Crafts, Cat Burglars, and Murder by Stacey Alabaster

Author:Stacey Alabaster [Alabaster, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00

“Brenda, I just need you to watch him for half an hour. Is that really so much to ask?”

Yep, apparently it was.

“Half an hour? And what appointment do you have that is just so very important?” Brenda asked.

I tried to think of an amazing excuse that would elicit both approval and sympathy from her, but in the end, I just went with the truth. Mostly because I knew that Brenda would sniff it out anyway. Especially when I came back to the shop unable to touch anything because I had freshly painted nails.

“I am getting my nails done.”

Brenda scoffed in disbelief. “Of course. Sounds incredibly important. Especially in the middle of the work day.”

I’d been expecting this reaction. “Brenda, please…wet nails and dog hair don’t mix.” That was one reason. Another reason was that I didn’t want Jasper chasing after Natalie’s cat. Or worse, her not even letting me through the door when she saw I had a dog with me. Or worse again, Jasper destroying everything in Natalie’s house. At least I could be sure that if she ran a beauty salon from home, she was probably not cooking beef stew in the middle of the day.

Brenda shook her head firmly. “Nope. You can take your dog with you on your beauty mission. He doesn’t get along with the cats. You saw what happened last time. And I’m in no mood to break up a cat-dog fight.”

I sighed and looked at the mostly empty shop. “Are you kidding me, Brenda? There’s only one cat left in the shop!”

Carrot was poking a very grumpy face out from underneath one of the bottom shelves, watching Jasper like he was ready to go toe-to-toe with him if the dog dared to encroach on what Carrot clearly considered to be his territory now.

“I am deadly serious,” Brenda said. “Those two do not like each other. They are pretty much sworn enemies at this stage.”

As if on cue, Jasper spotted Carrot and before I could grab his collar and stop him, he took off like a bullet, charging at the shelf, knocking the entire thing over while Carrot fled with an ear-piercing ‘meow.’

“Jasper!” I cried. I’d never seen him act so naughty. I supposed it was true what they said about cats and dogs not getting along. Even though I’d seen all the videos of them online, getting along like best friends. I guess the internet had lied to me.

“See?” Brenda said, smug by the fact that she had been right. “How do you expect me to put up with that, even for half an hour? And you’ll be late anyway, just like you always are.”

“Fine,” I said, “Jasper, you’re coming with me. I won’t leave you where you aren’t wanted.”

“This isn’t a long-term solution,” Brenda called out just as I was headed out the door. “Those two are not getting along at all. They can’t co-exist in the same space. And I’m not going to put up with it for much longer. One of them is going to have to go.

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