Twisted Paths by Terri Reid

Author:Terri Reid [Reid, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Amazon: B00APOR7U2
Goodreads: 17155245
Publisher: Calibre
Published: 0101-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

Ian carried in the bucket of fried chicken and the side items and Mary carried in their soft drinks. She held both drinks in one arm as she struggled with the door lock and finally got it open. Ian brought the bags directly to the kitchen and immediately opened the small box of hot wings. “I’ll never get enough of these,” he said, munching on a wing. “Although I’m a bit surprised they didn’t offer haggis as a side dish.”

Mary put the drinks on the counter and pulled a couple of paper plates from the cabinet. “You’re kidding me, right?” she asked, with a skeptical look at Ian. “They don’t offer haggis as a side dish at any KFC, not even the ones in Scotland.”

“Oh, aye, they do,” he teased, “It’s right up there on the sign next to the mashed potatoes and the colcannon.”

“Colcannon?”

“You mean to tell me you don’t have colcannon here either?” he said, his smile giving way to a grin.

“You’re a terrible liar, Ian MacDougal,” Mary said with a laugh as she scooped out a serving of the mashed potatoes and cole slaw. “And what, may I ask, is in colcannon?”

“It’s fair delicious, Mary. It’s made from boiled cabbage, carrots, turnips and potatoes, with some butter thrown in for good measure.”

“It sounds a bit like my mother’s Irish stew without the meat,” she replied, taking a bite of her food. “And I don’t think she uses boiled cabbage either.”

Ian scooped out servings of the food onto his own plate. “Well, there’s nothing like the smell of a cabbage boiling,” he said.

Mary wrinkled her nose as she carried her plate over to the table. “Yes, we can agree on that.”

He laughed and followed her over. “And now that we’ve finished discussing food, what are our next steps to help our ghost?”

“Do you have the Yearbook?” Mary asked.

He nodded.

“Well, it can’t be too hard to find a Nickolas in the yearbook,” Mary said. “Let’s see if we can track down the old boyfriend and see what he has to say.”

Ian got up from the table and walked over to the desk. He picked up the Yearbook and brought it back with him to the table. “Let’s start with her class first,” he said.

They started to flip through the pages when Ian, his mouth full of potatoes, stopped their progress by pounding a finger on one of the pictures.

“What is it?” Mary asked.

“Mmmpfh,” Ian replied, trying to clear his mouth.

“Oh, well then, that is serious,” Mary said, smiling at him.

She looked down at the photo. “Ian, that’s a girl. We’re looking for a boy.”

“Katie,” he was finally able to say. “That’s Katie Brennan.”

“No,” Mary said, and then she bent forward and looked closer. “You’re right. It is Katie. Boy, I bet she hates this picture.”

Ian chortled. “Well, the eighties weren’t kind to many. I wonder if she knew Hope.”

“It’s a small class,” Mary said. “And if she didn’t know Hope, I bet she’d know Nickolas.”

They quickly put the food away and walked down the block to the Brennan’s home.

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