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exactly what
type of bean needed to be spilled.
    “Hmmm. . .” I pulled the little heart charm out of
my bag, “Are you talking about this?” I dug deeper in my bag and pulled out the
bracelet. “And this?”
    I held my palm out with the charm Oscar had given
me, and the bracelet dangled from the fingertips of my other hand.
    I couldn’t help but smile at the turtle charm that
meant protection, the Celtic knot symbolized insight, a dog charm that helped
keep evil spirits away and the owl that helped me gain wisdom. And soon, the
heart. The heart that symbolized the bond between Oscar, me, and Mr. Prince
Charming.
    “Yes!” She squealed, and adjusted her shirt. No
turban. Bella’s round cheeks balled up through her grin, exposing the small gap
between her two front teeth. Her long blonde hair framed her face, and cascaded
down her small frame. There was no way she was any taller than five foot two.
“I was thrilled to hear about his love for you, even though the two of you were
already written in the stars.”
    She twirled her hands in the air as if she was
creating some sort of invisible love spell, and then she held her hands out. I
placed both of the items in her hands.
    “I’ll have them ready tonight.” Her dark eyes cast
down to her hands. “Are you happy?”
    Sheepishly, I smiled. It wasn’t long ago that you
weren’t allowed to date another spiritualist if they had a shop or were a part
of the community. I had a shop and he was the only police officer in town. This
could’ve been a major conflict, according to the rules.
    Luckily for us, the rules had recently been changed.
A lot of rules had been changed. When I first moved to Whispering Fall,
Fairiwicks and Dark-Siders weren’t allowed to own shops, only Good-Siders; and
now, Whispering Falls was leading the way in Spiritualist Communities by
opening up to everyone.
    “It does feel good.” I looked deep in my soul to see
if my intuition was telling me anything. Everything felt good with Oscar, but
something was ‘off’ with Mr. Prince Charming. Chalking it up to my new
relationship was easy, but still didn’t fit into my gut feeling of his
off-behavior. Oh well, he’d come around.
    I jumped out of the way of a few children running
down the sidewalk dressed in their best ghoulish costumes.
    “Happy Halloween,” they chanted.
    “Happy Halloween!” I yelled back, reminding me that
I had to get to work. I was expecting Adeline to pick up her June’s Gems any
moment. “Bye, Belle.”
    “Happy Halloween, June.” The twinkle that once
resided in her eyes had dulled, leaving me with a bad taste of intuition in my
mouth.
    I nodded, putting the feeling away and continued my
way to A Charming Cure. Everything did feel right to a point, but something was
just off. Nothing I could explain.
    “Happy Halloween, June.” Isadora Solstice waved her
gloved fingers in the air. Her A-Line skirt had little witch hats printed all
over it, and her pointy black hat with the orange fuzzy trim added to the look
she was going for. . .a good disguise to her real persona, a Crystal Ball
Spiritualist.
    “Nice outfit.” I taped my shoes together as I
continued to walk up the street.
    Mystic Lights looked a tad bit scary to me. An
orange glow projected through the store windows where Izzy had replaced all the
clear bulbs in her lighting shop to orange bulbs.
    “We should talk about the Karima sisters later,”
Izzy chirped from the top step of the shop.
    I nodded and continued. Izzy was the head of the
village council, and I was sure the Karima sisters had complained about their
theory that I had a hand in keeping people alive longer.
    Rolling my eyes, and when I was almost to the shop,
I waved over at Petunia at Golly Bee Pet Shop. She was handing out animal
treats to all the visitors who had brought their animals.
    “Mr. Prince Charming has been acting awfully strange
today.” She pointed into the store. There was my crazy fairy god cat hanging
out near the