The Annie Graceland Cupcakes Cozy Mystery Box Set #2: Books 5 - 7 by Pamela DuMond

Author:Pamela DuMond [DuMond, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Pamela DuMond Books
Published: 2016-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Secrets

Mary (The Spirit Cat)

I pretended that Theodore and Mozart summoned me with their silly Bloody Mary chant. But the truth was, I’d been watching Annie and Teddy ever since they moved into my home. I’d lived here a long time before they did, I knew where the bodies were buried, and the secrets were hidden.

Many years ago when I was young and homeless, I gave birth to a beautiful litter of kittens. I was roaming the Venice alleys looking for food, but when I returned, people cradled my kittens, gently put them in a box and took them away. I was sad to see them go, but they were growing up, and soon they’d want to leave home and start their own families. Those same people came back to look for me, but I was skittish and hid.

A lady spotted me scrounging around next to her apartment complex and started leaving out small dishes of food. She’d sit on a step and watch me devour the scraps, but never tried to touch me. I raced away after every meal. “You’re welcome, Mary,” she said.

One day after I ate, I rubbed up against her leg. The next day I let her pet my ears. A week later I’d lain on the ground next to her, and rolled as she scratched my belly. She stood up, opened a door, and said, “Maybe it’s time you come inside, Mary.” So I did.

Kathleen Barton took me in, and got me off the streets when I was emaciated, starving, and covered in fleas. She washed and combed me every day until the bugs left. She fed me every few hours until I was no longer starving. She cuddled me when I shivered, and sat quietly next to me on the wooden floors when a sound scared me and I startled, which was frequently.

Kathleen gave me a life when I had none. I will forever regret that I couldn’t save her that fateful night, but I could always fight to save her legacy.

Theodore and Mozart might think that I came back to help them, but I came back to help Kathleen Barton, and everything she believed in. And now I was here to help Annie, who shared her sweetness as well as her warm heart. I came back to prevent another crime.

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