Dead and Disorderly (Behind the Blue Line Series Book 2) by Craig Alexis D

Author:Craig, Alexis D. [Craig, Alexis D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hot Ink Press
Published: 2015-05-22T07:00:00+00:00

Nico was up and gone early in the morning, well before her 9:00 a.m. alarm, but Nahia wasn’t surprised. He’d been out of sorts when he’d arrived, and any hurt she’d felt had dissipated as soon as she’d taken in his harried appearance. She’d given in to her need to support and comfort him, because he looked so ready to break. He hadn’t even looked that way on the ghost hunt, and that was after the whole flying furniture thing.

Her morning was slow. She showered leisurely, drank her coffee without haste, and made it to work on time. It was almost like her life was normal again, only it wasn’t. There was still the matter of the house, the safety on the workers who would be doing the remodel, Nico’s somewhat-grandmother’s death, and the impending arrival of the greater Verrazzano clan. 11:00 a.m. was too early to start drinking, right?

“You look like you could use this more than me.”

Nahia blinked as Mags handed off her delicate cup of tea, her mind hearing her words to Nico from last night clearly. She’d made it into the middle of the store before the thoughts racing around her brain had impeded her physical progress. Leaving her standing there, arms still laden with her bags, and nothing to show for it. She shook her head to reorder her brain. “Yeah. Yeah, you’re probably right. Thank you.” She sipped the tea and continued on to put her stuff away behind the counter.

Mags raised an eyebrow as she leaned against the counter. “Rough night?”

“Not for the reason you’d suspect.” She set the pink china cup on its matching saucer in front of her redheaded friend. It was still half full. Blindly, she reached up onto the shelf and pulled down her box of tarot cards and began shuffling.

“You and Nico have a fight?” Even as she asked the question, she looked like she didn’t believe that could possibly be the answer.

She shook her head. “No, his…” she groped for the word, “semi-grandmother passed away last night.” Even as she said it, she kept her hands moving, like that would soothe her brain. When the moment felt right, she set the deck down and cut it.

Mags straightened away from the counter and sobered immediately. “Damn, I’m sorry to hear that.” She cocked her head to the side, a strange, but serene smile coming to her face.

Nahia knew that look well. “Whatcha seein’?”

The redhead in the billowy white shirt that hung off her shoulder snorted before she managed to contain the laughter. Her eyes cleared and she sipped her tea primly as her gaze settled back on her friend. “You’ll see soon enough.”

“You know I hate it when you do that, right?” She smiled in spite of her irritation and began her three card spread. Guidance right now would be greatly appreciated, because with all the different branches of the mayhem tree breaking off in her life, finding the trunk would be optimal.

First card was the Death card, upright.

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