No Chance in Spell (Moonglow Hollow Mysteries Book 2) by Maddie Smith Miller

Author:Maddie Smith Miller [Smith Miller, Maddie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laurealinde Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-05-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

I was a little disappointed that Aunt Candy didn’t ask Cress and me to pick up the flowers this time around, but another pair had already volunteered for the task.

Not that I wanted to bike to Hocus Crocus and then back through town to Chloris Park. But part of me thought I might spot a clue at the nursery that I hadn’t seen the other day.

Even though Cress and I pulled up to the park at seven o’clock on the dot, the committee ladies were already hard at work splitting up plants and carrying them to their intended locations.

A woman with waves of silver hair stood near the Hocus Crocus trailer, calling out orders. “I want more of the sun cress over there beneath the birch. That’s too much yellow by the sugar maple. Ronnie, I told you five minutes ago to come get some mercy’s needle for your group.”

“Wow,” Cress breathed as we climbed off her bike. “Zeta’s not messing around.”

“She does seem… animated,” Sterling noted as he trotted past us. He complained about coming here, grumbling about how his nostrils would be assaulted by the fake dragon dung fertilizer. But when I gave him the option to stay at Cress’s place, he turned me down flat, claiming it was an insult to suggest he should stay home with no one but Yasu to keep him company. I wasn’t sure I would ever understand him. But I supposed his enigmatic ways were part of his charm.

When we approached the trailer, I offered Zeta a warm smile. “Could you use a couple of extra sets of hands?”

Zeta’s hazel eyes flicked down the length of my body. For the first time, I questioned my choice of clothes. Instead of wearing something out of the wardrobe I’d brought here from my place in Ferndale, I’d opted for some of the clothes Nan brought to me from her cottage. The jean shorts were shorter than I would ordinarily wear nowadays, and the hem was frayed. The turquoise tank top had a few small holes along the bottom edge. I stood out like a sore thumb next to Zeta, who wore khaki shorts and a long-sleeved white button-down. And while none of the other ladies looked as dressy as Zeta, none of them wore cutoffs and holey tanks, either.

Well, it was too late for me to change my outfit now.

Zeta’s gaze shifted to my cousin. “Cressida, could you go help your mother? You know how her wrist cramps when she’s with the trowel too long.”

Cress nodded, catching my eye. “Of course.” But as soon as Zeta glanced at the clipboard, she curled the fingers of her free hand into air quotes and mouthed, “Wrist cramps.”

I bit back a smile as Cress jogged off toward her mother. “And where would you like me?”

“Do you have much gardening experience?”

I considered telling her I’d worked in a garden just last night, but ascribing that description to what I’d done with Nan seemed overly charitable. “Not much since school.

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