Page 84 of Secrets (Lost and Found 2)

“I do not want her stalking me asking me too many questions about Abeo.”

“I’m sure you will be able to nip it in the bud.” Luna took one more sip. “Besides, you’re much taller than she is. You can intimidate her with one of your cold stares.”

Chi-Chi stood and folded her arms. She made a scowling face. “Like this?”

Luna was doubled over. “Exactly!”

Chapter Sixteen

Monday morning

Luna was unpacking her overnight bag when she decided to go through her wardrobe. She didn’t wear half of what was in there. She didn’t even know what was in there. It was time to refresh and renew. She wasn’t sure if what she felt for Chris was love or a serious kind of like.

Either way, it pumped her endorphins. She was in a fine mood. She perused her schedule and remembered she owed the mysterious Tori an appointment. Luna swiped through her call history and pressedSEND. Two rings and a woman’s soft voice answered. “Hello?”

“Hello, Tori?”

“Yes.”

“This is Luna Bodhi. We met a couple of weeks ago.”

“Yes. Of course. How are you?” Tori asked.

“I’m well, thank you. I was looking over my calendar and am wondering if you are available next Saturday?”

“I should be. What did you have in mind?”

“Would it be possible for you to come around ten? It doesn’t start to get busy until after eleven, so that should give us some time.”

“Yes. Yes, that would be good.” Tori was not going to tell her husband; nor was she going to ask. She did not want to miss this opportunity.

“Great. See you Saturday at ten. Namaste Café. Namaste.”

“Nuuunuunamaste.” Tori tried to pronounce it correctly. She was elated that Luna could see her so soon.

* * *

Luna was glad she had called Tori. She didn’t want to wait any longer to dig deeper. She would ask her flat out if she had a fire in her past when she was young.

She kept folding and placing clothes in boxes. “Wiley, why did you let me buy all of these? What were you thinking?”

Wiley gave her a yawn punctuated with a moan.

“I really need to ditch some of these granny dresses. I can still be boho with less ruffles. And so much of it looks like so much of the rest of it. Yikes!”

Luna sized up the four Bankers Boxes. She was satisfied she wouldn’t miss any of the items she had packed. “Want to go for a ride?” She spoke to Wiley as she began to move the boxes out to the car. Since it was one of his favorite things to do, he yapped a happy reply.

Luna stopped at a local thrift shop and dropped off her now-orphaned clothes. The clothes were in very good shape, so she felt they would go to a good home.

When she arrived at the center, she realized Alex would not be on doggie duty, so she couldn’t leave Wiley outside by himself. “Come on. You can be my assistant today.” Luna walked into her spotless café. “Wow. I should leave more often.” Not that it was ever messy.

She saw the lights on in Cullen’s workshop and headed in that direction.

“What’s up, bro?” she asked.

“Working on the trunk. So did you get around to finagling Chris into helping you?”

She swatted him on the back with the newspaper she was carrying. “I’ll have you know Chris is referring me to a handwriting analyst to compare the note and the page in the diary.”