Too Far Under by Lynn Osterkamp

Author:Lynn Osterkamp
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: boulder colorado, scientology, paranormal abilities, paranormal mystery, indigo, female sleuth, indigo kids
Publisher: Lynn Osterkamp
Published: 2011-05-30T03:17:58.514983+00:00

Chapter 21

“We have to stop meeting like this,” Brian said with the deep laugh I’d always loved. I found myself laughing along with him, despite my irritation with him the night before. This amiable Brian was the guy who used to be so good at cheering me up. Now that we’ve literally run into each other again,” he said, “let me buy you a cup of coffee.”

I was shaken by the conversation I’d just overheard, but not so rattled that I’d fall for a ploy to subject myself to more Scientology proselytizing. “Thanks, but I’m in kind of a rush,” I said. “I have a lot of things to get done today.” I turned to leave, but he still had hold of my arm.

He let go, but stood blocking my path. “Come on, Cleo. It’s only 11:30 and it’s Sunday. Surely you can take a few minutes for coffee. It’s such a nice day. Here we are right in front of Spruce Confections. We can sit out on the patio, drink some excellent coffee and catch up on the past ten years. You can tell me more about your therapy practice.”

Coffee on the patio did sound tempting and after my fight with Pablo, being with Brian had its charms. It was a gorgeous day, and I wasn’t looking forward to my next task of checking out more nursing homes. Tim had suggested that I go on the weekend to see what conditions were like when staffing was lighter, and I did intend to go that day. I wanted desperately to find a good place for Gramma, but I find visiting those places depressing. Fortifying myself with coffee first would give me energy.

I was also very curious to find out how and why Brian had changed so much. But I definitely didn’t want any lectures about how to handle my problems. So I laid out my terms. “Okay. A quick coffee. But only on the condition that you don’t try to convert me to Scientology. If you start that again, I’m leaving.”

“Fair enough,” he said. “Let’s go grab a table.” We headed for the spacious flagstone patio to the east of the small bakery where we laid claim to an empty gray metal table littered with sections of the Sunday paper. While Brian went inside to the counter to get coffee, I sat and read an article about a prairie-dog linguist who had spoken at a recent meeting of the Boulder Prairie Dog Action Group. According to this guy, prairie dogs have the most sophisticated communication system that anyone has shown in animals. For example, he said they have different words for tall human in a yellow shirt, short human in a green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures. Wow—who knew prairie dogs were so smart? No wonder Mirabel and other local activists had gotten laws passed in Boulder years ago to make it illegal to harm them or to destroy their burrows. I could only imagine the

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