’t you?” I was matter-of-fact as I unclipped the full bag and swapped it out with an empty one. I flipped the switch and let the vacuum on the table to do its collecting.

Oliver watched for a moment, then looked up at me. “You see it, too?”

I gave him a long look, then finally nodded. “Where’d you get the spell?”

His face went pale. “How did you…” He swallowed. “Please don’t tell my mom.”

“Cross my heart. This isn’t the kind of information we want to get out.” I leaned forward and held my hand out. I’d decided that being truthful with this kid might be my best chance at clearing all this up.

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