Easy Bake Coven: Book One of the Vivienne Finch Magical Mysteries by Shaw J.D

Author:Shaw, J.D. [Shaw, J.D.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

She awoke the next morning with a start as the shrill basic ring of the cell phone blared from inside her purse. She stirred from her sleep but was unable to answer it before it went to voicemail.

Joshua blinked his eyes and stretched his arms upwards with a yawn. “What time is it?”

Vivienne rubbed the sleep from her eyes. “I don’t know, but the sun is up.” She reached into her purse and glanced at the clock on the phone display. “It’s half past nine.” She couldn’t help but notice there were six missed calls, but it was the two empty bottles of wine on the table that stood out the most. Had they really drank that much?

Joshua massaged his temples with his fingers. “I’m glad I don’t go in until five tonight. I’m going to need the entire morning to get ready.”

Vivienne slipped the phone back into her purse. She rocked her head back and forth, as the loveseat didn’t provide the most comfortable sleeping accommodations. “I’m sorry about falling asleep like that. I don’t have much of a tolerance for holding my liquor.

“Well, I wasn’t exactly sober myself after finishing that second bottle.” He agreed.

She wrapped her arms around his shoulders in a warm embrace. “Thank you for being a gentleman.”

He nuzzled her left ear. “Thank you for a wonderful second date.”

Vivienne was about to respond when a loud knock shook the front door.

“What the hell?” Joshua leapt up from the loveseat. “Sorry about that.” He marched over to the door and pulled back the side window curtain to find two police officers waiting on the other side. He opened the door partially. “Greg, Frank. What’s going on?”

The taller of the two officers, Greg, was first to speak. “Sorry to bother you Deputy Arkins, but we received a phone call about a possible missing person that you are acquainted with.”

Officer Frank interrupted. “Have you seen a Miss Vivienne Finch?”

Upon hearing her name, Vivienne leapt up from the loveseat and ran over behind Joshua. “There’s no missing person, officers. I’m Vivienne Finch.”

Officer Greg looked at Frank and shook his head. “I told you this wasn’t another crime.”

“Gentlemen, what is going on? Who called in Vivienne as missing?” Joshua eyed them both with a little bit of resentment.

Officer Frank flipped open his little black book. “The call was placed this morning by Mrs. Nora Finch.”

“I should have known.” Vivienne fumed and tapped Joshua on the arm. “I’m sorry about this.”

Officer Greg tipped his hat. “After what happened to Mona Clarke, we couldn’t just ignore the call. With her car parked outside your home, we had to follow up.”

“I understand, gentlemen. You were only doing your jobs and I thank you for your vigilance.” Joshua looked at Vivienne for support.

Vivienne felt her face flush red. “I truly am sorry for this. As you can see, I’m just fine.”

“Sorry to bother you folks.” Officer Frank smiled. “You both have a good morning.” He turned and walked away as Officer Greg followed.

Joshua shut the door and sighed.

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