Karen Anne Golden - The Cats That 03 - The Cats That Told a Fortune by Karen Anne Golden

Author:Karen Anne Golden [Golden, Karen Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Cats - Indiana
ISBN: 1500268305
Publisher: Karen Anne Golden
Published: 2014-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Katherine sat at her computer in the back office. Checking her emails, she was delighted that everyone invited to the party, except Jacky, would be attending. For the first time in a long time, she felt excited and happy. Colleen came into the room, with Scout and Abra following. They darted in and out of Colleen’s path like porpoises in front of a moving ship.

“Katz, they’re truly trying to kill me,” Colleen complained. “I can hardly walk in my new shoes.”

With the mention of shoes, Katherine turned around and looked. Colleen was wearing a pair of hot pink, pointy toe, four-inch heel pumps. Not wanting to hurt her friend’s feelings, Katherine said sweetly, “The shoes are to die for, but carrot top, no one in Erie wears stiletto heels to a fish fry.”

“Oh,” Colleen blushed. “I guess that would be an Erie fashion faux pas!”

“Did you bring running shoes? I wear mine all the time,” Katherine suggested.

“Yes, of course. I’ll go up later and change. How about a bit of tea?” Colleen suggested, moving to the kitchen.

“Great. Let me save my document, and I’ll be right there.”

Colleen walked into the kitchen and gasped, “Katz, the cabinet doors are open!”

Katherine joined her and stifled a laugh. “The pink mansion has a poltergeist.” Then her face clouded when she remembered two similar events.

Colleen noticed the change of expression and asked, “Katz, what’s wrong?”

“Deja vu! Iris did this little cabinet door trick the very last time Carol Lombard visited, and right before she died in the fatal car accident.” Katherine leaned against the counter. “After I learned my student, Stacy, was brutally assaulted, I came home to find not only the cabinet doors open, but broken dishes scattered on the floor.”

Colleen tried to make light of the tense situation. “Are the cups broken, too? Should I look for Styrofoam cups for tea?”

“Either Iris did it, or the mansion really does have a poltergeist,” Katherine said, trying to regain her good mood.

“Eerie!” Colleen said. “Maybe I should go get the EVP to detect if a spirit is trying to communicate. It would take a tremendous amount of ghostly energy to open those doors.”

Abby chased Lilac into the kitchen. Lilac me-yowled loudly, sprang from the ceramic tile floor to the granite counter, to the top of the cabinets, then raced their full length. From the cabinets, she leaped onto the wood window valance and ran across it. Right before the edge, she flopped on her side. Abby did the same, except Abby flopped down the other way. They looked like a vintage ceramic cat lamp. “Chirp,” Abby announced proudly.

Colleen took her smartphone and snapped a pic of the two cats. “I’m sending this to mum. She won’t believe it!”

Grabbing the TV remote, Katherine took a seat at the table. “Not liking the idea of communicating with the kitchen spirit,” Katherine said. “How about I turn on the news while you fix some tea? There’s honey vanilla in the canister by the stove.”

Katherine punched the On button.

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