Bayou Heat

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Author: Georgia Tribell
one eye on him as she walked past, not sure what
his next move would be and more than a little unnerved by the name he’d called
her. Out on the street, Eris stopped and opened herself to the auras around
her. Slowly she sifted through them, eliminating the obvious ones that didn’t
correspond with Debra’s and then weeding out the near matches until she found
the one she was looking for. Debra’s presence was strong here. She passed
through these doors almost every day, so there was a large amount of collected
energy.
    After another couple of minutes, Eris found the strongest of
the residual lines. She now knew which path to follow.
    “The file states Debra works at the Red Light Cabaret,” Rob
said from behind her. “Not surprising. Debra’s only eighteen and that place is
notorious for hiring them extremely young.”
    She looked over her shoulder to see him closing the folder.
“Okay, we need to go this way.” She started walking in the direction the aura
told her to travel.
    “Weren’t you going to question Sky?” Rob asked as he caught
up with her.
    “No. I didn’t need to.” Eris concentrated on keeping a bead
on Debra’s aura as it wound in and out with others that were similar.
    “Thought you were helping the police?”
    “I am.” She really wished he would be quiet. She needed to
concentrate.
    “How? By gathering old jewelry and wandering the streets
like a drunk?”
    His hand wrapped around her arm, stopping her from stepping
off the sidewalk and into the path of an oncoming vehicle. The sound of a
blaring horn snapped Eris back to reality. “Damn.”
    “What the hell’s wrong with you?” His words were hard but
his fingers lightly caressed the skin of her upper arm as he pulled away.
    Eris ran a shaky hand through her hair. “I’m sorry.
Sometimes I have to concentrate so hard I don’t realize what’s going on around
me or where I am.”
    “Concentrate on what—walking?”
    Eris kept her facial expressions as neutral as possible.
“No, on following a person’s aura.”
    There, she’d said it. She’d put it off as long as she could,
but now the words were out in the open. Now she would wait to see what kind of
snide, crass remarks he made. Then she would promptly tell him she didn’t care
what he thought.
    She watched a couple of emotions flicker over his face then
he shook his shoulder-length blond hair and smiled.
    “Guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Not considering where we
live and the fact that you were working with Orbit. She was a local legend. I’m
sorry for your loss.”
    Eris was shocked into silence for several seconds at the
honest sympathy she heard. “Thank you, Orbit was a family friend for years.”
    Her patience was stretched as she waited for the sarcastic,
hurtful words that normally followed. “Well, don’t you have anything else to
say?”
    “I’m sorry I broke your concentration. I’ll be quiet and
watch for cars while you do your thing.”
    “Okay.” Eris turned and tried to pick up Debra’s aura. She
slowed her heart rate and pushed the confused thoughts Rob created to the back
of her mind. She couldn’t think about how he made her feel at the moment if she
wanted to find their path.
     
    The woman was a certifiable fruitcake, Rob thought as he
gently guided Eris to the left to keep her from bumping into a streetlight. Up
ahead, he could see the rundown front of the Red Light Cabaret.
    There were upscale clubs in this town, and then there were
the dives. This one wasn’t at the bottom of the list but it was close. Large
red letters painted on the window identified the establishment. The remainder
of the window was painted black so pedestrians on the street couldn’t see in.
At night, large floodlights illuminated the windows from behind, making the
words glow.
    They stopped outside the club, as if that were a big
surprise, Rob thought. After all, the police report specifically stated the
last place Debra was seen was at work and the roommate
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