Spells and Spirits by Amy Boyles

Author:Amy Boyles [Boyles, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LADYBUGBOOKS LLC
Published: 2019-03-27T22:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-THREE

Axel arrived about the same time as the police. I was worried that no one would believe me, that Todd had attacked me, but they had evidence pointing to the fact that he’d slipped Gilda a potion to make her have the heart attack.

Thank goodness, because I had been worried that I’d be arrested for Todd’s death.

Axel handed me a warm Styrofoam cup. “Once they start digging, I think they’ll find everything they need to know about Todd.”

I sniffed the container. Hot chocolate. I licked my lips and pulled jelly beans from my pocket. Yep, I’d started stuffing them in pockets everywhere I went. I slid a few in the cup. “I thought I was dead, for sure. But that whole wraith thing, was that part of his magic?”

“It was,” Betty said, striding forward. “As a policeman, he wasn’t allowed to use it for his own personal gain, but he didn’t play by the rules.”

“There are some interesting creatures here in Magnolia Cove,” I said to Betty.

“Tell me about it,” Axel murmured.

I sipped the liquid. Warm chocolaty goodness with a hint of cinnamon slid down my throat. A thought hit me, and I bolted upright. “Has anyone seen Sprinkles? If it wasn’t for her and the guard-vine, I’d definitely be dead. She attacked Todd in the pawnshop. Oh, and I think they’ll find both wills on Todd’s body, including the one naming Ebenezer’s children as beneficiaries.”

Axel rubbed my shoulder. “Calm down, there. All will be revealed.” He picked a cat up from the ground and set Sprinkles in my lap.

I shot him a grateful smile. “Thank you.” I rubbed the cat behind the ear and said, “Why didn’t you tell us from the beginning it was Todd? You knew, didn’t you?”

The feline rubbed her face against my hand. “Too hard to talk about it.”

I hugged her close and glanced at Axel. “She says it was too hard to talk about.”

He nodded. “The trauma of it. You know, she and Gilda might make a good pair. Once Gilda gets out of the hospital, you could pair these two together, now that we know she wasn’t trying to hurt the cat.”

I picked Sprinkles up so that we were eye to eye. “Would you like that? Would you like to live with Gilda?”

In response, the cat purred even louder.

I took that as a yes.

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