Pass Interference (Fair Catch Series, Book Four) by Christine Kersey

Author:Christine Kersey [Kersey, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapphire Creek Press
Published: 2017-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

“You don’t know who ordered the balloons?” Autumn asked the man on the phone, wanting to make sure she’d heard him right. It was later that afternoon and the salon was between customers. Haylie and Cassie were in the office with Autumn, watching her as she spoke on the phone. Earlier, Cassie had gotten rid of the balloons but had found a small sticker that had been attached to some of the strings. The sticker listed the name of the company that had provided the balloons.

“Sorry, no,” the man said. “The buyer ordered the balloons online and paid with a prepaid credit card. There was no name tied to the order.”

“Maybe you delivered it to the wrong address.” Although that seemed doubtful as the delivery man had specifically asked for her.

The man read off the address from the order. It matched Cutting Edge Salon’s.

Creeped out, Autumn shivered. “Okay, thanks.” She hung up the phone and faced her friends. “It wasn’t the wrong address and he doesn’t know who ordered them.”

“Weird,” Haylie said before frowning.

Other words came to Autumn’s mind—freaky, scary, disturbing. “Yeah.”

“What are you gonna do?” Cassie asked.

Autumn grimaced. “What can I do?”

Cassie bit her lip. “Maybe you could…I don’t know…report it to the police?”

Autumn frowned. “And tell them what? Someone delivered balloons to me? I don’t think that’s a crime.”

Cassie sighed. “I don’t know then.”

Neither did Autumn.

The three women sat in silence, and a moment later the bell from the door jingled.

Autumn’s eyes widened. Would this be some other strange delivery?

Haylie straightened. “I’ll see who it is.”

A moment later Autumn heard Haylie greeting a customer. Relieved, she tossed a smile to Cassie. “Okay. Back to work.”

Though she put on a brave face, she was disturbed by the delivery. For the rest of the afternoon she tried not to think about the balloons, but when she saw a small piece of mylar on the floor, she couldn’t help herself. It bothered her. A lot.

“I assume you need a ride home,” Haylie said after they’d closed the salon.

Autumn had completely forgotten about her flat tire. This day hadn’t turned out to be as wonderful as she had hoped it would be. “Yes. Thank you.”

As they drove to Autumn’s house, she called her insurance company and arranged to have someone meet her there to swap the spare tire for the flat.

When Haylie pulled up to Autumn’s house, she turned to Autumn. “Let me know if you need a ride tomorrow.”

“I should be able to get this fixed today.” She frowned. “I hope.”

“Okay. Take care of yourself.”

They hugged across the console, then Autumn walked toward her front door, her gaze going to the flat tire once again. She let herself into the house and was greeted by an enthusiastic Sasha.

Autumn knelt in front of her. “Hi, sweet girl.” Vigorously scratching Sasha’s head and back, Autumn felt the stress of the day leave her body. “You’re such a good girl, aren’t you? Yes you are.”

Sasha’s tail swung from side to side and her tongue hung out as she danced around.

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