Witch on Second: A Jinx Hamilton Mystery Book 5 (The Jinx Hamilton Novels) by Harper Juliette

Author:Harper, Juliette [Harper, Juliette]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781943516742
Publisher: Skye House Publishing
Published: 2016-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

17

Festus was certainly rocking the one-word bombshells. First I get vampires, and then I find out he — and by extension Chase — knew Ferguson and Ionescu were linked all along.

So. Not. Cool.

Trying really hard to control my temper, I said, “If this secrecy thing is a McGregor family trait, I don’t like it, Festus. When were you going to tell me about Ferguson’s dying words?”.

Still looking me straight in the eyes, Festus said, “I owe you an apology. I seriously underestimated your ability to deal with all of this. I should have told you what Ferguson said the night it happened.”

“Yes,” I said, “you should have.”

“On my honor,” he said, “I had no idea those two girls were alive in any form until I saw them walk up to you this evening. I would never have put any of you in that position if I had known.”

From the sofa, Mom spoke up in his defense. “Listen to him, honey,” she said. “Festus wouldn’t hurt us.” She paused and glanced at Dad, and then added, “He would never hurt me.”

There wasn’t much I could say to that with my father sitting right there. Or at least that’s what I thought until Dad voiced his support. “Festus would give his life for Kelly in a heartbeat,” he said. “There’s no way he knew Sally Beth and Jo Anne were alive.”

Truth be told, I didn’t need them to convince me. I didn’t think Festus would put us in danger either — and neither would Chase, at least not intentionally, but his pig-headed streak was starting to be a problem.

“I believe you, Festus,” I said. Then I looked at Chase. “But you should have told me regardless of what was going on between us personally. If I’m going to trust you to do your job around here, nothing like this can ever happen again. Understood?”

“Understood,” he said tightly.

“Good,” I said. “Now, let’s figure out . . . ”

Chase interrupted me. “I’m sorry,” he said, “but in the spirit of transparency, there are still a couple of things you don’t know.”

The spirit of transparency? Nasty nice was not going to cut it with me, but I was trying to keep the conversation on track.

“I’m listening,” I said.

“Anton Ionescu is Irenaeus Chesterfield’s lawyer.”

Un-freaking-believable.

“And?”

“I went to the Valley to ask Ironweed to start surveillance on the Ionescu compound,” he said.

And that, ladies and gents, officially qualified as enough.

“Tell me that you at least discussed that with Barnaby first,” I said.

“No,” he said. “I didn’t talk to Barnaby.”

Festus tried to step in and defend his son. “Jinx, in all fairness, that was my . . . ”

Too little. Too late.

I was already on my feet and pointing a finger at Chase. He must have expected me to hurl a bolt of energy in his direction because he flinched.

Silly man. I didn’t need magic to take him down a peg or two.

“You and I need to have a private conversation,” I said. “Come with me.”

With that, I turned on my heel and marched off into the stacks.

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