Chapter Eleven
"You've got to be kidding, Beth? I can't believe you fell for that cock and bull." Mick St. John has seen the replay of the luncheon confession. "Collie will have a good laugh over this one once she hears it."
"Oh, I'm not sure I want to ever tell her, Mick. And, of course, I didn't fall for it but this woman and those two girls sure believe it to be true." Beth puckers her face at the thought of what she's been told in strictest confidence. Yeah, right, like somebody who's been keeping an ancient secret is going to just open up to me, a stranger.
"And what the hell are we talking about here? A genie in a bottle? Magic?"
"Watch it again, for God's sake, Mick. She clearly said that they had been keeping the, er, essence or soul of this Egyptian Goddess, Bast, the Lioness, in a jade jar until it got broken in 2001."
"So this soul was sort of hanging around waiting for the right person and found its way into Collie when she was born? What a crock. You fell for that?" Mick mimicks a fish being caught by the mouth. "Hook, line and sinker."
Putting her hands on her hips, Beth starts fuming. "Will you please start taking this seriously? About the only thing that I was sure of was that she truly believed Collie was this reincarnated Goddess. She even knew we called her Collie the cat. And she described Collie's personality to a T, fiercely stubborn, delightful when she wants and ready to go into battle at any given moment."
"Wow, that's amazing. Not. Come on, Beth, you just described yourself. So are you someone's spirit? How about Joan of Arc?" Mick smirks. Beth balls up her fists. Really she'd never been so ready to deck him. Just one in that grinning kisser. But then he'd just heal up immediately so what was the point. But where to channel this anger?
"Go ahead, ridicule me. See if you get any of my fresh, warm, absolutely delicious blood anytime soon." There. That stopped him in his tracks. Oops, maybe that was the wrong tactic.
"Stop that Mick." Oh, Lord, does this man know my neck and its connection to other warmer parts. The discussion about Collie will just have to wait.
