[Southern Ghost Hunter 02.5] Ghost of a Chance
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“I’ve worked for banks before,” I said quickly, hoping he was serious.
This could save my hide. Return my business to respectability. Everybody admired the local boy who’d made good, and if he hired me, that would be like an endorsement.
“She’s really talented,” Lauralee said, as if putting me to work were as inevitable as the sun rising or a skunk leaping headfirst into a pile of day-old banana peels. “Nobody’s given her a chance since Virginia started gunning for her.”
Reggie snorted. “I’m not afraid of Virginia Wydell,” he stated, as if challenging us to feel the same. “And I do need someone to”—he eyed the rosebush by my fireplace—“think outside the box.”
“I can do that,” I promised. My ghostly adventures had sure taught me the benefits of unconventional thinking.
Lucy wriggled out of my arms and hurried to sit at Reggie’s feet like a loyal dog, as if she knew which side her bread was buttered on.
Even if I only designed a few brochures, it would pay for food. And skunk snacks. I could stop living on ramen noodles or trying to make a box of cereal and a bunch of bananas stretch out a week. I could add a few things to my rotating wardrobe of three very cute, gently used winter sweaters.
I stared in horror as my mess of a skunk reared back to jump into Reggie’s lap.
“Lucy!” I grabbed her the second before she leaped.
Reggie barked out a laugh. “Look at this. Artsy and quick on her feet.” He scooped Lucy out of my arms. “She’s okay. I don’t mind a bit of wet,” he said, cradling her close. Lucy preened as he gave her a belly rub and set her back down on the floor. She nudged his ankle with her nose and rested a cheek on his shoe. “Well, we’ve imposed quite enough. Lauralee and I should head to breakfast and leave you in peace.” He checked his watch. “I have a meeting at ten. Come by the bank at eleven fifteen and show me what you’ve got.”
“That sounds perfect,” I told him.
He bent and gently removed Lucy from his shoe, giving her one last stroke behind the ear as he did.
“Thanks for the opportunity,” I added as he crossed my parlor in long, easy strides.
“Glad to do it, Verity.” He paused at the door. “We all deserve a second chance.”
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New York Times bestselling author Angie Fox writes sweet, fun, action-packed mysteries. Her characters are clever and fearless, but in real life, Angie is afraid of basements, bees, and going up stairs when it's dark behind her. Let’s face it. Angie wouldn’t last five minutes in one of her books.
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