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moving across the backyard. He waited a few minutes, watching to see if he saw whatever had caught the dog’s eye, but he didn’t. Turning back to Duke he ordered, “Stay,” and ran around to the driver’s side to get in.
    He put up the passenger side window and cranked the air conditioning. The cab cooled before they went half a mile. Duke sat at attention the whole way to the Fountain City Duck Pond, barking a few times at nothing in particular. Alex had never seen the dog act like this before, and he wondered if maybe the white blur he’d spotted wasn’t another animal in the area. He reached over and patted Duke on the head as he parked his truck.
    Duke barked again.
    “It’s okay, boy.”
     
     
    Sue carried three bags of groceries into her apartment, sitting them on the kitchen counter. A light flashed from her answering machine and she hit the play button.
    “Hey, sis. Kimberly here. The dress shop called and your dresses have arrived. They want to schedule a time for my bridesmaids to come in for a final fitting. Would one evening after work be better for you or would a Saturday? Give me a call so I can get this taken care of. Thanks.”
    She sighed and hung her keys up on the peg by the refrigerator. She looked at the calendar and saw nothing written on it for the month. “What a surprise. I’m available any freaking time she wants. How much more humdrum can I get?”
    Emptying the bags, she put away the groceries before she called her sister back. “I can do any time. Whatever works for the others is fine.”
    “Gee, you sound so thrilled.”
    “Sorry. I’ve had a headache all day.” She curled up in her comfy armchair in the living room, hugging the throw pillow to her chest as the last rays of sunlight drifted through the window.
    “Sue, you’ve been like this ever since I told you I got engaged. Amenable to whatever I need, but the underlying tone of your voice holds a note of irritation. Are you sure you aren’t upset that I’m getting married before you? I know you said it didn’t matter, but maybe deep down it does.”
    She closed her eyes and winced , hugging the pillow tighter. “Kimberly, I couldn’t be happier for you. Really. I think Phil is a great guy and you’re going to be very happy together. I just wish I had someone in my life already. If you hear anything in my voice it’s frustration that I’m single. Suddenly my single status is like a big neon sign flashing loudly in my head which isn’t helping my headache today.”
    “Okay. Then let’s go out Friday night. Just you and me. It’ll be like old times, before I met Phil.”
    “You’re on.”
    “Now go take something for that headache,” Kimberly said. “I’ll let you know about the fitting.”
    “ I will. Bye.” Sue got up and went into the kitchen. She opened her purse, searching for the aspirin bottle. Instead she found the lock and key from the party and grimaced. She tossed the combo into the trash and the gris-gris chilled her.
    Without thinking, she retrieved the item and the coldness from the gris-gris subsided. Testing the waters, she held her hand over the trash and began to loosen her grip on the lock. The gris-gris turned cold, but when she brought her hand back away from the garbage can it warmed again.
    “Unreal.” She laid the lock a nd key back on the counter. She’d have to talk to Keely about the powers of the necklace sometime. Popping the top off the pill bottle, she took two capsules and washed them down with water before she went to lie down on the couch.

 
     
     
     
    Chapter Four
     
    “Come on Alex, you know you want to come with us,” Phil cajoled over lunch Friday at a local fast food joint. “Since Kimberly and I got engaged it isn’t often that she tells me I can have a boy’s night out with her blessing. Not that she keeps me on a tight leash, but because we’re doing the wedding ourselves and there’s so much to do that we’re normally busy every minute of every