A Cold Spell by Stacey Alabaster

Author:Stacey Alabaster [Alabaster, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2019-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

Vicky had a lot to say about unfair dismissal and all the lawsuits I could bring against the park. “This is not a fire-able offense,” she said with her mouth full of candy. She had a lot of passion for the topic. Apparently, she had lost a few jobs in her time.

That made sense.

“Marvin just wants you out of there because he has something to hide,” she said, biting down on the lollipop that she had pulled out from a pile of other candies on top of her milkshake. It was from this ridiculous “unicorn” style shake she had ordered that had cotton candy on top and everything in rainbow colors. It made a crunch under her teeth and for a moment, I thought we were going to have to take a trip to the emergency dentist, seeing as it was after five pm. We were the last people in the coffeehouse.

“Maybe,” I said, sitting across from her in the coffeeshop. I’d ordered a far less colorful hot chocolate “Or maybe he just doesn’t want the reputation of the park sullied again after it just started to get back on its feet.” I swirled my spoon in my hot chocolate and dunked the marshmallow under the surface. I thought that was the more likely explanation. “While people are still digging around and asking questions, the park is still going to be associated with the incident.”

Vicky nodded. “Hmm, you’re right. Smart. You’re a good detective, Ruby.”

I laughed and thanked her, even though I didn’t feel like much of one right then. “Good detective or not, how much use am I going to be if I can’t even set foot inside the park?” Not only had Marvin told me I was fired, I wasn’t even allowed to enter the park as a tourist. Maybe I could still buy that wig and sneak my way in.

Vicky was grinning at me as she held up the now bare candy stick. “You’ve still got me on the inside, silly! No one knows who I am.”

“But…aren’t you worried?” I lowered my voice. “About being caught as witch?” I still hadn’t been sure that Vicky was even going to return to work. She hadn’t been back since the day she’d messed up rehearsal.

She shrugged a little and tried to reassure me that she was fit to return to work the following day. “Nah, it’s no big deal. I’m not worried.”

I stared at her, trying to figure out if that was true or whether she was just trying to reassure me. It also wasn’t ideal, having to rely on Vicky only while I was banned. I was still questioning how valid her information was when it got relayed back to me secondhand, kind of like Chinese whispers. Something got lost in translation.

I came up with a plan.

“Okay, so if you’re my eyes and ears, then I am REALLY going to need you to be my eyes and ears. Okay?”

Vicky took the final sip of her milkshake and looked at me with wide open eyes.

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