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She cleared her throat and made her way over to the bar. She was far enough away that I’m sure she thought her conversation was private, but it was far from it. Especially with Hollie leaning in her direction so she could listen.
“How may I help ya?” Benny asked.
The young woman looked embarrassed as she said, “We’re friends with Casey and she, um, well, she told us how lovely your, um, your pub was. We were wondering if we could hold our weekly book club meetings here. We’ll pay ya, of course.”
Hollie nearly fell out of her chair. I had to grab her to keep her from falling to the ground.
“What happened?” I asked.
Hollie turned to me. “What is she hoping to get out of this book club?”
I couldn’t help but chuckle. “I don’t think anything like that.”
Hollie raised a single brow and then focused back on Benny and the young woman.
“Ya want to have your book club here?” he asked. “In the pub?”
The woman nodded. “Yes. And we’d pay ya since our group is large.”
I could see Benny’s mind going a mile a minute. “What day of the week is your book club?”
“Mondays.”
It was the slowest day of the week at the pub, so I knew Benny would agree.
“You’re more than welcome to hold your meeting here. But ya don’t have to be paying. Just buy a few pints and we’ll call it good.”
The young woman blushed. “That’s very kind of ya. Casey speaksfondlyof ya.”
“Does she?” Benny asked, causing the young girl to blush even more.
“Yes, she does. I was wondering if you’re ever free to go out to dinner or maybe even breakfast.”
Benny’s brows rose. “Are ya asking me out?”
She nodded.
“I can do breakfast, if it’s early enough, but I should tell ya, I’m dating Casey right now.”
It was my turn to raise my brows. According to Benny earlier, they’d only been fucking.
Handing him what looked to be a business card, the woman said, “Me name is Karen.”
Benny picked up the card. “Nice to meet ya, Karen. I’ll call ya then.”
A brilliant smile appeared on her face. She walked past us and started to giggle with the other girls as they all left. Spinning in her seat, Hollie looked at Benny, then back to the door. She looked utterly confused, then panicked. When she looked at me, my stomach dropped, and I instantly knew what she was up to.
“What did you do, Hollie?” I asked.
“What? I don’t know what you mean.”
Leaning in closer to her, I whispered, “You put a spell on him, didn’t you?”
She dug her upper teeth into her lower lip as she blinked rapidly and looked everywhere but at me.
“Hollie!” I whispered-shouted. “I told you not to put a spell on him.”
“I needed to do something to help him, and when I talked to Sarah about it, she said I had to make up the spell myself. It was a wealth spell!”
