The Queen of Cool by Claudia Hall Christian

Author:Claudia Hall Christian [Christian, Claudia Hall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, texas, supernatural, action adventure, strong female character, fort worth
Publisher: Claudia Hall Christian
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Days: 56

Before everything had happened, Lo had ordered a gray marble statue of an angel for Don’s grave. She’d ordered the statue just days after he’d died. Of course, when she’d ordered the statue, she hadn’t given a thought to how much it cost. He was laid to rest in the Downs family plot at Oakwood Cemetery. She ordered the angel to watch over Don while he rested so near to his evil father. Certain she’d join him soon, she had her name etched beside Don’s for the spot that waited to hold her body.

She’d paid for half of the statue when she ordered the angel. Since all of her finances were frozen, and the house destroyed, she hadn’t been able to pay the rest. The idea that Don lay in the ground without anything protecting him ate at her. How could Don find heaven without an angel to guide him? Was Henry torturing his son in death like he had in life? When she’d seen the stacks of bills in the gun safe, her first thought was that she could get Don his angel.

But she’d been running from place to place, worry to worry, child to child, and now job to job since removing the money from the safe.

Today, Don’s once-blue-and-now-silver truck was loaded with air conditioning units to be delivered less than a mile from where she’d purchased the monument. Lo dropped off the air conditioning units and headed over to the monument office.

After today, Don would have his angel watching over him. Lo felt excited and relieved that this windfall would make Don’s angel possible. She checked to make sure the money was still in her purse and went inside.

“I’m here to finish paying an invoice,” Lo took the money out of her purse. “I think there’s enough here to cover the bill.”

“Sure,” the man at the door said. “What’s the name?”

“The angel is for Donald Downs,” Lo said. “I’m Lorraine Downs.”

“I thought so,” the man smiled. “The Queen of Cool herself.”

Lo smiled.

“Give me a second,” the man said. “I’ll go check.”

He went to the back of the store. Lo took a seat to wait for him. After five minutes, she began to wonder if he had disappeared. She felt a wave of relief when he finally appeared. She stood to greet him.

“Sorry for the wait,” the man said. “Your angel isn’t here.”

“What?” Lo’s heart dropped. She’d waited too long. Don would spend eternity without his angel. “What do you mean it’s not here?”

“It’s not here,” the man said. “That’s why I was gone so long. I couldn’t find it anywhere in our system.”

“I paid for half,” Lo said. “Surely, you wouldn’t have destroyed it!”

“We tried to phone you, Mrs. Downs,” the man said. “We never were able to get a hold of you.”

“You didn’t call the Queen of Cool!” Lo said.

“No, ma’am, you’re right,” the man said. “I’m embarrassed to say we did not.”

“Where is it? Where is Don’s angel?” Lo asked.

“I asked the same question, ma’am,” the man said.

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