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LATER THAT EVENING, Katie and Dana sat by the fireplace while Truffles slept in her cozy basket lined with cushions.
“So Echo asked about the case?” Katie said to Dana.
“Oh, he sure did. I’m actually going to add that to the...” Dana looked around for her laptop.
“What is it?”
“That’s strange?”
“What’s strange?”
“My MacBook. It’s gone.”
“Gone? Are you sure?”
“Well, I left it right...” she stopped. Her heart fluttered in her chest. Did Echo take her laptop? But why on earth would he do that?
Crap! She needed her laptop to do a mystery riddle for her blog tonight. And talk about a riddle? She couldn’t even solve the mystery of her missing MacBook.
Well, isn’t that great? She would have to scribble her thoughts down on a notepad and then enter it into a computer later.
Okay, she was not going to get herself paranoid right now. It must be somewhere around the house. It had to be.
“Are you sure it’s here? Maybe you left it at the café.”
“You’re right. I’ll go back tomorrow and get it.” Dana stifled a yawn and stretched her arms.
“You know, you should get some sleep. You’re tired, cuz.” Katie yawned, too, as if yawning was contagious and she’d just gotten it from Dana.
“Right back at ya, cuz.” Dana grinned. “You’ve been pulling in some serious hours at the café. You know, you could leave the staff to get on with things after your shift ends.”
“Oh, come on. You know I don’t mind sticking around to help out a bit. Besides, what else am I going to do?”
“Oh, I get it. You’ve got a little crush.”
“I do not.”
“Yes, you do. That cute delivery guy from Haston Supplies. He’s pretty hot,” Dana teased her cousin.
She could see Katie flush.
“Well, okay. Since you mentioned it, yes he is kind of cute. But there’s nothing going on between us.”
“Are you sure, cuz?” Dana teased. Deep down, Dana was thrilled for Katie, who had been through so much crazy hard times in her love life with getting married and divorced so early. Something she rarely spoke about.
Lord only knew they both could use a bit of love in their lives.
“Yes, I’m sure.” Katie rolled her eyes. There was a hint of color in her cheeks. “Anyway, let’s keep on the case, shall we?”
“Fine. We’ll keep on the case...for now.” Dana winked.