Unfinished Business An Angela Panther Novel (A Chick-lit Paranormal book) (The Angela Panther Series)
liked it, but only a little.
    We spent the rest of the day going through old photos, telling stories, and laughing at my bad fashion choices memorialized in print.
    “I’m confident banana clips will be back in style again."
    “Ain’t gonna happen.”
    “But leggings came back, and all that Flashdance crap is back, so why not?”
    “Because banana clips were never actually in fashion, Ang.”
    “You don’t have to be rude.”
    “It’s what best friends do to protect each other. Besides, you’d look like a puffball with one of those things. I’d be embarrassed to be seen with you.”
    “No, you wouldn’t. You’d be envious and jealous of the attention I received because of my well-styled mane.”
    “Keep thinkin’ that. I never once wore one of those hideous things.”
    “That’s because you have perfect Asian hair. You don’t have a lion’s mane on the top of your head like me.”
    “I would kill for your hair.”
    “You can have it, if you’ll bring back the banana clip.”
    “There are some things I won’t do, even for you, Angela.”
    “I’m feeling the love.”
    She found a picture of my grandparents from their fiftieth wedding anniversary. “Is the cemetery charging you to bury Fran by your grandparents?”
    I bit my lower lip. “I haven’t actually told them, exactly.”
    “What?”
    “I might not have mentioned to them that we were burying her in their plot.”
    “What did they say when you called? Wait, did you even call them, Ang?”
    “I intended to."
    “Dear God. Do your brothers know this?”
    “Know what, that I intended to call or that I didn’t actually call?”
    “What did you tell your brothers exactly, Angela?” she asked, sternly.
    “I may have told them it was okay, but I might have lied a little.”
    “A little?”
    “Okay, a lot.”
    “Uh huh.”
    “I’m just doing what Fran wanted, and I don’t want them to freak out about it. John already said something about splitting her up and doing our own things with her. That’s not going to happen. I made her a promise, and I intend to keep it.”
    Mel nodded in agreement. “I get it. Fran was one strong lady, and when she wanted something, she got it. I wouldn’t put it past your mother to come back and haunt you if you didn’t do it her way.”
    If you only knew.

Chapter Four
    M a wasn’t around for days, and I had mixed feelings about it. If I believed my head over my heart, then I should have made a beeline for the loony bin, but if I went with my heart, my mother was haunting me, and strangely, I found that comforting. No one was ever ready for a parent to die. No one was ever ready for a parent to come back as a ghost either, but since that was my only option, I’d take it.
    The memorial service was in two days. The car was packed and the dog sitter all set. I gave Gracie a goodbye kiss and smelled her corn chip scented feet one more time. I knew why her feet smell like that, but I did it anyway, finding an odd comfort in the familiar scent.
    “You be good for Amy, Gracie girl. Okay?”
    She licked my face in agreement, likely hearing, blah blah, blah, Gracie girl .
    I loved that dog. She stuck to me like glue and made me feel like pond scum any time I left the house, but she was incredibly loyal and loving and never once rolled her eyes at me or talked back. How could I not love her?
    The plan was to drive the eight or so hours to Indianapolis and stay a day with my dad and stepmom, Helen, then drive to the south side of Chicago for the memorial.
    My parents divorced when I was fifteen, and Dad married Helen about a year later. The first few years were rough, but eventually everyone chilled and a new kind of family formed. My parents even grew to like each other, and Ma and Helen, while not exactly friends, were pleasant and comfortable around each other. It made holidays much easier for everyone.
    Josh and Emily were in the backseat, and we weren’t even to the highway yet, but I felt the grumblings
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