Wilder Animals by Geonn Cannon

Author:Geonn Cannon [Cannon, Geonn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944591021
Publisher: Supposed Crimes
Published: 2016-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Ari stopped by the house and took a long, hot shower. She sniffed her soap and shampoo but didn’t detect anything odd about either. She also didn’t use either of them. She’d washed her hair that morning, and now she wanted nothing but hot water to hopefully sluice off whatever was causing such a wild reaction. They shared a laundry room with Neka, so she went up to sniff the detergent and fabric softener to see if there was maybe something amiss there. Nothing. It didn’t make sense that something, some odor, was affecting everyone around her without the wolf smelling it. Her sense of smell was strong as ever so it wasn’t as if that was on the blink.

Eventually she dressed and drove back to GG&M. She had no idea what she was going to say when she confronted Parrish, but she could pinpoint the sudden change in behavior to the time she spent in their offices. She rode the elevator up and stepped out to see a different receptionist in place behind the desk. Despite that, the girl smiled and greeted her by name.

“Good afternoon, Miss Willow. How can I help you today?”

“I’m here to see Cecily Parrish.”

She had anticipated another long wait, but the receptionist nodded. “Of course. She’s in court at the moment, but you can wait in her office if you’d like. Do you know the way?”

“Yeah,” Ari said, suspicious of the warm welcome. “I’ll… just go on, then.”

The receptionist nodded and went back to her work. Ari went through the doors and walked down the corridor. Maybe Parrish believed so strongly that Ari would take the offer that she’d already given her all-access to the building. That seemed incredibly sloppy for a law firm, but she would be stupid not to take advantage of it. She passed Parrish’s office and continued around the corner. A few of the other offices were occupied by men and women in suits, some typing and some on phones. One woman seemed to be asleep, her head propped up on her fist.

The corner across from Parrish’s office was open and had been turned into a break area. A man was sitting in one of the chairs provided, halfway through a blueberry muffin when he noticed Ari. His eyes drifted down her body, but this time she had to wonder if he was judging her clothes or if he was attracted to her.

“Hi. Do you need help finding something?”

Ari said, “Coffee. And I think I can figure it out from here.” She walked to the carafe. “I’m Ariadne Willow. I’m a private investigator.”

“Oh, right. Mrs. Parrish said she was talking with someone.”

“Mrs. Parrish?” Ari repeated. “She’s married?”

He chuckled under his breath. “Hard to believe, right? No offense to her, I just can’t even imagine what that wedding was like. I think she must have negotiated ‘love, honor, and obey’ down to ‘promise to occasionally listen to your opinion before I dismiss it out of hand.’” He stood up just enough to extend his hand to her.

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