Date with a Ghost in Colorado (Cozy Mystery Thriller) (Ghost Mysteries of the Southwest Book 1) by Angela Pepper

Author:Angela Pepper [Pepper, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: ANGELA PEPPER PUBLISHING
Published: 2016-02-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Caitlyn Winters, the young blonde who worked as a community reporter, was walking up the sidewalk toward the fire hall building.

“Samantha, that is you!”

“Hi, Caitlyn.” Samantha turned, keeping her hand with the cigarette behind her back. “It's pretty crowded in there. I'm just heading home again now, but it was nice to see you.”

“You can't leave yet,” Caitlyn pleaded. “If I'd known somebody fun was here, I would have been here right at seven.”

Samantha grinned at the compliment. She was somebody fun in Caitlyn's eyes. It was the nicest thing she'd heard in weeks, due to being holed up in a remote cabin with a mute ghost.

“There are other fun people inside,” Samantha said. “I'm sure you know half the people in there.”

“More like three quarters,” Caitlyn said with an eye roll.

“Hey, you dropped a barrette at my cabin last month, when the three of us were doing our best impression of Sex and the City. I gave it to your BFF, Charles.” She giggled, even though it wasn't terribly funny. “He seems very loyal.”

Caitlyn wrinkled her nose. “Loyal. Sure. Charles DeWitt is loyal like a bad infection.”

Samantha dropped the cigarette she'd been holding behind her back and discreetly crushed it out with her heel. “We should get together sometime for drinks,” Samantha said. “You can tell me all about your exciting work at the community station. Maybe with Toni? She's your cousin, right?”

Caitlyn's nose wrinkled again. A group of people approached the door of the former fire hall, so the two women separated and stepped out of the doorway to let them in. The teenage boys had finished their cigarettes and also went inside.

Once they were alone again, Caitlyn asked, “How about just the two of us? Do you have plans for Wednesday night? I've got the whole day off, so I'm going to clear out some closets. You should come over in the evening. We can have dinner, and you can stop me from going online and shopping my credit card into oblivion.”

“I've got two bottles of wine I can bring,” Samantha said. “Unless you prefer tequila?”

“Just bring your fabulous self.” Caitlyn pulled a card from her pocket and wrote her address and driving instructions on the back. They agreed on seven o'clock Wednesday, which was in three days, and that Samantha could bring wine, but just one bottle.

Samantha wished her an enjoyable time at Warren's art retrospective, and then drove home, smiling the whole way.

That night, when Warren appeared after dark at the cabin, she said, “Happy now? I'm getting out and meeting people. You like that, don't you?”

He nodded, yes. He was happy now. Happy she was getting to know people in Owl Bend.

They sat in peaceful silence together for a while before she asked, “Is this your big plan? Are you trying to make me move here permanently?”

Warren gave her an innocent look and a half shrug.

He didn't speak, but she heard words in her head. No matter what happens, please know that I only want what's best for you.

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