Chapter VII. Lunch

At 12:30 Melinda and Jim entered Java Village and she saw Gavin at a 4 seats table. They sat down.

"Hey Gavin! Gave, this is Jim, my boyfriend. Jim this is Gavin an old friend of mine from te university."

"Nice to meet you Jim!" Gave said and they shook hand.

"Yeah, nice to meet you too..."

They had lunch and they were talking.

"Tell us something about you Gave. What are you doing now?" Melinda asked.

"Oh well, I proposed a local lawyer this week. I wanted to talk with you about this Melinda. You know just if you're coming to the party..."

"Sure we're going, right honey?" she turned to Jim. He smiled at her.

"Of course! I would never miss out a wedding party of a friend." Ha added.

"That's great guys. I'm sure you would love to meet my fiancé, right?"

"Yes, but as you said she is a lawyer, maybe we know her." Jim said as he drank from his coffee.

"Her name's Andrea Morino."

"Ouh, you proposed Andrea??" she smiled "She is one of the best lawyers, she works with us most of the time!"

"Yeah she is really nice!" Jim nodded and kissed Mel's forehead. It was already 2pm.

"Sorry guys I would really love to chat with you for about 10 hours, but I really have to go. I'm meeting with Delia Banks, it seems that I'll work with her."

"Really? She was the one who sold me my apartment." She smiled as they got up...

It was already 4 pm. Melinda and Jim still had 2 hours back till the start of their shift. Melinda had a plan in her mind for a few weeks. She wanted to buy that little Antique Shop under her flat. Melinda had soo much energy that after an 8 hours long shift she only needed a few hours to sleep and then she was fully awake again. She always wanted to have a shop, an own shop, but the detective job seemed more addictive to her. Jim was still sleeping. Melinda searched in her cellphone for the number of Delia Banks.

"Banks" Melinda heard from the phone.

"Hey Delia, it's me, Melinda Gordon."

"Oh, hi Melinda. How can I help you?"

"Do you know anything about that antique shop under my apartment?" she asked.

"Why? Is there any problem with it?" Delia asked worried.

"No, actually nothing. I just...you know...I was thinking...if I could buy it..." Melinda started.

"You really wanna buy it? It is said to be haunted."

"Oh, I'm not afraid of ghosts." she laughed softly and made an appointment with Delia so she could go and watch the shop. She had an hour back till the meeting so she went into their bedroom...

Melinda had still 15 minutes till the meeting. Jim was fully awake now and he was laying on her lap. She was playing with his hair.

"You really wanna buy that shop?" he asked.

"Yeah, I always wanted to own a shop, I really love antiques."

"Wow, I didn't know that." he smiled " But you know that shop is said to be haunted."

"Really? You know Jim...I'm not afraid of ghosts." she smiled.

"But they can be creepy." he laughed and kissed her. "And I don't want them to hurt you, honey!"

"Oh, they won't.' she laughed "I'm a big girl, and I can take care of myself."

He rolled over so that he was on top of her and started to attack on her neck.

"Are you sure about that?" he asked smiling against her skin.

"That's not fair!" she laughed and kissed him. Then she did what he didn't expected. Melinda rolled Jim over and now she was attacking her neck.

"So? Can I be sure?" she laughed and kissed him again.

"Okay, okay...I see you can take care of yourself..." he laughed. She let him off and went to the bathroom so she could get dressed.

"You will always leave me like this, Mel??" Jim came up behind her.

"It's funny." she said smiling, turned around and kissed him again. He ently pushed her against the wall.

"No Jim!" she tried to stop him "I'll be late from the meeting with Delia."

"She can wait..." he said. Finally Melinda could stop him.

"No, she can't!" she laughed and left Jim again in a need of cold shower...

Melinda went down to the front dooe of the shop where Delia was already waiting for her.

"Delia. Hey. Sorry, am I late?" she asked worried.

"Hey Melinda. Nope, just in time!" Delia said smiling as they entered the empty shop. It seemed to Melinda like it was never closed.

"Oh my gosh..." Melinda sighed.

"You like it?" Delia asked turning on the lights.

"Of course! I really love it!! How much does it cost?" she asked while walking across the store.

"1000$"

"That's not much for this beautiful store. What happened with the previous owner?"

"She died 3 years ago, I guess it was a freaky accident, they said she fell of from the stars in the basement..."

"That's why this shop is said to be haunted, right?" Melinda asked smiling

"Yeah. So? What do you think?"

"I'll definitely buy it Delia. But I guess before reopening it I have to renovate it a bit."

"Sure, it got a bit dirty over the years. Then I guess we can do the paperwork."

"Yeah. Let's do it!"

They were done with the paperwork after an hour. They closed the shop, Delia handed her the keys and was about to leave when Melinda stopped her.

"Delia, wait. Do you know any great handyman in the town? For the renovating of course..."

"I heard that an officer, who used to be a voluntery fireman, called Jim Clancy is really great in handyworks."

'Sure he is.' Melinda smiled then said "Thanks soo much Delia."

They said goodbye and then Melinda went back upstairs. Jim was still sleeping, but before she could cuddle up next to him James appeared.

"What do you want?" she asked softly.

"You babe!" he said loudly, nearly shouting...

To Be Continued