Chili Cauldron Curse by Lynn Cahoon

Author:Lynn Cahoon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2020-06-02T01:33:40+00:00

Chapter 6

They made their way to the door and glanced around. Mia spotted Kev standing near an attractive blonde and chatting her up. Mia stepped up next to him, trying to figure out what was going on. The young woman glared at her. Mia turned away but still could feel the imaginary daggers in her back.

“Kev, what is everyone doing here?” If anything, there were more people here than yesterday.

“Hey Mia, thanks for showing up. We’ve been waiting for someone to come unlock the door. We were just ready to send someone over to Tasha’s place down river to get a key.” He waved to the crowd. “Draw closer. We’ll go in as soon as Mia unlocks the door. Everyone, this is Mia. Mia, this is the Magic Springs coven. Or at least the ones who were in town. We’re here to get this place ready for the cook-off on Saturday. After what happened to Dorian, well, we felt a need to do something positive to counteract the negative vibes. Say hi to Mia.”

“Hi, Mia,” the crowd responded.

Relief filled her as she turned to wave, then pulled out the yellow string and the key. “Has anyone called you a miracle worker before?”

He actually blushed. “No big thing. I just didn’t want the food bank fundraiser to fail.”

As they filed into the warehouse, Mia tore the long to do list she’d written last night in three parts. She gave one piece to Christina, one to Kev, and kept the third one. Then she counted off twenty people, including the girl at the front door with Kev and moved them to the left. “You all go with Christina. She has your task lists.”

Christina stared at Mia like she’d been asked to skin a deer or a rabbit. “But…”

“You can do this. Just go set them up in teams and give them an assignment.” She turned away before Christina could say any more. She divided the rest of the group in half. She pointed to the ones on her left. “You all go with Kev. The rest of you are with me.”

She wondered just what Grans had been planning on buying for lunch. She’d call as soon as she had a minute and let her know to increase her order to cover the other volunteers.

Around eleven, tired and hungry, Mia looked up at the clock and realized she hadn’t called Grans. She stepped away from the final pile of boxes that had been stacked into a corner this summer and dialed her grandmother’s number.

She listened to the cheery hold music and sighed when her grandmother picked up. “You’re going to kill me.”

“Probably not. I enjoy having you around. What’s going on?” Grans asked as the background music from her car stereo went down in volume.

“I’ve got a ton of volunteers here and I was going to have you bring everyone lunch when you arrive.” Mia glanced around the open warehouse space. If they could just hold on for a couple of more hours, they might actually be done with the organization.

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