Gone Haunting in Deadwood (A Deadwood Mystery Book 9) by Ann Charles

Author:Ann Charles [Charles, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Deadwood Mystery Series
Publisher: Ann Charles
Published: 2018-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Going to work was a welcome change from monster hunting.

After I dropped off Aunt Zoe at home and made sure Addy was feeling okay, I put on my real estate agent hat and dragged my tired ass to my desk.

The normalcy of everyday office life inside Calamity Jane’s helped me come to grips with what I’d learned at Mudder Brothers this morning. Mona clacked on the keyboard as usual, pausing only to send me an insider’s smile, along with a “Good morning, Vi,” as I settled in at my desk. Jerry and Ben returned from the Rec Center showers shortly after I arrived, their hair still damp and their surplus testosterone spent on the ball court. They both shared small talk for several minutes before focusing on their computer screens.

Ray came in last, crowing that his breakfast meeting was a success. He dropped into his chair, kicked up his boots, and aimed a wrinkled upper lip my way. If his goal was to upset my applecart, there was nothing left to tip over. Learning that I had to figure out how to hunt down a party of Nachzehrer before they grew into a colony of flesh-eating ghouls pretty much blew my cart into teeny-tiny pieces. Ray could go fuck himself as far as I was concerned, and he could take Tiffany along for the ride.

“Ray,” Jerry said, interrupting Ray’s glower. “Don’t forget I need your month-end expenses early.”

I looked at Jerry. That was odd. Usually he requested our month-end paperwork after the first of the next month. Maybe Ray was taking a couple of weeks off. Could I be so lucky? Santa must have read my wishlist. If only I could convince Tiffany to relocate to the North Pole.

Rosy walked through the front door around the time I’d started my second cup of coffee since arriving at the office. She carried a stainless steel case and a big smile.

“We need to huddle up for a moment,” Jerry said, standing in the middle of our circle of desks. “I asked Rosy to join us today to begin filming.”

Son of a mother trucker! After a night full of Addy’s technicolored yawns and a morning staring at a nibbled-on corpse, I did not want to try my best to look good for the flippin’ camera.

“I can tell by some of your expressions,” and with that his gaze zeroed on Mona for a moment, “you’re not thrilled with smiling into the camera lens. However, this is just a practice run. The footage Rosy captures will be used as a game tape to see where we need to improve.”

Rosy set her case on Jerry’s desk. From it, she extracted an expensive-looking video camera and microphone.

“I’ll start the filming, working with Rosy to test her equipment and get things ready for the rest of you. I’ve written some scripts, but feel free to try something new. Remember, this is practice. We’re figuring out your comfort zone and shooting for warm-up purposes only.”

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