A Medium Fate: the Haunted Life Cozy Mystery series, #1 by Lynn Cahoon

Author:Lynn Cahoon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lynn Cahoon

6

When I went into the dining room for breakfast the next morning, Nic was on his tablet. I poured coffee from the sideboard and grabbed a few slices of banana bread along with an actual banana. Annamae had remembered my favorite breakfast treat. I glanced around the room. “Hey, do we still subscribe to the paper?”

“Annamae has it in the kitchen. I tried to just buy her a tablet, but she said a daily paper was just fine.” He studied me. “How much sleep did you get?”

“Enough,” I lied. “I’m going into town and working at the store today. I’ll stay at the hotel tonight. Thanks for the hospitality.”

“You should stay here.” But he didn’t argue further. Apparently, having Bubba and his friends watching over me eased Nic’s worry.

When I got the paper from the kitchen, I went right to the employment ads in the back. From what I could tell, salaries here were in line with what I’d expect to pay in a big city. Cheaper than Seattle, but not what Matty had been shelling out. I folded the help wanted ads and put them into my tote. I finished my breakfast, then I asked Trenton to drive me back into town.

This time the door to Goldstein’s Antiques was locked when I used the key. I’d told Sarah that I would call when I was ready to reopened the store. Shutting the door, I relocked it and saw the homeless man from the other day, standing across the street, watching. Waving, I left the front and made my way up the elevator to the third-floor office with the Queen Anne desk. I considered working in Matty’s bigger office, but it just felt weird, at least for now. First project, inventory. I printed off the list from Matty’s files and found a clipboard in the desk. Then I headed up to the top floor. Might as well work my way down.

By noon I’d cleared only one floor. This project might take days. I stopped at the break room and grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge. A noise from the hallway startled me. Holding the water out like a weapon, I opened the door to my new office. Nic sat eating a sandwich and playing on his phone.

I let the arm with the water bottle drop and took a deep breath. “How did you get in?”

“You left the door open. I brought you a sandwich.” He nodded to the Styrofoam container on the desk. “Eat. I want to talk to you.”

“I didn’t leave the door unlocked.” I glanced down the hallway and thought I’d heard laughter. “What’s going on here?”

“I believe they’re teasing you.” Nic seemed to listen for an answer like the other side was just in the other room. “Apparently they unlocked it to let me inside.”

“I think you’re the one teasing me.” I didn’t move from the doorway. “Are you sure you didn’t find an extra set of keys?”

“Sleight of hand is a talent.” Nic smiled pulled a key ring out of his pocket and tossed it over to my desk.

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