Roots of Magic by Mila Riggs & Peach Plains Paranormal

Author:Mila Riggs & Peach Plains Paranormal [Riggs, Mila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sweet Promise Press
Published: 2020-06-10T22:00:00+00:00

11

I went in unsure of how Joshua and I might succeed in luring Art out for a drink, but in the end the task proved surprisingly easy. Joshua fired up Old Sparky and drove us into town, where we then sat and waited outside the building marked with an aged sign that read “Dr. Art Fitzsimmons.”

After no more than ten minutes of us waiting there, an older man with thick white hair and a scratchy looking mustache pushed through the doors and out into the early evening air. Dr. Fitzsimmons, I presumed.

We spotted him at the same time, and Joshua immediately jumped out of the truck. He then reached within and pulled from a store of charm so deep I would never have known it existed.

“Art,” he called with a hand raised in friendly greeting. “How’s it going, man? I’ve heard you had a rough one today.”

I couldn’t stop staring at Joshua as I clambered out of the vehicle and onto the walkway. Who knew he could be so pleasant when he wanted to be? Well, I guess that meant he had never really had wanted to for me.

Art offered Joshua a weak smile before turning to face me. His entire demeanor changed the moment he laid eyes on me.

Wearing a huge smile now, he prattled, “Oh, well. Yes, it has been a hard day. But nothing I can’t handle. You know how I’m very depended on in this town.”

Joshua shot me a surreptitious wink. “I bet. That’s why Polly and I wanted to show you a bit of appreciation, if we might. In fact, what do you say we take you out for a good dinner? Polly here is visiting from far away, and she wants to get a feel for the real Peach Plains while she’s in town. Figure there’d be no one better suited to give her an introduction to our little corner of paradise.”

Once again Art’s eyes wandered over me—this time up and down as his smile widened to an obscene degree. “Dinner, you say? Well, I suppose I do have to eat. Shall we, Miss… Polly, was it?”

Huh, it looked as if everyone had been right about my inherent ability to charm the old guy. I smiled at him now. “That’s wonderful. I can’t wait.”

The ride over to Patty’s Pub didn't take long at all. This was because, with the exception of Joshua’s cabin, everything in Elyria had been laid out close together in one sprawling cluster.

After the three of us were led to a table by a pretty young girl with dark glowing skin, I grabbed the menu and began feasting over it with my eyes. Although I’d been gifted with the ability to read any language, I still didn’t understand what at least half of these dishes were—being largely unfamiliar with the tastes of the listed ingredients, let alone how they combined.

But there was an easy enough solution for this, and it would play well toward our ultimate goal for this evening out.

I set my menu on the table and smiled at the older man seated across from me.

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