Eat, Pray, Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries Book 1) by Tara Lush

Author:Tara Lush [Lush, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

No one talked as we drove back to Oliver’s. I stared out the window while the radio played Jesse’s Girl by Rick Springfield. Unlike the ride over, I was in the backseat.

The song was far too bubbly for my mood. I couldn’t shake the image of Billy’s death from my memory.

I also couldn’t ignore the fact that Billy had likely been killed in the hotel’s attic, not just found there. At some point, I needed to check out that space for clues, but wasn’t eager to do it tonight. Or physically able.

Similar to this afternoon, exhaustion tugged at my eyelids and weariness had invaded my bones. Seeing those visions seemed to deplete me in ways even midlife hadn’t.

Just my luck. I had a latent power, but it dovetailed nicely with my perimenopause symptoms. Why couldn’t my new-found ability leave me with dewy, moisturized skin, or the ability to vanquish hot flashes with a single thought?

“You okay?” Oliver’s fingers touched the top of my hand, then withdrew. “How’s your palm?”

The watch had left an angry red blotch on the skin of my left hand. I turned to him. “It’s going to be fine with some ice. I don’t know if I’m okay. It was intense. Like watching a 3-D movie.”

“Did y’all ever see Jaws 3 in 3D?” Sage asked from the driver’s seat.

She and Liz launched into a discussion about it. Turns out it was a popular movie here in town in 1983.

“I’m beyond tired,” I murmured to Oliver.

He nodded. “That’s to be expected with psychometry. You should take it easy tomorrow. The more intense the vision, the longer it will take you to recover.”

“I don’t have time to recover. I need to resolve this spirit situation before the bachelorette party.” Now, however, there was more than simply my own financial needs. I had to think about Billy. How could I not?

“That poor kid,” I said, repeatedly raking my bottom lip through my teeth. “Billy didn’t deserve to die that way.”

“But you didn’t see who killed him?” Oliver asked.

“It was a guy. I think. The voice sounded garbled. Or it changed in pitch. Maybe that’s my memory, though. Or the visions aren’t completely accurate. Is that possible?”

“It takes time to use the full range of the ability, from what I’ve read.”

“Billy looked so young. About the age of my own daughter, maybe a little younger.” I sighed. “I wonder what happened that night. We’ve got to find out.”

Liz turned in her seat. “Sounds like someone wants to investigate a homicide.”

I groaned and let my head flop back against the seat. “I don’t know. We should probably go to the police and give them all our evidence.”

The other three began talking at once, debating whether to bring our discovery to the cops. Apparently, the local police force was in a transition period and the department didn’t have much money or resources. The detective division was one guy who had been on the force for decades.

Liz explained that crime was rare in town, what with all the psychics.

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