Third Time's the Charm by Liz Talley

Author:Liz Talley [Talley, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: ARTalleyBooks
Published: 2018-07-24T04:00:00+00:00

At the sound of the knock on Sunny’s bedroom door, Fancy leaped up, hackles raised, issuing a low growl in her throat. Sunny struggled to sit up, blinked to clear her bleary eyes, and stroked the dog.

“It’s okay, girl. Shh.”

“Sunny?” her sister Eden called from the other side of the door.

“What?”

“Can I come in please?”

Sunny reached for the lamp on the bedside table and clicked it on, illuminating the almost dark room with weak light. “Sure.”

Eden opened the door. Standing behind her were Rosemary Genovese and Jess Culpepper.

Sunny pulled the covers she’d kicked off over her bare legs. “What’s going on?”

Her sister edged into the room. “Uh, well, it’s kinda weird—”

“No, it’s not,” Rosemary said, slipping into the room and plopping onto the bed much like she’d done when they had been teenagers intent on bugging the crap out of Sunny.

Fancy shot off the bed and slid underneath, her claws scrabbling against the floor.

“What’s wrong with your dog?” Jess moved into the space and leaned back against the wall holding the posters of 311 and NSYNC. Jess was taller with loose limbs and curly brown hair. She looked like she could whip a gal’s ass on the basketball court, but she’d never been much of an athlete. She’d recently started dating the once-upon-a-time geekiest guy in Morning Glory. Ryan Reyes had grown into a stud-muffin with a doctorate and a six-pack.

“It’s not my dog. I’m just fostering it. You lookin’ for one?”

“Nope.” Jess shook her head, making her curls dance.

“So what’s the deal, gals?” Sunny asked, pushing her tangled hair back and patting the spot beside her. “Come on, Fancy. It’s okay.”

Fancy peeked out, checked out the surroundings, and then hopped onto the bed. The dog curled into a circle and studied the intruders warily.

“Sure looks like she’s your dog,” Jess said with a quirk of her lips.

Eden sank onto the bed, elbowing Rosemary over. Sunny’s sister was small, dark with haunting blue eyes that made Sunny a little nervous at the expression in them. “So, I don’t know if you remember me telling you about the bracelet Lacy left us?”

“Vaguely. It was part of the money she left y’all? Doing something courageous or something you’ve never done?” Sunny narrowed her eyes at her sister. Eden was acting weird. Like she was about to get dental work done or something.

“Yeah, she had this charm bracelet she loved.” Eden held up a Vera Bradley ditty bag. Or Sunny assumed it was Vera Bradley since it was brightly colored and swirled with paisleys.

“And once we did what we’d chosen to do with her money, we were supposed to put a charm on the bracelet and pass it on to the next person. See? I put on the Empire State Building,” Rosemary said, grabbing the bag and jerking open the strings. The bracelet slid into her hand.

Jess took it from Rosemary. “I added this flip-flop.” She tossed it to Eden.

“And I added this dancing shoe earlier today. I got an audition in New York City, and I’m leaving in a few days.

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