Ghost Blusters: Funny Cozy Mystery (Witch Woods Funeral Home Book 5) by Morgana Best

Author:Morgana Best [Best, Morgana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Best Cosy Books
Published: 2017-07-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

By the time I reached my car, Jezza-Belle was back, to my enormous relief.

“Twice in a short space of time?” I asked Jezza-Belle. “That’s getting a little too much. Did she give you any warning this time?”

Jezza-Belle shook her head. “No, although I did get a really horrible feeling both times, so perhaps I can take that as a warning.”

“If you get another horrible feeling like that again, please let me know,” I said. “That could have been really awful.”

“What do we do now?” Jezza-Belle asked me.

“We should go back home, and get changed. Then we’ll go to the charity sale.”

“How should I dress?”

I smothered a giggle. “Go just as you are. Mum always wears those clothes.”

“But surely I should dress up for a charity sale?” Jezza-Belle asked me.

“Wear a strand of pearls if you like,” I said, “but remember that you look like my mother.”

Jezza-Belle’s face paled. “I’d almost forgotten.”

I had to do some paperwork for upcoming funerals for the next few hours. Luckily, I didn’t hear from either Mum or Jezza-Belle. When I called for Jezza-Belle late in the afternoon, she told me that my mother hadn’t made another appearance.

We drove to the local showground which was hosting the charity sale, in the big pavilion next to the chook sale. As we drove up, people were leaving a large white building, some clutching cages of chickens, and some with chooks under their arms. After I parked the car and got out, I heard someone discussing the relative merits of Ancona show hens.

“It seems a bit weird to me that they’re selling these chickens and then having a charity function,” Jezza-Belle said.

“This is perfectly normal for a small country town,” I said. “You obviously haven’t mixed in these circles. Let’s go inside and start mingling. Remember, warn me if you think my mother is about to take over you. Do your best to resist.”

“I don’t know how,” Jezza-Belle said in a pained tone.

I took a deep breath, and hoped it would all turn out okay. I hadn’t known how to dress for the occasion, so I had chosen a dark green dress cut in such a way as to hide a multitude of sins, or so I hoped.

“Oh wow, Laurel, you look amazing,” said a deep voice behind me.

I swung around to see Basil. He held me at arms’ length. “Wow,” he said again, and then kissed me.

“I’m so pleased you could make it,” I said. “Are you still coming back for dinner tonight?”

He pulled me close and whispered in my ear, “Sure am,” before kissing me again.

My heart beat out of my chest and my knees trembled. Basil always had that effect on me. When he released me, I gasped.

Basil’s arm tightened around my waist. “I didn’t realise I had that effect on you,” he said with a laugh.

You don’t know the half of it, I said silently. Aloud I said, “That’s Liliana Buckley. Phil Palmer has his arm around her. What if his wife sees them?”

“She’s his wife,” Basil said.

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