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O'Rielly."
"Oh! Well, maybe I should get her sister for you then."
"Why? Has something happened to Darby?"
"Um, sort of, but I think it should be her family that explains it," Sally said as she headed back to the storage room.
"Oh no. I hope nothing has happened to her," Melanie said very worried as she spun around to look at Josh. He didn't say anything, but stood there looking stoic.
A few minutes later, Sally returned with a petite woman with long, wavy, strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes the color of the Caribbean Sea. She smiled at Melanie and said, "Hi! I'm Rowan O'Rielly. Sally said that you were looking for my sister, Darby?"
"Yes. It's very important that I talk with Darby." Melanie glanced over her shoulder at Josh shyly and continued, "We have a...situation I think she might be able to help with. I'm Melanie Harper. Darby and I went to school together."
"Melanie? Oh my God. It's so nice to meet you finally. Darby talks so fondly of you." Rowan pointed to the love seat and chairs in a cozy corner of the bookstore, inviting them both to sit.
"Thank you. Darby talked about you all the time too. Has something happened to her?" Melanie said as she sat on the love seat and Josh sat on one of the chairs, listening intently.
"Well, she's not here in California anymore. She's moved to the east coast - Massachusetts to be exact. She sold the bookstore to Sally, here, a good friend of ours. I haven't seen Darby since December when she came back to sign the papers and grab some items from home."
"What is she doing in Massachusetts?"
"It's kind of a long story."
Melanie looked down for a moment.
"Is there something I can help you with?" Rowan asked.
"We couldn't possibly bother you with this. We actually have trouble tailing us and I don't know how long it will be before that trouble catches up with us. I was really hoping I could speak with Darby."
"I'd never feel right not helping. I'm sure that whatever the problem is, we, Sally, Dean, our neighbor, and Blake, my boyfriend, could help."
"That's sweet, Rowan, very sweet, but I don't really know you and this situation is a little unusual. No, actually it is very unusual. Maybe we should just head to the east coast and try and find her there," Melanie said looking for confirmation from Josh who wasn't sure what he should say.
"Melanie, even if you do decide to go to the east coast, why not at least stay with us tonight? Tell us what the trouble is and if we can't help, you've only lost a few hours. I'm telling you though, there is a pretty good chance that whatever you have to say won't surprise any of us in the slightest."
"I don't know. What do you think, Josh? Do we have a few hours?"
"I'm not sure? He's found us pretty quickly two times already."
"True, but I don't know how he would find us here as long as we don't turn on your iPhone again."
"Oh, please stay. If this guy does show, at least you have more people to back you up against anything, supernatural or not."
"What makes you think it has anything to do with the supernatural?" Melanie asked.
"Why else would you seek out a friend that helped you with a supernatural problem before, who owns a supernatural bookstore, and happens to be from a long line of ancestral witches?"
"I didn't know about the witch thing, but I guess I should have guessed." She wasn't getting any kind of feedback from Josh when she looked for an answer in his eyes. "I guess a night couldn't hurt."
"Good. We were about to close up anyway. You can follow us back to my house. Blake is there and Dean should be home from work very soon."
"Thank you, Rowan. I'm still not certain you can help us, but I appreciate your offer."
Rowan and Sally closed up the shop and headed for Rowan's black SUV. Josh and Melanie got back on the bike and followed them a few blocks to Rowan's house. It was a cute bungalow, craftsman style, with a wide porch, grey-blue paint trimmed in white and
"Oh! Well, maybe I should get her sister for you then."
"Why? Has something happened to Darby?"
"Um, sort of, but I think it should be her family that explains it," Sally said as she headed back to the storage room.
"Oh no. I hope nothing has happened to her," Melanie said very worried as she spun around to look at Josh. He didn't say anything, but stood there looking stoic.
A few minutes later, Sally returned with a petite woman with long, wavy, strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes the color of the Caribbean Sea. She smiled at Melanie and said, "Hi! I'm Rowan O'Rielly. Sally said that you were looking for my sister, Darby?"
"Yes. It's very important that I talk with Darby." Melanie glanced over her shoulder at Josh shyly and continued, "We have a...situation I think she might be able to help with. I'm Melanie Harper. Darby and I went to school together."
"Melanie? Oh my God. It's so nice to meet you finally. Darby talks so fondly of you." Rowan pointed to the love seat and chairs in a cozy corner of the bookstore, inviting them both to sit.
"Thank you. Darby talked about you all the time too. Has something happened to her?" Melanie said as she sat on the love seat and Josh sat on one of the chairs, listening intently.
"Well, she's not here in California anymore. She's moved to the east coast - Massachusetts to be exact. She sold the bookstore to Sally, here, a good friend of ours. I haven't seen Darby since December when she came back to sign the papers and grab some items from home."
"What is she doing in Massachusetts?"
"It's kind of a long story."
Melanie looked down for a moment.
"Is there something I can help you with?" Rowan asked.
"We couldn't possibly bother you with this. We actually have trouble tailing us and I don't know how long it will be before that trouble catches up with us. I was really hoping I could speak with Darby."
"I'd never feel right not helping. I'm sure that whatever the problem is, we, Sally, Dean, our neighbor, and Blake, my boyfriend, could help."
"That's sweet, Rowan, very sweet, but I don't really know you and this situation is a little unusual. No, actually it is very unusual. Maybe we should just head to the east coast and try and find her there," Melanie said looking for confirmation from Josh who wasn't sure what he should say.
"Melanie, even if you do decide to go to the east coast, why not at least stay with us tonight? Tell us what the trouble is and if we can't help, you've only lost a few hours. I'm telling you though, there is a pretty good chance that whatever you have to say won't surprise any of us in the slightest."
"I don't know. What do you think, Josh? Do we have a few hours?"
"I'm not sure? He's found us pretty quickly two times already."
"True, but I don't know how he would find us here as long as we don't turn on your iPhone again."
"Oh, please stay. If this guy does show, at least you have more people to back you up against anything, supernatural or not."
"What makes you think it has anything to do with the supernatural?" Melanie asked.
"Why else would you seek out a friend that helped you with a supernatural problem before, who owns a supernatural bookstore, and happens to be from a long line of ancestral witches?"
"I didn't know about the witch thing, but I guess I should have guessed." She wasn't getting any kind of feedback from Josh when she looked for an answer in his eyes. "I guess a night couldn't hurt."
"Good. We were about to close up anyway. You can follow us back to my house. Blake is there and Dean should be home from work very soon."
"Thank you, Rowan. I'm still not certain you can help us, but I appreciate your offer."
Rowan and Sally closed up the shop and headed for Rowan's black SUV. Josh and Melanie got back on the bike and followed them a few blocks to Rowan's house. It was a cute bungalow, craftsman style, with a wide porch, grey-blue paint trimmed in white and
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