“Actually, you’d have to ask Arc about that. The momma cat used to be his familiar, so technically, these little gals are his too.”
She seemed disappointed, but she set the kitten back down on the floor. “Oh. I see.”
The kitten stayed right by her foot, unmoving.
“She’s yours if you want her,” Arc said gently. “It would appear she has chosen you. That’s a good sign for a witch. Are you needing a familiar?”
Patricia’s eyes grew watery. “I lost my Frankie Cat three weeks ago. That’s part of the reason I threw myself into this case so hard. Well, that and . . .”
“And the fact that it involved us Minehearts,” Senior said.
She looked away but nodded.
“Amie told me what you said about your granddad’s pocket watch. I didn’t keep it, Patty. I returned it the day after you left. Gave it to your new roommate to pass on to you. I’m so sorry. I should have made sure to hand it to you directly. I know how much it meant to you.”
Patty sat down hard in one of Mom’s easy chairs. That gave the little white kitten enough leverage to make the climb up and into her lap. She stroked her absently.
“That would have been my cousin Talia. I didn’t stay with her long. She wasn’t a very good person.”
“Well, we can’t change the past,” Opal said, handing Patricia a small jeweler’s box. “But we can fix things in the present.”
Her forehead wrinkled as she opened the box. I leaned over just enough to see inside it. A beautiful pocket watch sat inside the silk-lined box.
Patricia lifted the watch out of the box by the chain. “But I thought you said . . .”
“Your roommate sold it to a local pawnshop. It took me a few days to track it down, but I did.” Opal looked over at Senior. “By the way, you owe me fifteen hundred dollars.”
He nodded. “Not a problem.”
Now the tears were flowing in earnest. “All these years . . .”
Mom gave Senior a little push, and he walked over and knelt down in front of her. “Maybe now we can put all that behind us and be friends again? I think the watch and the kitten would make a good start for that.”
She nodded. “I’d like that.”
There wasn’t much more to say after that. Ruby went upstairs and got Yorkie Doodle’s carrier for Patricia to take home her new kitten, and a few minutes later, she left.
I’d waited long enough.
“Why can’t we tell the council I’m a Light Witch?”
THE END... FOR NOW.
But the story continues in Book Three: Un-Familiar Magic. Pre-order available now. Release Date: October 1st, 2019.
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