The Shoes Come First: A Jennifer Cloud Novel by Janet Leigh

Author:Janet Leigh
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2018-10-01T21:56:10.025323+00:00

Chapter 14

I limped a little on the way back to the house just for show. The smell of roasting chicken and smoked meat floated through the air. The harsh rays of the October sun had mellowed with the help of a few white, fluffy clouds. When I returned to the house, the Mexican women were in a frenzy trying to get things ready for the feast. I wove my way through the small kitchen and retrieved my brownie pans from the top of the fridge to cut them in squares. One of the pans had a generous piece missing.

“I couldn’t resist.” I heard Mrs. Opal giggle. “Jen, those brownies are scrumdiddelyumptious!”

Mrs. Opal was sitting at the kitchen table staring at the fading wallpaper. “I swear those flowers are dancing. Don’t you see them, Jen?” At least I knew the brownies would work when the time came.

I found out Mortas had returned to the town. Good, I thought, at least he didn’t see Brodie. If he had seen Brodie, he probably wouldn’t have gone back to town so easily. Apparently Brodie had never met Mitchell, or the little weasel would have snitched. At least Mahlia was keeping her mouth shut.

So Mahlia was giving information to Caiyan to protect her family from being arrested and taken to Gitmo. Caiyan might have promised, but I didn’t. She wouldn’t be too happy when she found out I was the transporter. I didn’t understand why Brodie and Caiyan wanted Mahlia to think I was Brodie’s girl. Unless Caiyan didn’t want Mahlia to know he had been kissing me in the hen house… that two-timing snake. As I contemplated the reason why men are so irritating, I walked out through the enclosed dining area and onto the back porch, letting the screen door bang closed behind me.

The porch provided a beautiful view of the setting sun. Hues of orange and pink stroked the sky like a watercolor masterpiece. Texas sunsets were the best. I loved to sit on Jake’s roof in downtown Dallas and watch the sunset. Holy crap, I had forgotten about Jake again. What would I tell him when I returned? Hey, Jake, I can travel through time, and by the way, I know you are seeing other people; well, now so am I. Sort of. OK, that didn’t sound mature. It sounded ridiculous. And who was the two-timing reptile now?

“Hello, earth to Jen.” Gertie was standing in front of me. “You were a thousand miles away.”

“Try a century,” I replied. I explained to her what had gone down in the barn.

“Do you think they have discovered Brodie is missing?”

We stepped off the porch to get a better view of the layout of Villa’s men. Guards were stationed at all the exits to the front of the house and the road out of here. Pancho Villa was sitting in the shade under a tree, surrounded by several Mexican women.

“I don’t think they care,” Gertie said. The moonshine was flowing, and everyone was dancing, eating, and carrying on.

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