"Was she loved enough as a child?" Daniel asked as I was taking a gulp my sweet tea causing me to laugh so hard tea sprayed from my nose.
“Always so ladylike, Suzie Q,” Daniel said, tossing a napkin at my face.
“Well, you know me,” I told him, sticking my hand in my tea and flicking some on his face. “You are not going to get away with that,” he said, getting up and grabbing a full pitcher.
He was going to try and pour that on my head. "Daniel, don't do it. I just washed my hair," I said, getting up and running away, but I wasn't fast enough. He dumped the cold liquid on my hand making me trip and fall on my face.
"Malady, get up," a voice said, but the voice wasn't Daniel. I knew that because for one he called me Suzie Q and it was a woman. Opening my eyes, I saw that I was in my room not in the back yard drinking sweet tea with Daniel and being all happy. I was in my bed soaked with ice cold water and all of my family members were standing over me with bowls.
“What are you guys doing?” I asked, shaking the crushed ice out of my hair.
I had just taken part in an involuntary ice bucket challenge.
“Aunt Misty wants to have movie night,” Agnes said, laughing.
“Practical Magic again?” I asked.
They all answered with nods. “Why couldn’t you guys wake me up like normal people?
“We tried, but you wouldn’t budge. We thought you were dead for a moment. Abigail thought of the ice cold water.
"Thanks, Abby. You're the best. I'll be down in a few, guys," I told them, getting off my bed as they left my room.
Finding warm, dry clothes, I quickly changed and ran my hands over my hair magically drying it. I was still very cursed, so that meant Aunt Misty didn’t have to worry about burning all of her popcorn or her DVD not playing because I was not a happy camper. I wished that dream would have been true. I just wanted to be happy, was that too much to ask?
All signs pointed to the answer being yes.
After all, I was named Malady and it meant bad.
After I got ready, I walked down the stairs and sat next to Agnes as Aunt Misty's favorite movie started.
I wasn’t sure which one was more depressing, never getting to be truly happy or watching Practical Magic again.
I just went with Practical Magic.
The end.
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Next Up….
When lifelong bachelorette Aunt Tilly returns to town with a fiancé she’s only known for two weeks, the rest of the Norwood family sense foul play. Has their eccentric aunt fallen prey to a love spell and-if so- for what reason?
Meanwhile, Malady is still coming to grips with what she saw in her dream and what that might mean for her future with Daniel Price.
When the body of one of Daniel’s old college buddies turns up at Cat’s Cradle’s annual Under the Stars Charity Ball, it’s up to Daniel and Suzie Q herself to get to the bottom of it and figure out how this is all connected to Aunt Tilly’s mysterious new beau.
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