Witch is Why It Was Over (A Witch P.I. Mystery Book 24) by Adele Abbott

Author:Adele Abbott [Abbott, Adele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Implode Publishing Ltd
Published: 2018-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

On our first lap of the building, I’d noticed that one of the exit doors opened onto a quiet side street, so I hurried back there. I would have liked to use the ‘power’ spell to force the doors, but I was worried that might set off an alarm. Instead, I used the spell that I would normally use to travel from one location to another. I only needed to transport myself a few yards—to the other side of the locked doors. I wasn’t thrilled about gaining access this way because I had no clue what was on the other side of those doors, but it was Hobson’s choice.

Gross!

Some idiot had left a giant bin just inside the doors, and I’d managed to magic myself inside of it. I was neck-deep in all manner of discarded food, packaging and empty plastic bottles.

It was a bit of a struggle, but I managed to lift the bin lid, and climb out. I looked and smelled disgusting, so I used the ‘take-it-back’ spell which worked on my clothes and shoes, but left my hair littered with all manner of rubbish. It took me several minutes to brush all the stuff from my hair.

I was conscious that Clare would soon come looking for me, so I had to get a sprint on. The man and woman I’d heard earlier were still squabbling, so I followed their voices to a service lift at the rear of the building. Once there, I no longer needed the ‘listen’ spell because I could hear the woman’s calls without it.

“Please! Help us! Is anyone there?”

It didn’t take a genius to work out that the lift was stuck, but I couldn’t risk calling for help because then I’d have to explain how I’d gained access to the building. Before I went to their aid, I needed to disguise myself, so I used the ‘doppelganger’ spell to make myself look like Peter, complete with the overalls he normally wore. Then I cast the ‘power’ spell and forced open the lift doors.

“Thank goodness!” The woman screamed when she saw me. “Help us!”

The lift was stuck just below the floor I was on, so I could only see her from the shoulders upwards.

“Give me your hand.”

I tried to pull her up, but she didn’t seem to be helping much. Eventually, I managed it, and she popped out through the gap. It was only when she was out that I realised she was wearing a vegetable costume, which was peeled down to her waist. The bottom half of the costume still covered her legs, with just her feet poking out—no wonder it had been such a struggle for her to climb out of the lift.

“Broad bean?” I asked.

“Runner bean, actually.”

“Never mind what kind of bean she is,” Tony shouted. “Get me out of here.”

It proved to be just as difficult to extract him because his legs were inside his carrot costume.

“I’d better call my wife,” he said when he was out of the lift. “There was no signal in there.

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