Саманта Сильвер: The Purr-fect Crime

“Wow. That’s pretty sad,” I said, feeling bad for Jason. “So what happens now?”

“Now you start by going back to sleep,” Charlotte ordered, suddenly going into doctor mode. “We’ve already probably told you more stressful stuff than you really needed right now.”

“How come I have to stay in the hospital when you guys seem to be up and about and getting food from good places?” I protested, looking at Sophie’s bag of takeaway.

“Because we weren’t the ones who saw a man being shot, got covered in his blood, or who got an infection from one of the cuts on the run back,” Charlotte replied. “You have to stay here for another day or so, then you can come back and eat all the take-away you want.”

“Can you at least sneak me in some Chipotle?” I asked, giving Sophie my best puppy dog eyes. I knew Charlotte would never, ever break hospital rules. I loved my veggie bowl from Chipotle, but Willow Bay didn’t have one. Seeing as it didn’t have a hospital, either, I knew I had to be in Portland.

“Yeah, for sure,” Sophie replied, earning herself a glare from Charlotte that she purposefully ignored.

“Have I ever told you that I love you?” I replied, just the thought of my favourite fast food making me feel better already.

“Not nearly as often as you tell me you hate me,” Sophie joked in reply, and I laughed. It felt really, really good to laugh.

“Is the Ocean Mist resort still going forward?” I asked, and Sophie shook her head.

“You know, it’s funny. I seem to remember someone telling me that there was nothing we could do, that it was hopeless, that even though we tried really hard and we understood the people, there was nothing we could do to stop the project from going forward. It turns out that was wrong. All we had to do was get the head of it arrested for murder, and the company decided to put the project on indefinite hold.”

I grinned in reply. That was absolutely awesome news.

Just then, Bee stirred at my feet, shifting a little bit before going back to sleep.

“Oh, we got her these,” Charlotte told me, holding up a giant bag full of Temptations, Bee’s favourite treats.

“Yeah, we figured she deserved them after saving all our lives,” Sophie replied.

“I bet she loves you guys,” I said, grinning as I noticed the bag was already open. It seemed Bee had already gotten into her treats.

“Well, she’s letting us pat her, and also not trying to bite us, so we figure that’s about as close to love as Bee gets with people that aren’t you,” Sophie replied, and I laughed. That did sound like Bee.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you, Lisa’s coming in after work to check in on you as well,” Charlotte said.

I smiled.

“Thanks so much, guys. I really appreciate it.”

“Hey, I’m only here because you saved my life,” Sophie replied, punching me in the arm lightly. I laughed.

“I guess that’s fair.”

“Let me eat my burger and then I’ll go get you Chipotle, ok?” Sophie asked.

“Sure, no problem. Thanks.”

Fifteen minutes later Sophie and Charlotte had gone to get Chipotle, after a nurse came and told them I needed to rest for a little while longer. I lay on the bed and absent-mindedly stroked Bee as she purred contentedly under me. Who could have guessed that our little adventure to try and find out who had killed Tony Nyman would have almost led to the three of us getting killed? And the fact that Bee had saved all our lives was even more incredible.

Leaning back, I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. This was enough of a crazy adventure to last a lifetime.

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Want to read more of Angela’s adventures? Willow Bay Witches #2, Barking up the Wrong Tree, has now been released:

Angela Martin was expecting to have a normal, uneventful week in the small town of Willow Bay. The universe, however, had other ideas.

When a local gossip is murdered while walking her dog, Angela knows she needs to find Sprinkles, who ran away during the murder. After all, being a witch who can talk to animals, finding Sprinkles might be the only way to find the murderer. Especially since the victim had more enemies than most people have Facebook friends.

But she has to investigate without the police chief suspecting anything, she has to deal with Bee's jealousy about a dog getting attention, and she has to try and get along with Sophie's mom's new boyfriend.

And just to complicate things even further, the infuriating but crazy hot Jason Black is back in town, and this time, it sounds like it's for good.

Angela is pretty sure she can handle all this crazy in her life. But what she doesn't realize is just how dangerous the murderer really is...

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Other Willow Bay Witches Mysteries:

Just Horsing Around (Willow Bay Witches #3)

(Available for preorder, release date September 30th, 2016)

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Samantha Silver lives in Oregon with her long-time boyfriend, her Jack Russell terrier named Kilo, two cats who like to help her type by lying across the keyboard, and the occasional foster. When she’s not playing mom to all these animals, Samantha is either writing the mysteries she loves, volunteering at the local animal shelter, or watching Netflix.

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