Give Up the Ghost by Jane Hinchey

Author:Jane Hinchey [Hinchey, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Baywolf
Published: 2020-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

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After my encounter with Mills, I was one hundred dollars poorer and one hundred percent pissed off. Ben told me I could appeal the charge, but really? What was the point, who would believe me over an officer of the law? This was the shit Ben had to deal with when he’d been a police officer, and my anger and frustration at his situation returned tenfold. Rather than return to Ben’s, I swung back around to Jacob Henry’s apartment. I needed to keep my mind off Officer Ian Mills and his bogus charge.

Ben saved me a trip up three flights of stairs by shooting ahead and doing a reconnaissance mission. “Nope still not home.” He informed me on his return.

“Darn it.” I tapped the steering wheel. “I wonder where he is?” The rumbling of my stomach interrupted my thought processes, and Ben’s guffaw confirmed just how loud the rumble was. “Whoa, Fitz,” he laughed, “better feed the beast.”

Figuring food would probably help to appease my foul mood, I decided lunch at the Seaview Cafe was in order. Plus, I had an ulterior motive. Ben could go check in with Myra while I ate. Two birds, one stone. Ben was happy to oblige, and I figured he enjoyed having a ghostly pal—I was hoping between the two of them they could come up with an explanation why Myra can’t leave the store. Not that it was important, I was merely curious. I waited until he’d disappeared through the front door of Nether & Void before making my way toward the cafe a few doors down. Standing inside, I paused while my eyes adjusted to the dim lighting, then glanced around. The place was bigger than I thought, with over two dozen tables scattered throughout. It was lunchtime, and the place was busy, almost every table occupied, when I spotted a familiar face.

“Hey, Audrey!” Ashley Baker stood and waved me over. “Come join us, there’s room at our table.”

I waved back and began weaving my way through the tables while checking out Ashley’s dining companion. He was an older guy with sunglasses perched atop his bald head, gray mustache, solid build. He was wearing a black leather jacket, and I wondered if he wasn’t hot since it was a balmy eighty degrees out.

“Audrey, this is Lee Noble, Myra’s boyfriend. Lee, this is the PI I hired, Audrey Fitzgerald,” Ashley said. Lee stood and shook my hand, his massive paw crushing mine in a powerful grip. Across his knuckles, faded black tattoos. A diamond, club, heart, and spade. I figured Lee Noble was into gambling. Why else would you have a card deck tattooed on your fingers?

“Pleased to meet ya.” His smile was polite and entirely fake. I matched it with one of my own, while surreptitiously flexing my bruised hand behind my back.

“Hi. Thanks for letting me join you. I had no idea this place was so busy.” I slid into the seat next to Ashley. She nodded. “Yep, this place is always pumping at lunchtime.

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