Murder Comes Calling (Lainswich Witches Book 18) by Raven Snow

Author:Raven Snow [Snow, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“I’m not sure I blame him,” said Reginald. The statement earned him a glare from his wife.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Lydia looked to Rowen. “I’m sorry about him. He doesn’t know what he’s saying.”

“I didn’t say I like him,” Reginald said quickly. “I’m just saying that I don’t see why he can’t inherit the house. It was left to him. That’s that. If a house was left to me I wouldn’t just give it to someone else because they felt they deserved it more than I did.”

Lydia huffed but didn’t seem to have a good response to that. She set about straightening the shelf of candles in front of her instead. It was already in order, but no one was going to mention that.

Reginald watched his wife for a few long seconds. He was probably trying to decide whether he should apologize or not. Between this and the kids, things had probably been strained between the two recently. In the end, Reginald looked to Rowen. “You deserve better,” he said, and it sounded earnest, like he meant it. “Just try not to feel any residual guilt over this whole… whether or not he’s the one who deserves what he’s getting thing. You certainly shouldn’t be feeling any guilt on his behalf.”

That was easier said than done. Rowen couldn’t just will what she was feeling away. There was a lot that was weighing heavily on her. “Me telling myself not to feel guilty isn’t going to change what the family thinks.”

“That’s what I’m saying,” insisted Reginald. “What they think really doesn’t matter. If they’re angry with you, that’s their problem.”

“It becomes my problem when they go on television and say horrible things about my family.” Rowen had since watched the segment Rose had called to tell her about. There hadn’t actually been an interview, at least not one that had taken place on air. The interview had been anonymous. There was a chance it wasn’t even from the Trainer family, but Rowen found it hard to believe that it could have been from anyone else. The things said were too personal, too angry. There was even some accusatory talk about whether or not the Greensmiths had used magic for things to fall in their favor. They hadn’t used the word magic exactly. The term used had been something like, “their usual tricks.” Still, it was obvious what they meant by that.

There was a lot of blame placed on Desmond as well. Rowen couldn’t be sure how to feel about that. She was conflicted. On the one hand, he had arrived at a very convenient time. On the other hand, he hadn’t struck Rowen as a murderer. Then again, she barely knew the guy. She had only talked to him once in her entire life. Even with her ability to get a read on people using her “usual tricks”, she couldn’t say for sure that she knew exactly what he was and wasn’t capable of.

“From what I’ve seen, Lainswich is

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