F is for FIRE: The A, B, C's of Witchery (Moonbeam Chronicles Book 6) by Carolina Mac

Author:Carolina Mac [Mac, Carolina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Fort Lauderdale Fairgrounds.

The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale made a long, boring speech as a large crowd of fun seekers—kids and adults alike—waited at the gate for him to shut up and cut the ribbon.

A loud cheer erupted from the throng as the scissors cut through the ribbon and the Mayor stepped out of the way. A tide of customers were released and the ticket booths were flooded. Line ups stretched out the gate and along the road.

“Wow, big crowd,” said Ardal. “What do you think, Pete? Is this the biggest opening day crowd you ever saw?”

“Nope,” growled Pete. “I’ve seen bigger and y’all will too. I’m going to watch Roberto running the Octopus. It can be trouble. The old ferris wheel was a piece of shit and riders were always getting stuck at the top and screaming for help but the new wheel looks dandy. Shouldn’t be any problems with that ride.”

I noticed Pete glancing at young girls in their early twenties and I wanted to smack him on the nose. Old habits die hard.

“What’s our job here today, Gilly?” asked Ardal. “Is there something you want me to do?”

“You should learn how to run the rides in case any of our workers get sick or quit. You might have to fill in without any warning or training. I’m going to check on the games and make sure there are enough prizes. I don’t know anything about the prizes we’re giving to the winners, but knowing how cheap Zak was, I don’t think they’ll be high end. I don’t want people calling our carnival sleezy.”

“People don’t expect high end prizes from the games at the carnival,” said Moonbeam. “They expect to win junk.”

I made a face at the junk word. “When I sit down and figure out the bottom line after each booking, I’m going to see if we can do better. More give aways and more free stuff.”

“Once we had a strolling clown who made balloon animals and gave them to the kids,” said Moon. “That was a freebie that didn’t cost too much.”

“Great idea,” I said. “I’m making notes of everything we talk about.”

“Once I talked Zak into having a sale on the ride tickets—for the slowest day of the weekend.”

“That’s a good one too.” I wrote it down.

“I used to do advertising,” said Moon. “A couple of weeks before we hit a new venue, I’d put big ads in the local paper. I don’t know how many people get a newspaper anymore.”

Moon knows a lot more about the carnival than she lets on. She helped Zak when they were married.

Glancing across the field where the rides were set up, I thought I saw two familiar faces. My heart rate picked up and heat creeped up my neck. Those were two faces I didn’t want to see.

“Jim and Jeff are here, Moon. Those little pricks are going to cause trouble.”

“I wouldn’t doubt it,” said Moonbeam. “They are bad boys—both of them. Jane never disciplined them and that’s what you get when you let your kids run wild.

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