Deadly Claws (A Witch in the Woods Book 1) by Jenna St. James

Author:Jenna St. James [St. James, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“I want to go over my notes regarding motives and alibis,” Alex said as he pulled into his driveway. “Maybe tonight when I pick Zoie up we can discuss our theories so far?”

“Sounds good. We’ll probably finish around nine. Why don’t you pick Zoie up from my house? I’ll take her back there and feed her since she’ll probably be starving.” I slid my glance his way. “I’ll have plenty if you want to graze too.”

He grinned. “Thanks.” He’d barely put the Blazer in park before his front door flew open and Zoie sprinted out to the car. By the time she closed the vehicle door and buckled her seatbelt, three seconds hadn’t even passed.

“I guess I didn’t need to go inside and get anything,” Alex said dryly.

“Oh, Dad!” She rolled her eyes. “I’m just excited. Let’s go!”

Twenty-five minutes later, Alex dropped us off at GiGi’s cottage, reminded Zoie to be on her best behavior, then gave us a wave as he turned around in GiGi’s driveway and headed back toward town.

GiGi opened the front door and motioned us inside. The cottage was small, no bigger than eight hundred square feet. The front door opened into the living room, with the kitchen through the archway left of the living room. Standing at the front door, you could also see directly into the only bathroom the cottage had. To the left of the bathroom was GiGi’s room, and to the right were two more tiny bedrooms that belonged to my mom and aunt when they lived in the house.

GiGi was dressed in her favorite black wool dress she wore for special occasions. Her frizzy gray hair peeked out beneath a black and purple witch hat. I tried not to smile at how overboard she’d gone. She obviously wanted this to be a special night for Zoie.

“Shayla,” GiGi said, “I put Zoie’s dress in your mom’s old room. I found two more extras for you to choose from that I put in the other bedroom.”

I frowned. “Um, I don’t think I’ll fit into one of those old dresses, GiGi. I’m not the same size I was in high school.”

GiGi looked me up and down. “You have gotten boobs since then, I guess.”

I heard Zoie snicker.

“Not only have my boobs grown,” I said, “but so have my hips and everything else.”

“It’ll be fine.” Gigi shooed us away. “Go on now. I’ve got the ritual tea brewing, and once you’re dressed we can get started with the sage.”

Knowing better than to argue, I led Zoie to the back of the living room and stepped over the threshold where the bathroom and bedrooms were crammed together. Opening Mom’s bedroom door, I motioned for Zoie to go inside. I followed behind and shut the door.

“Oh my gosh!” she gasped. “It’s gorgeous!” She held the royal blue, crushed velvet dress up to her body and twirled. The long sleeves floated out from the dress as she spun. “I get to wear this?”

“You do. This dress was

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