Lacey Luzzi: Spiced: a humorous, cozy mystery! (Lacey Luzzi Mafia Mysteries Book 8) by LaManna Gina

Author:LaManna, Gina [LaManna, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2016-03-12T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 33

Anthony and I found Meg waiting outside the door to the living area.

“What are you doing?” I nodded towards the room. “Are Carlos and Nora still in there?”

“I can’t take it anymore.” Her eyes wide, she shook her head left to right. “Nora won’t listen to reason at all. She’s just lying there talking about books.”

I turned to Anthony. “Why don’t you give it a whirl in there? You did a good job calming her down before. Or your chest did, I should say.”

“I’m not going back in there.” He folded his arms protectively over said chest. “I spent all morning in there. It’s your turn.”

“My turn? I have work to do.”

Anthony pointed to that handsome chest again. “And you think I have nothing to do?”

“I vote it’s Lacey’s turn,” Meg said. “Both me and Anthony have done our part.”

“You were in there for two seconds,” I said. “Plus, you are supposed to be on my side.”

Meg bit her lip. “I’m on whoever’s side isn’t voting for me to go in there. Anyway, didn’t you come here to distract her in the first place? I thought you were gonna take her to the—”

“To the salon?” I interrupted. “To get her, uh…thing done to her hair?”

Meg rolled her lips inwards, realizing her mistake. If the cooking class was Anthony’s secret birthday present, well, the secret would be ruined if she spelled out our plans in front of him. With zero subtleness, she gave a knowing glance in Anthony’s direction. “Right. The salon.”

“I know you’re lying,” Anthony said. “And I don’t like what the two of you are up to, but if it involves taking Nora to an appointment of any sort, I hereby instruct you to take her.”

“We don’t have time!” I said. “We have to talk to the girls’ teacher.”

“Why do you wanna go see Miss Nice Apples again?” Meg scrunched her nose up. “Isn’t that the girl you told me about that hit on Anthony?”

“Miss Nice Apples?” Anthony rounded on me, his mouth quirking up in a lazy, cocky smile, as he shifted his shoulders up and down. “What on earth gave her that nickname?”

My cheeks burned, but Meg didn’t seem to notice.

Or if she did notice, she didn’t care. “Lacey told me all about show and tell. She said not to bring it up in front of you, but…” Meg clapped a hand over her mouth. “Oh, what a slippery little bugger. That secret was just not meant to be kept, and I’m stickin’ to that story. Please don’t be mad at me,” Meg said, blinking in my direction. My eyes might have channeled Carlos’s death stare at that point because Meg coughed and pointed towards the door. “You know, on second thought, maybe I should go check on Nora.” With that, she marched straight on into the room and closed the door behind her with a resounding thud.

“Miss Nice Apples, huh?” Anthony stepped forward. “You like your nicknames, don’t you?”

“When I don’t know someone’s real name, it’s just easier.

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