Spirited Away by Lena Gregory

Author:Lena Gregory
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new age, ghosts, dog, supernatural, long island, paranormal cozy mystery
Publisher: Beyond the Page Publishing

Chapter Fifteen

Cass rested her head against the booth’s seat back and closed her eyes, thankful for a moment of peace before she’d have to recap her day for Bee and Stephanie. The rhythm of the pop music pulsed through her. She’d left Beast at Mystical Musings with Emmett to fix the air-conditioning and prayed it would be fixed tonight and cooled off by morning. She didn’t have it in her to suffer another day in the sweltering heat.

“Do we get to hear what’s going on now?” Bee looked at her over the top of his open menu.

“Yes. Let’s order, and I’ll tell you everything while we wait for our food.”

Stephanie closed her menu and laid it on the table. “Sounds like you had an eventful day.”

“You don’t know the half of it.”

“That’s right, we don’t,” Bee whined. “Because you haven’t told us anything.”

The waitress approached and pulled a pad from her pocket. “Good evening. What can I get for you?”

The woman wasn’t familiar to Cass, and for one fleeting moment she wished they’d gone to the diner instead. James Ingram, the owner of Island Grill, didn’t live on Bay Island, and instead of hiring locals he mostly hired people who enjoyed spending the summers on Bay Island but couldn’t afford the astronomical prices many of the inns charged during the height of tourist season. Then again, going to the diner would have given her the comfort of familiarity, but it wouldn’t have offered the same anonymity the grill did.

Stephanie ordered a Caesar salad.

In need of something more substantial than greens, Cass ordered a steak and shrimp combo with mashed potatoes with a side of garlicky string beans. And a Caesar side salad.

Bee lowered his menu a little. “Are you done now?”

“Ha-ha.”

He grinned and pointed to something on the menu. “I’ll take today’s special.”

They handed their menus to the waitress and she hurried off.

Cass was pretty sure the special of the day consisted of a variety of fried seafoods with rich creamy sauces. “What happened to your diet, Bee?”

“What do you mean? I ordered seafood. That’s good for you.”

“Not when it’s fried.”

“Yeah, well, I don’t see what difference it makes. Seafood is seafood. Right?”

Cass let it drop. Bee was in no dire need of a diet, though a lifestyle change probably wouldn’t hurt. His cholesterol levels had to be through the roof with all the junk he ate.

“Thank you for waiting outside for me when you got back to the shop. I’m sorry I held you up.” If he’d have come in while she was speaking to Emmett, she might still not be aware the woman trying to contact her was Emmett’s wife.

“No worries. When you didn’t come right out, I peeked in the window and saw you with Emmett. I figured you were trying to help—he made air quotes around the word help—then wiggled his fingers. “I didn’t want to get in the way of any of your hocus-pocus.”

“I appreciate it.” Her connection to Emmett had been tenuous at best. The slightest interruption would probably have made him clam right up.

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