The Jaguar God (A Cash Cassidy Adventure Book 5) by K.T. Tomb

Author:K.T. Tomb [Tomb, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quests Unlimited Press
Published: 2016-04-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Lying in bed, something else bothered Cash even more than who had written the text and made those paintings. Laura was sound asleep in the bed next to hers, even snoring lightly. Meanwhile, Cash’s head was full of thoughts. They were of her investigation, Laura, the book, her publisher, Tim and Paddy. Her mind felt terribly full. She growled and rolled onto her side, facing away from Laura. She grabbed her tablet from the bedside table and pushed the ear buds into her ears. Soon the music was calming her stormy mind and she fell softly to sleep.

When she woke in the morning, Cash found she had rolled back over almost crushed her tablet in the process. She quickly inspected it and to her relief found it intact. She lay it on the side table, got up quietly and went into the shower. When she got out, Laura was awake and getting dressed. They had agreed to take it easy that day and take an afternoon flight from Athens to Italy. They would fly to Rome and then, from there to Syracuse.

They caught the train to Athens airport a few hours later and Laura fell asleep as they sat, watching the landscape pass them by. Just before they reached the airport, Cash used the toe of her sneaker to wake her. She shot up and blinked, trying to find her bearings.

“Where are we?” Laura asked.

“Five minutes out of Athens,” Cash said, beginning to pack her stuff up. She had busied herself finding out things about Syracuse and its history.

Laura growled and closed her eyes.

“Oi, don't you bloody well go back to sleep,” Cash said in a thick Aussie accent. She kicked Laura again.

“Not sleeping, Mom,” Laura grumbled. “Just resting my eyes for another five minutes.”

Cash shook her head but laughed when she saw Laura glaring at her through half-closed eyelids.

They boarded the plane an hour and a half later and Laura was back to sleep the moment they were in the sky. They had lunch during the hour-long wait at Fiumicino and landed in Cátania just after four o'clock. From Fontanarossa, they took a shuttle to Syracuse. It took them forty-three minutes to get to the town and during the last flight and the shuttle ride the roles were reversed. Cash was exhausted and Laura was awake and talkative. They checked into the hotel and then went out to have dinner.

“So?” Laura asked as she sipped her wine. “What's next, boss?”

“Be buggered if I know,” Cash said, twisting pasta on her fork. “I'd say museum again, but I just don't know. It seems unlikely we’ll find anything there as well. If any museum has anything on it, we'd already know about it all, wouldn't we?”

“Suppose so. But that doesn’t mean clues might not be there hidden in something else.”

Cash ate a few bites and looked down into her plate. She was thinking.

“If it's still here, it won't be in the city, will it?” Laura asked suddenly.

“No. It was outside the city in Corinth as well.

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