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“Hmmm, let me see,” she says, touching her tiny little chin with her finger. “I don’t know that he said. Or maybe I forgot. Who knows?” she says, offering a touch of a smile.
“Well, I won’t keep you long, Mrs. Morton. I know your show is on. If you need any more help around here this weekend, let me know.”
“Will do, Holly. Thanks for stopping by,” she says, turning to head back inside. “Oh, dear?” she asks, stopping me in my tracks.
“Yes?”
Mrs. Morton hands me the candies. “Will you drop these off at the neighbor’s house? I detest caramel,” she says, taking the wine in one hand and heading off into the house, leaving me standing on the porch. Again.
I growl loudly before turning and stomping down the stairs. This is the second time I’ve been here, and both times I’ve been upstaged by Latham. I know it’s him, even if she got his name wrong. The ugly dog might have been the biggest clue. Plus, I didn’t even get to tell her I was one of the bidders. Now she just thinks I’m some loony person who drops by with random gifts – including caramels, which apparently she doesn’t like.
No way is the neighbor getting these.
I unwrap one and shove the whole piece in my mouth, slowly chewing as I fire up my engine and head back to the store. What the hell am I going to do now? I have dinner plans with Lucifer himself in mere hours, and I have to pretend like I don’t know he’s trying to bid against me for the property between us.
This is what Hell actually feels like.
Well, at least I have caramels…
