Ch 22
Vicki quickly walked over to Coreen.
'It looks like someone found Jude.' Vicki said quietly then went to go find Henry.
'That's your boss?' Tyrone asked.
'Yes, I'm Vicki's secretary and sometimes assistant.' Coreen looked up to see Vicki motioning for her. 'I gotta go, it was nice meeting you.' Coreen walked away smiling.
Back at Coreen's apartment Kerrie was sitting on the couch with tarot cards spread across the small TV table. Kerrie was still mastering the tarot spreads so she had to look up two meanings and wrote down the overall reading. Some thing bad was going to happen in Coreen's future as well as Vicki's. Kerrie did another spread to try to look into the cause but the answer was not clear. The door opened and Coreen walked in with a smile.
'How was the gallery?' Kerrie asked while she gathered up the cards and putting the stack on the table.
'It was great. I met a guy.' Coreen said walking over and sitting on the couch next to Kerrie.
'Details.' Kerrie said with a smirk.
'His name is Tyrone King, he's an artist. This was his first showing.' Coreen kept talking and Kerrie nodded adding a few comments here and there.
'How was your date?' Coreen asked an hour later.
'It was good. Mike got called in for a case.'
'Yea, he was at the gallery. They found Jude's body.'
'I had a feeling it might have been him.'
'Are you two going to go out again?' Kerrie shrugged.
'If he has a case I don't know if he'll have time.'
'You could always stay around for a few more days.'
'I have classes I need to go to. I want to finish school and missing more classes won't help me finish.' Coreen crossed her arms across her chest.
'Kerrie, you seem happy. Mike's a good guy, he could be good for you.'
'Coreen, I can't stay any longer than I am. I need to keep up with my classes so I can graduate in May.' Coreen shook her head.
'Kerrie, this is one time I don't agree with you. Love is something-'
'Coreen, we went out once. No one is saying anything about love.' Kerrie said with a laugh.
'What if he's the one?' Kerrie shrugged. 'You need to read some good romance novels. It'll give you perspective. Well... I'm heading to bed.'
'Night.' Kerrie watched Coreen disappear into her room and looked down at her cell. "One new message." Kerrie dialed her voice mail.
'Kerrie, it's Mike. Sorry I had to leave so quickly tonight. I had a good time. Maybe we can do it again sometime.' Kerrie smiled to herself as she closed her phone.
The next morning Kerrie woke up from the light from the window. She turned on her phone.
'Gotta get going.' She was supposed to meet Mike's sister in an hour.
Kerrie got dressed and then got a cab to the coffee shop where she was going to meet Kathy. She arrived a few minutes early and ordered a coffee then sat at a table. Kathy arrived two minutes later carrying a folder. They went over a few conditions and Kerrie signed that she'd rent the apartment for the summer. After settling on the exact dates Kathy headed off to pick up one of her kids.