Five Spot by Blackburn Cindy

Author:Blackburn, Cindy [Blackburn, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-11-03T08:00:00+00:00

“Conrad and Slipper,” I said for Mr. Cupid’s benefit. I grabbed my computer, and we were just getting started on the sizzling stuff when Karen called.

“So?” I asked. “How did your second date go? I want all the details—every single teeny tiny-itsy bitsy—”

“Would you give me a break? I’m calling to apologize, Jess. I’m sorry I hung up on you last night.”

I argued I was the one who should apologize. “It was very late.”

“And I’d had a long night.”

“Excellent!” I smiled broadly. “So where did Pierpont take you this time? LA, New Orleans, Venice, Pari—”

“Try the Stone Fountain. And, hello, I wasn’t with Piers.”

I slumped. “With Candy?”

“I never should have agreed to it.”

I slumped some more. “Why?”

“Because she pumped me for every detail about my trip to New York City. We went over the same old story a gazillion times.”

I informed my friend that her romance with Pierpont Rigby was most decidedly not an old story.

“It’s not a romance, either.”

“Maybe not yet,” I persisted. “But what about that second date? Where’s he taking you next? Paris, Rome, Hong Kong—”

“Try nowhere. I told him I’m not interested.”

“What? Well, no wonder Candy told me to talk some sense into you.”

“Do you guys even know the meaning of privacy?”

“No,” I said honestly. “And fair’s fair, Karen. You and Candy have been butting into my relationship with Wilson since day one. Since the first time I beat him at the Stone Fountain pool table.”

“That pool game was your destiny.”

“Yes, but right now we’re discussing your destiny. The one with you and Pierpont and happily ever after.”

Karen groaned. “How about let’s discuss the real Happily Ever After? You know, your romance conference?” She asked for an update on the murder. “Is the bad guy behind bars yet?”

“Someone’s behind bars, but it’s the wrong someone.” I thought again. “It’s probably the wrong someone.” I explained the latest, and my chocoholic friend was suitably appalled that Penelope might have been poisoned by chocolate candy.

“There should be a law against that,” she said, and I told her there probably was.

“But personally, I hope it was the chocolate, because that would mean I wasn’t the intended victim.” I scowled. “Of course that would also mean Tori Fister is the guilty party, which I don’t want.”

“You’re mixed up, girlfriend. You want the killer caught, whoever it was. You got it?”

“You’re beginning to sound like Wilson.”

“As usual, he’s right, and you’re wrong.”

“Yadda, yadda, yadda.” I got up to gaze out the window and noticed it was a beautiful day in Fable, Georgia. “Let’s move on, shall we?” I said. “Now about that second date.” I stopped and let the idea linger, but Karen refused to take the bait.

I stomped my foot and used my most authoritative voice. “Get into the spirit,” I scolded. “You told me you like him, and clearly the guy likes you. Therefore, you absolutely must go on that second date.”

“But it’s too nuts,” she whined. “Pierpont Rigby, the rich and handsome, and me, the—” she hesitated, “the me.

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