Eat, Drink, and Be Scary by Olivia Jaymes

Author:Olivia Jaymes [Jaymes, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
Publisher: Blonde Ambition Press
Published: 2019-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

It was freezing outside so in the spirit of teamwork and getting home where it was warm, everyone pitched in and helped break down the equipment. Tyler and Garrett helped us load Lloyd’s van, all of us moving quickly in the brisk air. Lloyd and Elliott were our resident tech-geeks and they maintained all of our gear and it was their basement where it was all stored. Someday we were going to get an office or headquarters but today was not that day.

We’d placed the last monitor into the back when Garrett’s phone went off, startling all of us but the sheriff. In his line of work, he was sure to be used to calls in the middle of the night but it had been so quiet as we’d worked that the ringtone was completely unexpected.

The brothers drove away as Garrett took the call, his expression sober. Ravenmist wasn’t rife with crime so I couldn’t imagine what had him so serious. Not another murder, surely? He hung up his phone and shoved it in his pocket, puffs of steam billowing from his mouth from the cold.

“That was a friend of mine who is still a cop in Chicago,” Garrett said. “William Wagner is Jerome Bergstrom’s business partner.”

Business partner. Interesting. That put a whole new spin on the case.

“Then they must have been arguing about business that day.”

Garrett shook his head. “We don’t have any idea what they were arguing about. Conjecture is a dangerous thing, Tedi.”

“Okay, they probably were arguing about business. How’s that?”

“Better, but we really don’t know. That’s why I’ll be talking to him tomorrow.”

“Do you think he’ll really tell you the truth?”

“I like to think I’d know if he was lying.”

He would think that. There was no shortage of self-esteem there.

“Good luck then. Maybe he’s the one.”

“Maybe. Tyler, we need to get going. You have school tomorrow.”

“I know, I know.” Tyler gifted me with a huge smile. “Thanks for letting me join the group, Ms. Hamilton. This was awesome.”

I only wished that he could have seen a real ghost. Perhaps next time.

“We’re happy to have you. You did a great job tonight. And please call me Tedi.”

“Thanks, Tedi! Goodnight.”

The teenager grinned and sprinted off toward Garrett’s vehicle, leaving me with the sheriff.

“He’ll probably be up with the birds and no worse for wear,” Garrett grimaced. “I’ll be the one dragging all day. I used to be able to party all night.”

I had vague memories of doing the same but these days I was happy to be tucked up by eleven at the latest.

“My mom always says that youth is wasted on the young. I’m beginning to think she might be right.”

“Funny how parents get smarter the older we get.” Garrett nodded toward my car. “I’ll make sure you get going safely.”

“This is Ravenmist, Sheriff. No one is hiding in my backseat.”

Unless it was a ghost. If my closet had one, I suppose my car could, too.

“Did you even lock your car?”

I pulled up the handle without the keys.

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