Fool's Moon by Diane A.S. Stuckart

Author:Diane A.S. Stuckart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery;mystery fiction;mystery book;mystery books;mystery novel;fools moon;diane stuckart;diane as stuckart;diane a. s. stuckart;tarot cats;tarot cats mystery;tarot cats mystery series;cats;mysteries with cats;mysteries with animals;CVR01262018;CVR09052018
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2018-09-27T18:03:29+00:00

Fifteen

“What do we do?” Ophelia mewed in concern as the truck drew closer. The human hadn’t stayed long at the other house at all, she thought with a worried look at the stars.

Brandon’s whiskers drooped as he swiftly considered the problem.

“I don’t know,” he meowed back. “The truck is going too fast for us to jump inside when it passes by. But with Luciana gone, I don’t think we should stay here alone with the son.”

Then he bristled his tail in excitement as another idea occurred to him.

“Wait, maybe there’s still a chance. See that big bump in the road? Luis will have to drive over it. Maybe when he does, he’ll slow down enough that we’ll have time to jump inside the truck bed.”

Sure enough, just a few feet away Ophelia saw what looked like a big flat concrete log lying in the street. The bump. But she wasn’t sure about the slowing down part. All the way here, the truck had seemed to go as fast as a bird flying. She didn’t remember Luis slowing down for anything.

Trying to keep the doubt out of her voice, she agreed. “All right, let’s do it.”

They kept to the shadows as the truck approached, though Brandon gave a warning yowl to Zuki, riding in the truck bed.

We’re here! We’re going to jump into the truck at the big bump!

While the human wouldn’t have heard the cry, Ophelia knew that the canine’s sensitive ears would surely pick up on Brandon’s caterwaul and would be watching for them. Sure enough, a faint whine drifted to them on the night air.

Be careful!

Brandon snapped his fangs. “Get ready. As soon as the truck reaches the bump, we’ll run out behind it, and when it slows down, we’ll jump in together.”

But the truck wasn’t slowing. In fact, it was moving faster now, its crooked headlights, like a cross-eyed Siamese, bouncing in the darkness. Ophelia could see Zuki’s white muzzle peering around the camper top’s edge.

“Watch ou-u-u-ut!” the canine howled as the truck never paused but took the bump at full speed, all but tumbling Zuki out the back.

Ophelia and Brandon stared after the truck as it sped on down the road, tail lights flaring and splashing Zuki’s blocky white head with a red glare.

“He didn’t stop!” Ophelia yowled. “What do we do??”

A high-pitched canine howl, something that human ears couldn’t hear, drifted back to them. “Wa-a-a-a-it for Ru-u-u-u-by at the ga-a-a-a-ate.”

The two cats exchanged glances; then, like they were being chased again by the street dogs, they bolted down the road in the same direction.

“Zuki’s right,” Brandon gasped out as they ran. “It will be a while before Ruby’s finished at the party. We can wait at the little house with the wooden arm and jump into the back of her bug car while she’s waiting for it to open.”

“But what if she put up the top? How will we get in?”

“We’ll jump on the back and sink our claws into the cloth roof. We’ll hang on just like the surfer humans.

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