Chocolate-Covered Crime by Hickey Cynthia

Author:Hickey, Cynthia [Hickey, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-10-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

After a short lecture last night about disappearing without telling Ethan or Uncle Roy where I’d gone, we’d discussed our disguises for the party. He’d forgiven me, some, when he realized I hadn’t gone alone. He wasn’t thrilled, but not angry either.

Ethan and I had gone to a used-clothing store and bought an old dress for me and a suit for him. I pulled a comb through my hair and tugged on a short gray wig, struggling to get my curls to stay under the tight headpiece. I smoothed the skirt of my costume. The polka-dot dress hung on me like a flour sack. It’s a wonder I was leaving the house dressed like this. I stuck my arms through a yellow sweater and rushed downstairs to join Ethan.

He laughed. “This is what you’ll look like as an old lady? I might have to rethink getting married.” He’d powdered his hair. The suit he wore had obviously been made for a man larger around the middle than my buff country boy. The pants bunched beneath a tightly cinched belt, giving Ethan the illusion of a paunch.

I poked his stomach with my finger. “Don’t laugh, mister. All you need to complete your outfit is a cane.”

Ethan pulled an aluminum cane from around the hall corner and twirled it. His eyes twinkled with humor. “Anything else?”

“I think that’s it.” I grinned and linked my arm in his.

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