The Helena Diaries - Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law Series Novellas) by DeLeon Jana

Author:DeLeon, Jana [DeLeon, Jana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jana DeLeon
Published: 2013-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Trouble in Mudbug—Chapter Eleven

Wherein Helena gains another warm body

What an unbelievable day!

I figured after the explosion that someone would make Maryse go to the hospital, so I headed that way. I managed to hitch a ride to a gas station near the hospital but the driver was headed for New Orleans, and I needed to go right, so I started walking again. After all the walking, running, and falling I’d done in the last couple of days, my feet were killing me. I found myself dreaming of Dearfoam slippers, and I never thought I’d say something like this, but I’d kill for a pair of running shoes.

And just like that, a brand-new pair of Nikes appeared on my feet! Wow!

I spent the rest of the walk silently willing myself into a pair of yoga pants and T-shirt, but the stubborn pink suit remained firmly attached to my body.

I arrived at the hospital just in time to see Maryse catch that cad doctor in a storage closet with the underage daughter of Mudbug’s meanest loan shark. The whole thing was so funny, I laughed until my sides hurt. Maryse didn’t find it near as entertaining as I did, but then, she’d basically had her bad taste in men flung in her face in a way that she could no longer deny. Maybe this would be a wake-up call for her to take a closer look at the men she attempted to pair up with.

I followed her back into the lobby, where she demanded another doctor, then proceeded to explain the situation to that really cute scientist working in her office. He seemed as amused as me and asked why she’d dated him. When Maryse asked how he knew about the date, he said quite calmly that he’d heard me say so.

Holy crap!

Aside from waking up dead, I don’t think I’ve ever been so surprised. I still had no idea why Maryse could see me, but at least we had a connection through Hank. I have never met this guy before and don’t know a thing about him. My mind immediately launched into ways I could utilize him, but then he insulted my suit—like I’d had a choice in the matter—and I lost interest in being around him.

Since it was obvious that Maryse had a bodyguard—and one more capable of handling bad guys than me—I decided to head to the beauty shop and see what the gossip was about the will-reading.

Tongues wagged some about my gifts to the orphanage and the town of Mudbug, but the big topic of discussion was my cutting Hank and Harold out of everything. It made me happy that all of the women agreed with my decision, although some of the comments about my selection of husbands and child-rearing abilities were rather insulting. Unfortunately, they weren’t untrue, so I really had no room to complain.

But the one thing no one ever mentioned was the possibility that I’d been murdered, and that surprised me just a little. Usually

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