Halloween in Paradise by Daley Kathi

Author:Daley, Kathi [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2015-08-13T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Luckily, Kyle was home alone and was happy not only to have Ashley and Gracie over for the afternoon but Echo and Pumpkin as well. Kyle often said he got lonely living all alone in his great big house since his mom moved out and his ward, Annabeth, had been accepted into a boarding school that catered to students in need of an accelerated learning environment. Annabeth still came home during the summer and school holidays, but Kyle was usually up for some kid time while she was away.

“Thanks for letting the girls hang out for a while,” Tj said after Kyle ushered the girls inside.

“I’m happy to have them and I wanted to meet Pumpkin.” Kyle knelt down on the floor to pet the rambunctious puppy. “Gracie told me all about her.”

“You talked to Gracie?”

“She called me to tell me about the spelling bee and she mentioned that she found the puppy.”

Tj watched as Kyle’s dog Trooper greeted Echo. One thing was for certain: with two wound-up grade schoolers and three dogs, Kyle wasn’t going to be bored that afternoon.

“Did you hear Jada Jenkins isn’t coming to the reunion after all?” Tj asked.

“No.” Kyle sounded disappointed. “I’m sorry to hear that. I was looking forward to meeting her. She really does have an exceptional mind. I’m sure we would have had a lot to talk about. What happened?”

Tj looked over at the girls, who were watching them with interest.

“I have a bunch of new video games,” Kyle announced. “Would you like to check them out? There’s even one Annabeth wanted, about being a fashion designer.”

“That sounds dope,” Ashley announced.

Kyle turned to Tj. “If you have a minute maybe I can get the girls settled and then we can chat about what’s going on.”

Tj shrugged. “I can be a few minutes late. I’ll call Hunter to let him know while you get the girls started on the game.”

Tj called Hunter while Kyle headed toward the den with her sisters. During the two years since Kyle had inherited the house from Zachary he’d undertaken a major renovation. The lakeside estate no longer resembled the run-down mansion Tj had visited as a teen. While the house had always seemed so dark and dreary when Zachary had lived there, Kyle had added additional windows and opened it up so that the lake and surrounding forest felt as if it were part of the structure itself. The house was located on an isolated bay that was surrounded with old growth pines providing a feeling of both beauty and isolation.

“So what’s up?” Kyle asked when he returned to the living room, where Tj had taken a seat on one of the three sofas in the room.

Tj filled him in on everything that had occurred since her meeting with Samantha Colton the previous afternoon. It certainly seemed like more than twenty-four hours had passed since the domineering woman had sat in her office and made her doubt everything she had previously believed to be true.

“It sounds like her interview technique could have used some finessing,” Kyle commented.

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