Lairs, Caves, & Credenzas by M J Moores

Author:M J Moores [Moores, M J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988044170
Publisher: Infinite Pathways Press
Published: 2019-12-15T22:00:00+00:00

Going Out on a Limb

T he next evening, Henry set the last two pieces of luggage down just inside the large room on the second floor of Bennett’s townhouse. Elenore squealed, clapped her hands, and pulled Louisa into a twirl. Henry chuckled, gave Louisa and her new roommate a tip of his cap, and disappeared back down the hall.

Elenore released Louisa’s hands and tumbled onto her bed. “Oh, joy! It’s official. The last of your things have arrived. Can you believe it?” she gushed before spreading out her skirts and nesting in the center of the bed.

Louisa grabbed the handle on the two cases and lifted them across to the double wardrobe on her side of the spacious room, then returned and locked the door. She twitched the curtains closed on the large window between their beds. Few stars lit the darkening sky above the postage-sized backyard, but it was early yet—for her, anyway.

Her roommate shifted from the bed to the dressing screen in front of her wardrobe and systematically removed layers of clothing. Louisa lifted a satchel from the top of one bag and set it at the end of her bed before opening her wardrobe and organizing the clothes.

“I still can’t believe Reggie agreed to let me stay. I saw it in his eyes—he wasn’t going to until Andrew suggested we room together,” Elenore said from behind the screen.

“I noticed that too. I’m glad I could be of help. This is a big step forward in your career. Do you suppose this is what you were meant to do? Be a pilot?”

“I don’t know. Until we raced together last week, it was a curiosity. A hobby. But being in charge like that—Zooterkins! I simply had to do it again. Opportunities like this don’t come around every day. Andrew has no idea how significant this is.”

“Oh, I don’t know. He might surprise you. The way he acted like it was his ideas to bring you on was actually quite comical. I’m certain he kicked himself for not thinking of it first.” And Louisa kicked herself for getting backed into a corner. With Elenore moving in yesterday, Louisa couldn’t go home to get her Phoenix gear. What few things she’d brought, as a show of good faith, would not work as alternate clothing for either crime-fighting or training. She could only hope that Joe remembered Louisa mentioning a coming restriction on her evening activities. But she had to get out tonight. Morrie still didn’t know about the impending heist, and Louisa hadn’t figured out where it would happen yet.

“I can’t thank you enough, Lou. For the next three weeks, it’ll be like having a sister.”

Louisa smiled to herself as she set stationery supplies in one of the two desks flanking the door. Bennet had thought of everything. “You might come to regret that, you know. I do work every day. We’re on a tight schedule. We have so many orbs to make—I’ll have to return to the workshop again tonight to make more for Henry to fill in the morning.

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