Witch Is Where Magic Lives Now by Adele Abbott

Author:Adele Abbott [Abbott, Adele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Implode Publishing Ltd
Published: 2020-07-03T05:00:00+00:00

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I’d just left Mrs Jones’ house and was making my way back to the old watermill, when I heard someone calling to me, “Hey there!”

I turned around to find the werewolf girl’s mother running down the road. By the time she’d caught up with me, she was red in the face and out of breath.

“Thanks for waiting.” She wheezed. “I’m not as fit as I used to be. I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m Donna. Donna Poulsen.”

“Pleased to meet you. Jill Maxwell.”

“I thought about coming over to say hello on Saturday at the dance class, but I figured it might be better to do it when your husband wasn’t around. For obvious reasons.”

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah, but I could do with a sit down. Are you in a hurry, Jill?”

“Not particularly.”

“How about we go in there and grab a cup of tea?” She pointed to Tweaking Tea Rooms.

“Have you been in there before, Donna?”

“No, what’s it like?”

“The tea is okay, but the owner’s a bit—err—much.”

“I’m still up for it if you are.”

“Sure. Why not?”

As soon as we walked through the door, a waitress came scurrying over. It wasn’t Marian, but this young girl was obviously working under the same orders.

“Welcome to Tweaking Tea Rooms,” she gabbled. “We have a free window table at the moment if you’d like it.”

I glanced around and, once again, the tea room was deserted, except of course for Miss Drinkwater who was sitting guard by the counter.

“I’ll just have a cup of tea, please,” I said.

“Same for me.” Donna nodded.

The waitress looked relieved that we’d ordered so promptly.

“Is that the owner?” Donna whispered. “Over by the counter?”

“Yeah, that’s her. Miss Drinkwater. She terrorises these poor waitresses.”

A couple of minutes later, our tea arrived, and Donna began to fill me in on her background. She worked as a midwife and her husband was an engineer.

“I have to say, Jill, it’s nice to know there’s another sup in the village. Ronnie and I were beginning to wonder if we’d made a mistake by moving here.”

“Where did you used to live?”

“In an apartment in Washbridge. We thought village life would be better for Wendy, but it came as something of a surprise when we got here, and discovered we were the only sups. By the way, I don’t know if Florence mentioned it, but Wendy would love for her to come over to our house to play some time.”

“That would be lovely. And Wendy is more than welcome to come to ours. Does she like dogs?”

“Wendy? She loves them. What kind do you have?”

“A Chihuahua named Buddy. We’ve only had him for a few days. Florence told me that Wendy has a rat?”

“She does. Ratty. He’s a lovely little thing. Very friendly.”

“I hope you don’t mind me asking this, Donna, but does Wendy know she’s a werewolf?”

“Of course. It’s not really something you can hide.”

“I guess not.”

“We always take her back to Candlefield during the full moon. What about Florence? Does she know she’s a witch?”

“Yes, she does.

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