An Isle of Man Ghosty Cozy Collection - JKL by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-31T22:00:00+00:00

9

“Clyde is usually in the sunroom,” Crystal told Fenella as they headed back down the corridor. “It’s his favorite place to sit, even on rainy days like today. Most of the other residents only sit in there when it’s sunny, so he’s probably on his own today.”

Fenella nodded. Having seen the noisy and fairly crowded lounge, she didn’t blame Clyde for wanting to be somewhere on his own. She could even understand why Marilyn preferred to stay in her room.

“Clyde, there you are,” Crystal said as she and Fenella walked into the small sunroom at the back of the building. Glass walls all the way around gave everyone an excellent view of the large parking lot behind the building. Beyond the parking lot, Fenella could see a busy road. There were large fields beyond the road, although Fenella was sure she could see a “For Sale” sign in at least one of them.

“Yes, here I am,” the man sitting on the couch replied. “Were you looking for me?”

“We have special visitors today,” Crystal told him. “Ms. Woods has brought her cat and kittens to play.”

Clyde looked over at Fenella and then smiled tentatively at the cat. “I used to have cats,” he said softly.

“Do you want a cuddle?” Crystal asked in a syrupy voice.

Clyde seemed to swallow his first reply. “Sure,” he said eventually.

Fenella handed the cat to Clyde. The animal quickly settled into his lap and went to sleep.

“What’s she called?” he asked her.

“I found her in a shed and I’m only looking after her temporarily,” Fenella explained. “I haven’t named her or the kittens.”

Clyde frowned. “She needs a name,” he said firmly. “How about Crystal?”

The girl laughed. “I’m not sure you should name her after me.”

Clyde looked at Fenella and winked. “Why not? It’s a good name.”

Fenella shrugged. “You can call her whatever you like,” she offered.

“She’ll be Crystal to me, then,” he said happily.

Crystal’s smile didn’t reach her eyes as she turned to Fenella. “I’ll just leave you with Clyde for a bit, if that’s okay?”

“That’s fine.”

Crystal nodded and then turned and walked quickly away. Clyde chuckled as she went.

“She doesn’t like me,” he said, “because she knows I don’t like her.”

“She seems nice enough,” Fenella countered.

“Oh, she’s nice enough. That’s part of the problem. She’s always nice and she never raises her voice. When my neighbor turns his telly all the way up to jet engine volume, she taps on his door and asks him ever so nicely to turn it down a tiny bit, please. When Mrs. Christian changes the channel on the telly in the residents’ lounge right in the middle of someone else’s program, Crystal very politely listens to everyone’s point of view until we’ve all missed whatever it was we were trying to watch, anyway.” He shook his head. “I never should have let my doctor talk me into moving in here. A nice community full of like-minded people, he told me. Ha.”

“I’m sorry,” Fenella said as she sat down in the chair next to him.

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