Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend

Author:Kari Lee Townsend
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-06-22T04:00:00+00:00

11

Later that day, after I was finally awake and showered, I decided getting on with my life might involve more effort on my part. The person who knew the most about this case was me, yet I hadn’t even read my own tea leaves.

Nodding my head with conviction, I parted the strands of crystal beads and entered my sanctuary. Glancing around at the soft pale blue walls, a veil of calm settled over me. I closed my eyes and inhaled my aromatherapy oils, already feeling better.

I turned on some soft new age music, flicked on the light to my tropical-fish tank, and started a fire in the corner fireplace. Gathering my supplies, I sat at the table in the center of the room, surrounded by lush green plants. Glancing up at the constellations covering my ceiling, I prayed this would work and shed some insight onto the state of my future.

I took my canister of homegrown tea leaves, placed the loose tea leaves in a cup, and then set some water on to boil. Once the watered boiled and steam billowed into the air, I poured the water over the tea leaves and stirred them with a spoon as it brewed. Next, I drank the unstrained tea and thought about what exactly it was I wished to know. In my case, what my immediate future held in store. Would “getting on with my life” involve looking out my windowpane or looking out through a set of bars?

I held the cup in my left hand, swished three times in a counterclockwise motion, and then I tipped the cup upside down onto the saucer so the excess liquid could run out. Righting the cup, I pointed the handle toward myself and began to read the pattern of tea leaves.

Holding the cup level, I started at the handle and read the tea leaves in a counterclockwise direction from the top of the rim to the bottom of the cup. The first thing I saw was an anchor, which represented a lucky sign and success in business. A huge relief swept through me, although I had no idea when that success would occur. I might have to go through a lot more before that happened. I kept reading. Next I saw a heart representing love and pleasures to come, but immediately after I saw the mark of interrogation representing doubt and disappointment. And finally I saw a comet blazing through my teacup.

A sure sign of misfortune and trouble to come.

There was a loud knock on my door, as though someone had been pounding for a while. I jogged out to the foyer and looked through the peephole to find Detective Stone showered and in full detective mode.

I opened the door and looked at him curiously. “Did you forget something?”

“Yeah, you . . . partner.” A smile hovered at the edge of his lips.

“Seriously?” I beamed, forgetting about my disturbing reading and deciding to see what I could come up with physically instead of psychically.

“For now.

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