Spell on Earth by Leighann Dobbs

Author:Leighann Dobbs [Dobbs, Leighann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-16T16:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

I changed the window display at Sweet Satisfaction and put the white chocolates on sale just as Lilly asked, then took Clover and Penuche back to my cottage so I could change for karaoke night.

I was a bit worried about leaving the two of them alone, but they seemed to have formed some sort of truce. Clover hadn’t even tried to scarf down the cat’s food when I’d fed them. I was growing increasingly suspicious of their new friendship but didn’t have time to dwell on it.

I walked into Coconuts tiki bar around eight. The place was already hopping. Tourists and townies alike crowded the space, all sipping tropical drinks with pink umbrellas in them. Many had fake plastic leis around their necks and flowers in their hair.

On the stage at the far end of the room, a tourist swayed drunkenly, a microphone in hand, while she crooned an off-key rendition of Madonna’s La Isla Bonita.

I spotted Kenna and Evian sitting at our usual table. Evian caught my eye and nodded toward the bar, where Skye was engrossed in a conversation with the bartender. Good news, she was wearing the white pants. A smile of anticipation crept across my lips as I made my way to the table.

Evian pulled up a chair for me, and I slipped in beside her and Kenna. Evian was dressed in a smart pink shirt accented with some kind of glitter. Kenna was meticulously dressed in a silky silver tank top and jangly bracelets. Her expression was apologetic.

“Sorry about going off on you at the police station earlier. I’m just super stressed. I don’t exactly have trying-to-keep-the-news-of-a-murder-under-wraps scheduled into my planner.”

“Or explaining away the destruction from a gnome running around town,” I added.

“Ugh. So there is a creature?” Kenna asked.

I nodded.

“How is that going?” Evian asked.

“I’ve got it under control. I’ll have him taken care of tomorrow night.”

Evian nodded. Turning her attention back to Skye, she quirked a brow at me. “Ready?”

Kenna frowned. “What is going on?”

“Prank on Skye,” Evian said.

Kenna’s face lit up. “Oh good! I still owe her from last week.”

Evian gave the nod, and we both focused on Skye, whose back was turned to us. One. Two. Three. Splat! A smear of dark mud appeared on the back of her pristine white pants.

Skye speared the guy next to her with an indignant look and kicked him. She must’ve felt the splat and thought he touched her. They exchanged angry words before she spun around and headed toward our table.

“Here she comes,” Evian said. “Act natural.”

At the bar a few people had turned on their stools and were pointing at Skye’s butt. The man she’d had words with whispered something to the guy next to them, and they erupted in laughter.

Skye stopped mid-stride. She spun around to face the bar, glared at everyone who was looking at her, then turned back toward our table, a self-satisfied smirk on her face.

She flopped into a chair. “Did you guys see that? I guess I still look pretty good in these pants.

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