Dearly Departed: Magic and Mayhem Universe (Poppy Carlyle Chronicles) by Boone Brux

Author:Boone Brux [Brux, Boone]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Comedy, life after death, light paranormal, Second chance romance, paranormal shifters, Grim Reaper, Ghost stories, Southern humor, paranormal books, funny paranormal
Publisher: Boone Brux
Published: 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“Ahh!” I pressed my hand to my chest, trying to slow my racing heart. The phone continued its haunting dirge as I hauled it out of my back pocket. I swiped across Sharon’s name on my screen. “Hello.”

“Hey there,” she said. “You busy?”

Sharon was what I refer to as my handler. She doled out my reaping assignments, warned me of impending trouble, and kept me up to date on any pertinent info.

“Not anymore. What’s up?”

“I’ve got a quickie for you.”

A laugh snorted from me. “You know I like a good quickie.”

“Don’t we all, girlfriend.” The sound of ice clinking into a glass filtered through the phone. I’m not sure what it was about working with the dead, but a lot of us drank. Me included. It seemed whenever Sharon called, she was pouring herself a stiff one. And I never saw my porter, Bunny, without a pink cocktail in her hand. “Rick Birch.”

My shoulders slumped. “Oh no, not Ricky.”

“I take it you know him?”

“Yeah, nice guy. He’s an old racoon Shifter who lives on the edge of town.”

“Well.” The ice clinked again, and the sound of her swallowing reverberated through the earpiece. “It should be an easy reap. The notes say he knows he’s dead, so no surprises there.”

“Good. I need something to go right for me today.”

“How bad can things be? It’s barely noon.”

“You’d be surprised how much trouble I can get into in just a couple of hours.”

“No,” she said. “I actually wouldn’t be surprised at all.” She took another drink and swallowed. “Anyhow, let me know how it goes. A quick text is fine. I’ll log all the info here.”

“Thanks. Have a great weekend.”

“I always do.” Her laughter was cut short as she ended the call.

I shoved my phone in my back pocket. Poor Ricky. I couldn’t remember a day when I hadn’t seen him sitting on his front porch, rocking and watching people pass by. It was a sure bet that’s where I would find him today.

I locked my apartment door behind me, something I didn’t usually do. But after today’s craziness, I didn’t want to take a chance on any of my family members sneaking into my place and ambushing me. Not even Amy.

There wasn’t much I could do about my dead relatives. They’d come and go whenever they wanted, but the living I could do something about.

At the bottom of the steps, I peeked around the corner and scanned the street. The coast looked clear. I eased out and pulled the door shut. I started down the sidewalk at a pretty quick clip. My eyes darted everywhere, making sure I wasn’t being followed. From my first perusal, it looked like everybody had gone home. Thank you, Jesus!

Once I was past Darling’s Drugstore, I relaxed a little. Basically, that was the end of the business section of town. Everything beyond that point was residential.

I strolled down the next block until the sidewalk ran out and then crossed the street and followed the large row of hedges until I got to the small white wooden gate.

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