The Devil Has Tattoos by Destiny Ford

Author:Destiny Ford [Ford, Destiny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Destiny Ford

The breadsticks smelled like gooey cheese and bliss, and I couldn’t wait to get in the house and eat. Gandalf’s tongue was hanging out of the side of his mouth as he stared longingly at the box and I knew he felt the exact same way.

As I pulled into my garage and unlatched Gandalf from his seat, I noticed two guys walking on the sidewalk in front of my house. They were tall and big, like linebackers, and one of them had a tattoo sleeve visible on his arm. They were watching me as they walked, and they weren’t being sneaky about it.

Gandalf noticed them too, and started a low growl in the back of his throat. Every hair on the back of my neck stood up. I’d gotten a strange vibe from them, but Gandalf had too, and that made me even more concerned.

I checked for my stun gun in my purse and walked toward them to see what they needed. As I moved in their direction, they hurried their pace and walked away. That was weird. What were they doing? And what did they want?

I turned to go inside the house and saw my older neighbor, Phyllis, outside putting some gardening items away before winter. “Hi, Phyllis,” I said, walking toward her. Gandalf took the opportunity to chase some leaves in her yard.

“Kate! So good to see you!” Gandalf ran over and she gave him a little pet. Gandalf and Phyllis were good friends. They’d forged a bond during our weekly date where we watched bad reality TV shows together. There had been a few occasions I’d had work calls during times my mom and dad couldn’t take Gandalf and I’d been able to drop him off with Phyllis instead. I suspected she spoiled him as much as my mom. It was adorable.

“I’m excited for a new season of Strangers in Love.”

Her face lit with excitement. “Me too! I’ve been reading about it and this season sounds crazy!”

“Crazy is fun,” I said, bending down to take a leaf from Gandalf’s mouth. “Speaking of crazy, did you happen to see those two guys walking down the sidewalk a few minutes ago?”

She nodded. “Yes. They’ve actually been by twice today. I thought maybe they were with the city because they seemed like they were looking closely at the homes and yards in the area.”

“Were they looking at all the homes and yards, or ours specifically?”

She thought about it. “I couldn’t say, I only noticed when they were by our houses, but they seemed very interested. It was odd.”

“Did they come and talk to you?”

“No. But they did wave when I saw them.”

Hmmm, maybe they were criminals with manners. Or maybe they were trying to blend in and not succeeding. I’d never seen them around town before though, and I would have remembered the tattoo sleeve because other than Axel, not many people in Branson had one. “And you didn’t recognize them?”

“Nope. Not at all.”

“Okay,” I said, grabbing Gandalf from where he was chasing another leaf around the yard.

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