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it,” Ivy seethed.
Felicity held her hands up to silence them both. “Okay … I just … wow. There is so much energy zipping through this room I’m afraid you two are going to start a fire. Let’s start from the beginning, what’s going on?”
“Nothing is going on,” Jack answered, squaring his shoulders. “We just have a difference of opinion.”
“He was spying on me the day before yesterday,” Ivy said. “He sat in his truck and hid while watching me.”
“What were you doing?” Felicity asked.
“Nothing.”
“I was not spying on you,” Jack said, feeling increasingly irrational. “I was looking over the spot where the body was found. I just happened to see you with your boyfriend. Since you told me you didn’t have a boyfriend while I was questioning you, I just found it suspicious.”
Felicity arched an eyebrow. “Since when do you have a boyfriend?”
“He’s talking about Max,” Ivy said.
“I see.” Felicity glanced between the two glowering faces for a moment, deciding there was only one way to solve this little dilemma. “Everyone meet me in front of the store. We’re going to lunch.”
“I’m not here for lunch,” Ivy protested. “I’m here to talk to you about those symbols.”
“And Jack wants to talk about them, too,” Felicity said. “I loaded them into my computer and the search is running, but it’s going to take some time. While we’re waiting, we’re all going to lunch together.”
“I’m not really hungry,” Jack said. “I’m fine waiting here.”
“Me, too,” Ivy said, wrinkling her nose.
“Well, I’m hungry,” Felicity said. “I’m not leaving you two in here to yell at each other for an hour. You’re both coming with me. I don’t want to hear one argument.”
“But … .” Jack broke off, unsure. It appeared there was no way out of this situation.
“I don’t want to,” Ivy said, pouting.
“You’re going, Ivy,” Felicity said. “Don’t make me physically drag you out of this store.”
“Oh, Auntie.”
Auntie? Jack realized the new informational tidbit made sense. Of course they were related. If he didn’t have bad luck he would have no luck at all.
“ISN’T this nice?” Felicity asked, grinning widely as she glanced between Ivy and Jack. They’d settled on a local diner that boasted some of the finest vegetarian fare in town, and after ordering, Jack and Ivy were now taking turns shooting glares at one another across the table.
Felicity knew her niece well enough to know what was going on, even though she didn’t think she’d live long enough to actually see it. She didn’t know Jack at all, but she could see the same emotional turmoil rolling off him in waves.
There was enough sexual attraction manifesting between the two of them you could almost cut it with a knife. Since neither one of them wanted to deal with it they were letting the baser part of their personalities do it for them. In other words: They were acting like children.
“It’s great,” Ivy said sarcastically.
“Listen, young lady, you’re being incredibly rude,” Felicity said. “I happen to know this is not the way you were raised. Don’t make me have a talk with your mother.”
Ivy stuck her tongue out. “She’s still not back in town.”
“She’ll be here very soon,” Felicity replied. “She’s my sister. We’re in contact all the time. I have a very long memory. Enough is enough with you.”
The look Jack shot Ivy was one of triumph.
“I wouldn’t get too high on your horse,” Felicity said, turning to him. “You’re not acting much better. I know she knows better. I can’t say the same for you.”
Jack sighed. “I apologize. I think your niece just brings out the worst in me.”
“I don’t think that’s the first time she’s heard that,” Felicity said. “Ivy, don’t you have something to say to Jack?”
“I accept your apology.”
Felicity kicked her under the table.
“Ow! Fine. I’m sorry,
Felicity held her hands up to silence them both. “Okay … I just … wow. There is so much energy zipping through this room I’m afraid you two are going to start a fire. Let’s start from the beginning, what’s going on?”
“Nothing is going on,” Jack answered, squaring his shoulders. “We just have a difference of opinion.”
“He was spying on me the day before yesterday,” Ivy said. “He sat in his truck and hid while watching me.”
“What were you doing?” Felicity asked.
“Nothing.”
“I was not spying on you,” Jack said, feeling increasingly irrational. “I was looking over the spot where the body was found. I just happened to see you with your boyfriend. Since you told me you didn’t have a boyfriend while I was questioning you, I just found it suspicious.”
Felicity arched an eyebrow. “Since when do you have a boyfriend?”
“He’s talking about Max,” Ivy said.
“I see.” Felicity glanced between the two glowering faces for a moment, deciding there was only one way to solve this little dilemma. “Everyone meet me in front of the store. We’re going to lunch.”
“I’m not here for lunch,” Ivy protested. “I’m here to talk to you about those symbols.”
“And Jack wants to talk about them, too,” Felicity said. “I loaded them into my computer and the search is running, but it’s going to take some time. While we’re waiting, we’re all going to lunch together.”
“I’m not really hungry,” Jack said. “I’m fine waiting here.”
“Me, too,” Ivy said, wrinkling her nose.
“Well, I’m hungry,” Felicity said. “I’m not leaving you two in here to yell at each other for an hour. You’re both coming with me. I don’t want to hear one argument.”
“But … .” Jack broke off, unsure. It appeared there was no way out of this situation.
“I don’t want to,” Ivy said, pouting.
“You’re going, Ivy,” Felicity said. “Don’t make me physically drag you out of this store.”
“Oh, Auntie.”
Auntie? Jack realized the new informational tidbit made sense. Of course they were related. If he didn’t have bad luck he would have no luck at all.
“ISN’T this nice?” Felicity asked, grinning widely as she glanced between Ivy and Jack. They’d settled on a local diner that boasted some of the finest vegetarian fare in town, and after ordering, Jack and Ivy were now taking turns shooting glares at one another across the table.
Felicity knew her niece well enough to know what was going on, even though she didn’t think she’d live long enough to actually see it. She didn’t know Jack at all, but she could see the same emotional turmoil rolling off him in waves.
There was enough sexual attraction manifesting between the two of them you could almost cut it with a knife. Since neither one of them wanted to deal with it they were letting the baser part of their personalities do it for them. In other words: They were acting like children.
“It’s great,” Ivy said sarcastically.
“Listen, young lady, you’re being incredibly rude,” Felicity said. “I happen to know this is not the way you were raised. Don’t make me have a talk with your mother.”
Ivy stuck her tongue out. “She’s still not back in town.”
“She’ll be here very soon,” Felicity replied. “She’s my sister. We’re in contact all the time. I have a very long memory. Enough is enough with you.”
The look Jack shot Ivy was one of triumph.
“I wouldn’t get too high on your horse,” Felicity said, turning to him. “You’re not acting much better. I know she knows better. I can’t say the same for you.”
Jack sighed. “I apologize. I think your niece just brings out the worst in me.”
“I don’t think that’s the first time she’s heard that,” Felicity said. “Ivy, don’t you have something to say to Jack?”
“I accept your apology.”
Felicity kicked her under the table.
“Ow! Fine. I’m sorry,
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