Royally Tricked by Misha Bell

Author:Misha Bell [Bell, Misha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mozaika Publications

I wake up very late and check my phone.

Nothing from Tigger.

I hope he hasn’t changed his mind about further training.

Pulling out my laptop, I research what I can teach Tigger if he does turn up. When I get hungry, I grab a coconut yogurt for breakfast—another minor type of exposure therapy, in a way. Yogurt is teeming with bacteria, but since it’s the beneficial kind, I let it into my body… with only a minor reluctance. It really helps that since its founding in the eighties, this brand of yogurt has never been the cause of a foodborne illness.

I just wish I didn’t have a strange fuzzy sensation on my tongue with each spoonful, one that feels eerily like the tiny tails of millions of Lactobacillus shaking as they dance to “The Final Countdown.”

Just as I finish up, I finally hear from Tigger:

I’m going to see a doctor this morning. Can we meet later today? Maybe 4 p.m.?

Ah, so he is seeing a doctor to make sure he’s allowed to free dive. I’m glad. This way, I’ll be less concerned about him drowning.

I’ll see you at the hotel, I reply, and the stupid doves flutter in my belly in anticipation.

I return to my free-diving research, but a text distracts me just a few minutes in.

It’s from Blue.

Your card expert friend didn’t make it to the brunch we scheduled. I called and texted her but never heard back. Is everything okay?

Hmm. It’s so not like Clarice to flake on a business opportunity.

I walk over to her room and knock.

No answer.

When I open the door, all I see is Hannibal with his eyes closed—no doubt sleeping off the heavy meal from last night.

I’m careful not to wake him as I close the door. I have an unspoken agreement with the cat. I don’t bother him, and he doesn’t smother me in my sleep, eat my face, or rub himself against me.

Where is Clarice?

I call and text her.

She doesn’t reply.

I start knocking on the doors of my other roommates, but they’re all out.

Just as I prepare to call everyone at random, I get a group text from Harry.

Clarice is in the hospital.

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