A Charming Voodoo (Magical Cures Mystery Series Book 10) Read Online Free PDF

her. She and Darla had been best friends when my father was alive and we lived in Whispering Falls. Since Darla wasn’t a spiritualist and my father had married a mortal, Darla couldn’t live here any longer and that’s when she moved me to Locust Grove and where I met Oscar. Who. . .long story short, was also a spiritualist raised by a mortal uncle. Another story, another time. What mattered now was the here and now and that Oscar and I were now happily married.
    “I’m sorry to hear about your friends Ophelia Biblio and Colton Lance.” Eloise paused and continued in a silky tone, “Sometimes things do not work out and it’s best to find out young.”
    Oscar and I didn’t say anything. Colton was his friend and Ophelia was mine. It was natural to take opposite sides.
    The village street was nice and quiet. Arabella Paxton, florist and owner of Magical Moments, always did a beautiful job on the hanging baskets from the carriage light posts. This year she’d hung carved pumpkins with bright yellow and red mums coming out of the top. Instead of the pumpkins having the traditional faces, some had Whispering Falls carved out while others had All Hallows’ Eve etched into it.
    As soon as we walked past the police station, we could see a big bonfire off in the distance.
    “Need a ride?” Petunia Shrubwood pulled up next to us. She was in a wagon pulled by two horses. The wagon was filled with hay and a few of the new citizens from the new development.
    “We’d love one.” My insides jumped with giddiness.
    Oscar helped Eloise and I up. We found an empty bale to sit on with a couple of blankets folded up just for our laps. Mr. Prince Charming sat in the riding seat with Petunia. I smiled when I saw them talking to each other. He loved Petunia. She understood him because of her spiritual gift as an animal reader.
    “Where is Baby Orin tonight?” I asked when I noticed he wasn’t attached to her like he normally was.
    “He’s home with Gerald. Way past his bedtime.” She shoo’ed the fireflies away from the horses as they teased them. “Teenagers,” she grumbled and flung the reins for the horses to move.
    The fireflies darted off into the night. They were the teenagers of the spiritual world. Like most teens, they stayed up all night bugging the heck out of anyone that would be bothered with them and slept all day.
    There was so much going on at Patch’s. There was a stand for caramel apples, apple cider in a big cauldron, and hayrides into the field filled with the biggest and heartiest pumpkins I’d ever seen. They were still attached to the vines that came up out of the ground and curled around.
    After we got off the wagon, I decided to walk around and take it all in. All of my old friends and new friends were gathered around, smiling and having community time. Mr. Prince Charming walked next to me with his tail swaying in the nighttime air.
    I walked along the vines and was amazed at how they curled and ended at the stem of the big pumpkins.
    “Look, Mommy!” A little girl with her brown hair braided in pigtails ran over to Mr. Prince Charming. “A cat!”
    Mr. Prince Charming looked like a show pony prancing around the little girl. I swear if I didn’t know better, the darn cat was grinning ear-to-ear. He dragged his tail along the little girl’s legs making her giggle.
    He looked at me and I shook my head before he went back to making her laugh.
    “I’m so sorry.” The mom came up and took the little girl by the hand. “She’s been dying to get a cat since we moved here.”
    “She’s fine. He loves children.” I tilted my head to get a good look at the mom. Her hair was cut in the cutest pixie haircut. “Have you been to Glorybee Pet Shop?”
    “We have and Jo Ellen wants every animal in there.” She laughed and patted her daughter on the head. “Isn’t that right?”
    By this time, Mr. Prince Charming had jumped up on top of the big pumpkin and walked in circles as his tail dragged