How to Crash a Killer Bash (2010) by Warner Penny

Author:Warner, Penny [Warner, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2011-01-13T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

PARTY PLANNING TIP #14

Decorate the party room in keeping with your Murder Mystery Theme. Set the stage for a fake wake in a funeral home, a premature burial in a cemetery, or a surprise body in the parlor.

I sat in my office staring at a blank screen, unable to focus. I’d just been “cleaned” by a crime scene cleaner. And that kiss had sent an electric current from the tips of my toes to the ends of my hair.

Crap.

I tried to shake the feeling away, but it kept coming back. I really didn’t need anything demanding more attention in my attention-deficit life. What did I really know about this man who’d moved into my life via the office across the hall? Only that there was something more to him than simple crime scene cleaning. I hadn’t even known he’d had a brother until today.

Why did he have to go and kiss me like that?

“Enough!” I said aloud, slamming my hands down on my desk.

Raj Reddy appeared in my office doorway. “You okay, Ms. Presley?”

“I’m fine, Raj. Sorry about that.”

“Enough working for today?” he said, his head bobbing side to side. “I’m down to that.”

“I’m down with that,” I said, breaking into a grin. I loved it when Raj tried to be hip with the English language. While well schooled in English, he’d only lived in the United States a few years and was trying hard to pick up the current slang. His malapropisms always cheered me up.

“It’s a little early for quitting time,” I said. “Been busy today?”

“Oh yes. Lots of tourists trying to sneak into the film set. Anytime Robin Williams is making a movie here, it’s giving me a headache.”

Raj was such a sweetheart. In fact, he reminded me of Sam Wo. Both men were conscientious, polite, and there to help out beyond the call of duty. They were almost father figures. I wouldn’t have minded if my mother dated either one of them. At the moment, it looked like Sam was heading that way. He’d mentioned that his wife had recently left him. No doubt he was lonely, much like my mother. The thought of him becoming my next “father” was kind of weird, but if it made my mother happy, I could live with it.

I tried to work on party planning for the next couple of hours, then gave up. Brad hadn’t returned, and I figured if he had more news, he’d let me know. Maybe I could focus better at home. I rose from my desk and gathered my things.

“ ’Bye, Raj,” I called down the hall. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

He peeked his head out. “Good-bye, Ms. Presley. Have a nice night. And please say hello to your kind mother for me.”

Hmmm. Maybe Sam would have a little competition after all.

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