Pixie Dust (Pixie Dust Chronicles 1)

“Why can’t you just go to his house?”

“I will if I can’t find him there. Friday nights are the most crowded at this place, so if he goes there as often as you think, odds are, he won’t disappoint.”

“I still don’t understand why I need to come.”

He sighed, “Because if he’s as dishonest as you say, I’ll need your help. I can conjure a truth spell beforehand, but I’ll need to focus on maintaining it while we’re in there. I can’t ask the questions and keep it going at the same time. You’ll need to be the one to talk to him.”

“Why can’t you bring someone from the police force to ask questions?”

“First of all, you know what he looks like. I can pull his DMV records but it would be really hard to find him in a place like that using a photo. Secondly, Leo has already made it very clear that I cannot go in there looking like a cop without a warrant. You’d be a lot less conspicuous.” He paused. “You know Karli, if I didn’t know better, I’d think your refusal to help was personal. Is there a reason why you wouldn’t want to go somewhere with me?”

“You mean, besides the fact that you confuse the hell out of me?”

“Excuse me?” He asked.

“Nothing.” I lied. “I have no reason not to go somewhere with you.”

“Well?” He asked. “Then what’s the problem?”

Shit, how am I going to get out of this? “I have to work.”

“Not anymore, you don’t.” He said. “The bar will be closed until further notice. Someone from Markos should be calling the staff this afternoon to notify them. Leo said I can show up any time after ten so I’ll pick you up right around then. Sound good?”

“Yeah, I guess.” Fuck!

“Great. Well, I have to get going now so I can get back to the station. I’ll see you then. Oh, and Karli…make sure you dress the part tonight. This club is very appropriately named. We need to blend in as much as possible.”

“What do you mean, dress---” Click. Dammit! What the hell am I getting myself into?

Chapter 5

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My phone rang as soon as I ended my call with Vance. I checked the caller ID before answering.

“Hey Erica, whatsup?”

“Omigod, I heard what happened last night K. How awful! Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine. It was pretty bad though. There was so much blood! It looked like something tried to eat her alive.” I shuddered at the memory. “I’m guessing someone from work called you?”

“Yeah, just a few minutes ago.” She said. “I spoke with the new boss, Leo. He said the bar might be closed through the weekend but he doesn’t know for sure yet. He offered to let me work at another place for the tips but I declined. I have an audition to get ready for anyway.”

“Hey do you think you could take me back to the hotel first to pick up my car? The detective on the case, Vance, had to give me a ride home last night because I was such a mess.”

“Vance, huh?” Her voice instantly perked up. “Was he hot?”

“Um, yeah you could say that.” More like an inferno.

“Why do you sound so strange? Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine Eri. Really. It’s just that something kinda happened when we got back to my place.”

“What do you mean something happened? What kind of something?”

“Well, we came back here, and I really didn’t want to be alone so I invited him in for a drink. We started talking about what happened and I got really upset. He was trying to console me, then one thing led to another and---”

“Omigod, you banged the detective?” She screamed. “Was it good? It’s about damn time K. Good for you honey!”