Fashions Fade, Haunted Is Eternal by Rose Pressey

Author:Rose Pressey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Cookie’s Savvy Tips for Vintage Clothing Shopping

Some trends for seasons never go out of style

and you can always find great vintage pieces

to put those styles into your wardrobe.

Plaids for fall, wools for winter, floral prints

for spring, and bright colors for summer.

My heart beat faster and anxiety raced through my body. No one else volunteered to check it out. I inched toward the door, reminding myself to breathe. The last thing I needed was to hyperventilate. The ghosts followed right behind me. After them were the cats. Everyone was too chicken to go first. That left me to do the dirty work.

I stopped at the door that led to the back storage room. No other noise had come from the area, but that didn’t mean someone wasn’t on the other side of the door waiting for me. My heart sped up as I wrapped my hand around the doorknob. I looked back at Charlotte, and she motioned for me to open the door. I released a deep breath and turned the knob. So far no one had jumped out at me.

Why hadn’t I left the lights on back here? I supposed I was trying to save on the electric bill. The back door that led out into the parking area of the shop was still closed. I wasn’t sure if that made me feel much better though. The person could have closed the door once they were inside the building. What was I thinking? Just because the cat had given me a warning didn’t mean someone was back here. He could have been warning me of a mouse for all I knew. Though a mouse probably wouldn’t have made a noise that loud.

“What are you waiting for, Cookie? Go in there and check it out,” Charlotte said.

“I’m going,” I whispered.

“Yeah, Charlotte, don’t get your bloomers in a bunch,” Minnie said.

Even though the room was small, the walk over to the back door seemed longer than ever now. I forced my legs to move and stepped into the room. The light switch was on the opposite wall for some reason. A design flaw from whoever installed the electric. I’d meant to have it changed but never gotten around to it. I’d move it to the top of my to-do list.

Halfway across the room someone grabbed me. It was dark so I couldn’t get a good look at the person. The person was trying to drag me across the room toward the back door. I stumbled backward, trying to grab the person’s arms. I wanted to break free from the hold.

“Cookie, what’s happening?” Charlotte screeched.

“Get off her,” Minnie yelled.

I’d never heard Charlotte so panicked. I had no idea what was happening. Someone was trying to kidnap me. Was this the killer? It had to be the killer. I had to fight this person off. No longer able to balance, I fell to the floor, but the person still had a tight grip on me.

“Cookie, what can I do?” Charlotte asked.

I wasn’t sure there was anything Charlotte could do.

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