Ghost Mortem by ReGina Welling & Erin Lynn

Author:ReGina Welling & Erin Lynn [Welling, ReGina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-26T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Still bleary-eyed, I missed seeing the news van parked in the side lot at Mabel’s, which was why I was shocked when Jacy intercepted me at the door and dragged me around the corner and out of sight.

“What did you do that for?”

“Where’d you park?” Her head swiveled as she searched the lot, and her eyes were wide and frantic.

I pointed a thumb over my right shoulder. “Over by the back entrance to the power and water office. Why?”

“Okay, good.” She blew the stray hairs off her forehead. “The news team is just finishing up their breakfast in the diner, and they’ve been asking practically everyone about you. I knew you were coming in this morning, so I’ve been watching for you. I’ve got to go back in, but Mabel said to tell you to go around to the kitchen entrance. She’ll let you in through the back.” I finally got a grin from her. “If her rep wasn’t on the line, I think she’d have spit in their eggs.”

Half tempted to go in and confront the news team just to get it over with, I thought of the house key and Mrs. Tipton, and decided skulking around wasn’t a sign of weakness—just the prudent thing to do at the moment.

“No worries. First, I’ll go see if I can sweet talk the good folks at power and water into sending out that handsome husband of yours to turn the water on today. They’re open now, right?”

Technically, Jacy’s husband Brian only worked for the water district, but since the power company maintained a local presence in the same office, I figured he might be able to wield some influence there, too. With power and water, I could borrow dad’s tent and camp out in the backyard of my new place if necessary.

"Yeah, it's after eight." Satisfied she'd saved me from being featured on the five o'clock news, Jacy headed back inside but tossed a suggestion over her shoulder. "You ought to make a detour into Foss's for a floppy hat and sunglasses."

It took all of five minutes to do the paperwork. Having Mrs. Tipton call the power company office to verify the transfer of ownership was only a formality since everyone in town knew I'd bought the house. The next five minutes I spent listening to speculation about recent events and securing Brian's promise to hook me up first thing. He was on the phone pulling in a favor when I left.

The news van was gone by the time I crossed the street and pushed my way through the diner’s front door.

“You know I love you, but girl, you look like something left over from a cat fight.” Mabel ran my debit card through the reader, and at my request, added a breakfast sandwich and coffee to the total from the night before.

“Thanks, it’s good to know my outsides are running on par with my insides.”

“You want that to go?” Jacy asked, then followed up with, “You could have called me if you were having a rough night.

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