JINXED: (Karma Series, Book Two) by Donna Augustine Read Free Book Online

arms and nailed me with a stare.
    “I’m not.” I turned on the TV and feigned interest in a show I normally liked. Luck kept staring. I’d never noticed before that she really didn’t blink much. It was a very disconcerting trait. I shivered.
    It took about ten minutes and the rest of my chips but I cracked. Who knew how easy I'd be to break, given a non-blinking stare and empty bag. I had some rice cakes on the counter, but that wasn’t nearly enough to get me through this. “Are you going to sit here like this all night?”
    She crossed her arms in front of her chest. “Nope. Only until you talk.”
    If I told her, the whole office might find out. If I didn’t, she wouldn’t leave. “Fine. I saw Charlie. And don't go telling everyone about this, either.”
    “You've seen him before. What's the big deal?” She shrugged.
    “He was with her .”
    “Oooh.” Luck’s “oh” lasted almost a minute as she looked down and to the side.
    My lips opened of their own accord as another detail slipped out. “She had an engagement ring on.”
    “You knew it was going to happen. Fate warned you Charlie wasn’t your soul mate.” Luck was quickly slipping into damage control mode, as any good girlfriend would.
    Nothing she could say would fix my next revelation. “It was bigger.”
    “What was bigger?”
    Suddenly I couldn’t hold back anymore and it all came spewing out. “The stone! He gave her a bigger diamond! And she looked at him all...” I tilted my face upward and tried to glaze my eyes over. “And then he looked at her like...” Not being able to, or simply unwilling to put it into words, my hands flew into a tizzy as I tried to mimic the look I'd seen.
    Luck started to fidget and was blinking rapidly now. “I understand.”
    “No, I’m not sure you do.” I leaned back on the couch, somehow feeling worse, now that I'd gotten it out. Wasn't it supposed to work in reverse? “This is not helping,” I said to Luck, wishing I'd never said a word. 
    She stood up quickly and started to nervously fumble through her oh so teeny purse.
    “Who are you calling?”
    She plastered on the fakest smile I'd ever seen and held her hand up, motioning for me to give her a minute.
    “Need you at Karma’s, ASAP. DEFCON one.” The entire time she spoke, the smile never slipped and her voice sounded like she could have been congratulating someone on a recent promotion.
    I stood and went to grab the phone from her hand but it was already too late. “Who was that? I just told you not to tell everyone.”
    “I didn’t tell everyone. I only told Kitty. She doesn't count.” Problem with Luck was no one actually counted, and everyone was in the loop. She had a very large loop.
    “Kitty?” She was a nice lady and all but not the one I'd call for something like this.
    “I'm sorry, but it's too big for just me to handle.” She shifted her weight to one hip.
    “I wasn't asking you to handle it.” I was on the verge of pulling my hair out as she dug her red lipstick out and puckered her lips. No one was too trivial to not get fresh lips in Luck’s opinion.
    “Clearly, this needs to be handled. Would you have rather have had Murphy? Crow would stink us out of this place. It's way too small. Or worse, Fate? Now that would've been awkward, considering you slept with him, too.” She finished her lips and made a popping sound with them.
    Kitty wasn't the knocking type and strolled right in ten minutes later. Luck blurted out the whole story while Kitty poured herself some iced tea she’d fetched from the fridge.
    “Any lime in this place? I like a slice of lime in my tea,” she yelled, louder than necessary, across the condo to me.
    “Nope. No lime,” I said as I watched her finish off my iced tea. Why did they always finish off my tea on the worst days?
    Luck came and sat with me on the couch while Kitty opened every drawer in the fridge. Apparently, she needed to confirm there was no lime herself. After she