Real Vampires Take a Bite Out of Christmas by Gerry Bartlett

Author:Gerry Bartlett [Bartlett, Gerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00ICBY1MC
Publisher: Dragon Lady Publishing
Published: 2014-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“Would you two pay attention? What is the plan?” I sat on the table I kept in the back room. Jerry and I had had some great times there. I needed to call Jer and tell him everything. I was the one who demanded communication in our relationship. Flo definitely shouldn’t be keeping secrets from her husband either, especially not one this big and life-threatening.

“Glory, you are absolutely right.” Miguel slid his phone into his back pocket. “Florence, you need to call Richard and get him involved in this.”

“No.” She sat in the only chair in the room and crossed her legs. After looking for a place to put it and finding nowhere she considered clean enough, she set her Chanel bag on her lap. “This is my problem. Ricardo has nothing to do with this.”

“That’s where you’re wrong.” Miguel sat on the table next to me, his leg against mine. Not for the first time, I wondered why there were absolutely no sparks between us. I slapped his hard thigh.

“Don’t read my mind.”

“You’re too easy. Obviously you were thinking that Florence needs to tell her husband what’s going on. You’re right and I have the reason right here.” Miguel’s phone buzzed. “Let me answer this then I’ll show you.” He hopped down and answered. There was a muttered conversation, mostly monosyllables on his part. It was in a foreign language but I did hear Richard’s name. That got Flo on her feet next to him, her hands fisted.

“What the hell have you done?” She was so upset she’d dropped her purse on my concrete floor and hadn’t noticed. I jumped down and scooped it up. The expensive purse looked okay but I couldn’t stand to see it lying there in harm’s way.

“Relax, Florence, I’m working to save you. Obviously you heard both sides of my conversation. I have contacts all over Europe. The vampire on the phone lives near the town where the head of the Maury family has a chateau.”

“And this vampire is on our side? What’s this about my husband?” Flo realized her purse was missing and snatched it out of my hands. After a quick inspection, she set it on the chair.

Miguel laughed. “Darling, no one is on your side in this. These guys do favors to get favors in return. Saul is well-known and a good connection as you know. The Maurys are mortal but have plenty of money. No one cares about them but they have the sway an ancient name and money can buy. Or did until they picked on Saul.”

“Yes, I knew it! The Maurys have made a grande errore hurting him. But Ricardo! Tell me. I heard his name.” Flo made the mistake of grabbing Miguel’s jacket. His look could have melted steel. She stepped back and shook her fingers as if he’d singed them. “Say you can fix this, Cisneros.”

“Maybe, maybe not, princess. If you weren’t Glory’s friend, I would have left you to your fate.” Miguel looked her over with cold eyes.

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