Page 31 of Deadly Misfortunes

He sure wanted to lick her fingers and mouth like she was. “My sister suggested we stop by your place, pack a bag, and you can stay over for a few days to work on the case. Just in case you can get any, uhm, future visions, and spend more time searching through anything you might need to, to learn what you can.” He figured if he said she was staying a few days, she would go along with it, but if he said just overnight, the same thing. He wanted her to stay with him until they caught the attempted murderer.

“Stay with you?”

“Yeah. We have several guest rooms with their own bathrooms, so you will have privacy.”

She considered him for several minutes, then finished her drink. “You know what, okay. My new house won’t be ready for four days. In the meantime, I could spend time at your place trying to figure out what's going on with you. So what did Damon say?”

Gregory’s lips parted. “You overheard?”

“Nope, my hearing isn’t that great.”

“You envisioned it? But not what was said?”

“Nope. Rose said she was calling you about Damon, and that’s all I could gather. So what did he say?”

“He doesn’t want me around you because I’ll be the death of you.”

“He’s so sweet.”

Gregory didn’t want to hear it, though he had to admit Damon did want to take care of her, and he did think that was heroic. But Gregory wanted to take care of Sascha himself. The sooner he could identify the attempted murderer, the sooner they would all be safer. He worried about Rose too.

“This was delicious. Thanks so much for buying us our lunches. But I need to get back to work.”

“Oh, one other thing. Rose asked what you wanted for dinner.”

“Shrimp Alfredo?”

“That sounds good to me.” He wanted to kiss her. He had no excuse to do so, but the urge was powerful. He took a deep breath, leaned forward, and kissed her mouth, tasting the brisket like he knew she could taste his.

The kiss deepened into something more sensual, needier, and he thought she felt the same way.

Then, breathlessly, she pulled away, kissed his cheek, and shook her head. “You think that we cousins have some kind of spell over you guys, but damn, Gregory.”

He chuckled. She reentered her booth to get back to work, and he was thrilled she was staying with them for a few days.

He headed out of the fairgrounds and called his sister. “Shrimp Alfredo tonight and our finest white wine.”

“Did she ask for the wine?”

“Nope.”

“Did she agree to stay with us overnight?”

“For four days and nights.”

Rose laughed. “Don’t tell me you told her I said she needs to stay that long.”

He just chuckled, got into his car, and drove off. “I should have asked what she would like for dessert.”

“I’ll call her.”

“Don’t tell her that you only wanted her to stay a night.”

“I won’t. I’m glad she’s staying longer. I’ll have someone to talk to besides you now that Marvin and I are no longer an item.”

“Have you told him that?” Gregory wasn’t sure if his sister had actually called it quits with Marvin.

“Not yet.”