Page 30 of Deadly Misfortunes

“Thanks, Rose. Sorry for forgetting about our date. Marvin isn’t there, is he?”

“Nope. You were supposed to be. That’s okay. Damon’s coming over to talk to me. I suspect he has an ulterior motive.”

“Okay, well, don’t get mixed up with him. Lucy will have something to say about it.”

“For sure. Got to go. Enjoy your brisket.”

“Do you want to join us and have lunch at the fairgrounds?” Gregory asked.

“Nope. I’m having fine dining at its best. I’ll see you tonight.”

“Sorry, Rose. I’ll see you then.” Gregory never missed a date with Rose, especially now that she wasn’t dating anyone again. He felt really guilty about that, but she seemed to understand and was okay with it.

He really hoped Damon didn’t try to get involved with her.

Then he carried the bags of food back to the booths, giving Lucy hers first. Kat went over to take Lucy’s place at her booth while she ate. He realized then that the cousins had to take turns so they could continue to work with customers. After Lucy finished her lunch, Kat and Prescott ate theirs together behind the curtains of Sascha’s booth. Gregory was glad that they did. He wanted to eat with Sascha, and he knew Prescott and Kat wanted to enjoy theirs together.

When he and Sascha finally were able to enjoy their meal together, she said, “Wow, this was such a surprise. And thanks. I love brisket.”

“Yeah, me too.”

“You’re not going to stay the whole time at the fair, are you, until I close up my booth?”

“Probably not. I’ll just come back and get you. It’s more fun to explore places when you have someone with you.”

“Like Stephanie?”

Gregory groaned. “No.” Then he clarified to Sascha, “You’re wrong about Stephanie coming to the house tonight.”

“Maybe it’s another night. Sometimes my visions are off a bit, but I’m there when she is, so I assumed it was tonight.”

“What does she say or do?”

“She’s snarky, as usual. But I don’t have any problem with that.”

“She better not be there.”

“Are you enjoying your brisket?” Sascha licked her lips.

“I sure am. It’s delicious.” Then Gregory got a call from his sister. “Yeah, what’s up, Rose?”

“Damon wanted me to pass a message to you to give to Sascha.”

“Yeah?” Good. Damon wasn’t interested in Gregory’s sister then.

“He doesn’t want you anywhere near Sascha because you almost got her killed once.”

“Did you tell him she’s going to help me try and figure out who’s trying to kill me?”

“Nope. I’m sure he would be furious.”

“Okay. I’m glad you didn’t tell him then. But if he’s marrying Lucy, he has no chance with Sascha anyway.”

“I’ll let you go because I know Sascha has to get back to work soon. Be sure and have her pick up a bag of some of her things to stay the night with us so she can have more time to try and figure this out.”

“I’ll ask her. It’s fine with me, but not sure it is with her.” Then Gregory and his sister ended the call.

“What’s fine or not with me?” Sascha asked, licking her fingers.