Now You See Him by Stella Cameron

Author:Stella Cameron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

20

Dancing in the shop might not be appropriate but Ellie couldn’t make herself ask Wazoo to stop.

“If I could be anythin’ in this world, what would I be?” Wazoo sang, gyrating between mostly empty tables in the café. “Why, I’d be a dog, that’s what I’d be. A good man’s dog and feel his hands on me.”

Ellie caught Paul Nelson’s eye and they shared a grin. He tapped the table to Wazoo’s beat.

It was the first light moment since Joe left that morning, whistling, his briefcase in one hand and a scrambled egg sandwich in the other. He had relaxed. As the days passed since that creature broke her windows, they all had. They thought the threat was under control. She put a hand to her throat and had an urge to scream. Nothing was under control and that man was out there waiting for another chance at her. All any of them had, Joe, Cyrus, Spike and Guy, was a notion they liked the sound of: Charles Penn only wanted to terrify her.

They had no proof.

If there was someone feeding Penn information about her movements, who was it, and why?

“You okay?”

Ellie jumped. Paul had come to the counter without her noticing that he’d moved at all. She said, “Fine. Just wondering if we’re in for a big storm. It’s barely past lunchtime but it’s getting dark already.”

“It’s the sky,” he said. “Looks like it’s trying to fall down on us.”

He’d brought his coffee mug with him and Ellie topped it up before he returned to his table. He had come in for lunch each day since she had reopened. The laptop he brought with him didn’t get much use and she had a feeling Paul might be doing his bit to keep an eye on her—otherwise he’d be working at Rosebank or at All Tarted Up. Jilly had confided to Ellie that Paul’s deadline on one of his travel books was tight and he didn’t have a lot of spare time.

His concern was welcome.

Jim Wade had been absent for a couple of days but he’d come in today talking about his client’s growing interest in buying property in or around Toussaint. He, too, smiled while he watched Wazoo’s dramatic performance. There was no denying that the woman could sing and dance.

She paused, arms outflung. “Anybody need anythin’? Nope? Well, if I could be anything in this world…” She’d piled her heavy black hair on top of her head and secured it with a comb decorated with pink rosebuds and crystals. A gray, floaty dress was a complete break with her habit of wearing black and mostly lace at all times.

“That’s enough entertainment for one mornin’,” she said, bowing gracefully in response to a small but enthusiastic show of applause. “With Ellie’s blessin’, I’m holdin’ a clinic upstairs today. If you know anyone with animal problems, sad critters, mad critters, mean critters, psycho critters…suicidal dogs or snakes, gators with attitude, cats with complexes, well then you just get ‘em right on in here to Wazoo, who sees everythin’ and knows how to cure all them woes.

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