Witch of Mintwood Mysteries Box Set 4 by Addison Creek

Author:Addison Creek [Creek, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

By the time I pulled to a halt on the porch, the cat was long gone. I glared around into the darkness.

“You have to respect the run, the gliding gazelle grace of the feline persuasion,” said Paws, trotting up to us and looking very smug.

“You don’t even like cats,” I pointed out.

“I like this one a little more now,” he assured me. I just rolled my eyes.

“Greer! we lost him,” I cried as our friend came from around the back of the house. She shrugged. She didn’t look the least bit surprised.

“What about the ghosts you claim hang out here?” Charlie asked.

“I didn’t see any when we were inside. We could check again” I said.

“We haven’t tried the kitchen,” said Charlie. “The doors leading into it are closed, so I figured the stray cat probably wasn’t in there. I wondered if maybe there’s a hole in the wall or something, but I really think he just ate all the cheese and disappeared.”

“Let’s at least check the kitchen for ghosts,” I said. “If we don’t find any tonight, we’ll try again tomorrow.”

“I don’t know how we’ll fit it in given that we also have to go back to the development,” said Paws.

He was right. I kept forgetting that we had more to do than just run after stray cats. I also had Cesar to check on. I shook my head at the thought of having two pet sitting responsibilities at once; it didn’t happen very often. Well, in this case it was one pet sitting job and one self-appointed task of finding a stray animal. Almost the same thing. And two murders, of course. It was a lot. Normally I would tell my boyfriend about how busy I was and he’d commiserate and help me find a way to get some rest and relaxation, but that wasn’t going to happen this time.

We went back inside the dilapidated old building one more time, Charlie leading the way. “This way,” she said, making for the kitchen door.

As we got near, I could hear voices. Charlie heard them too and slowed her pace. Greer frowned. “I guess there are ghosts here after all. Pity they can’t help us catch a stray animal.”

“Ghosts aren’t the most helpful lot,” said Charlie.

“Who are you calling unhelpful?” Paws demanded.

“Sorry. Definitely not you. Can you go through the door first and scope everything out?” Charlie asked him.

“Absolutely not,” he said.

“I’ll go first. I’m the witch around here,” I said.

“You should try performing some magic from time to time,” Paws said.

It sounded like most of the things he said. Kind of like a joke. But I knew he wasn’t really kidding. Recently I had let my magic practice fall by the wayside, realizing with some surprise and not a little concern that I was acting as if seeing ghosts was enough in terms of witchy behavior. It had been a while since I had performed any serious magic, except for the fence around my house. Even that was getting further and further in the past, and anyhow, for that I’d had a lot of help.

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