Free Deadly Spurs by Jana Leigh Page B

into the now deserted bathroom to change. Mason and West were talking about the sit uation, and didn’t seem to care they had a partially naked woman wandering around. Figures, men .
    She heard the knock at the door when she was brushing her teeth. Looks like the gang is all here, she thought when she heard the noise in the other room. Mason was arguing with a woman, must be his mother, she thought and opened the door.
    Mason and West both turned and looked at her, the fire in their eyes let her know they were not as immune as she previously thought. Arden felt the burn of heat flood into her cheeks.
    “ Isn’t she just a sight,” the older woman said, snapping her out of her thoughts. “My name is Tulu, you can call me, momma. However, now we need to talk, and I need you to have an open mind.”
    Arden frowned in confusion and Mason made a noise, threw up his hands, stalked to the other side of the room, and leaned against the wall. Something weird was going on here.
    “ Okay, and by the way my name is Arden,” she said and held out her hand.
    “ Oh, please,” the older woman said and held out her arms and waited for Arden to walk into them. When was the last time an older woman gave her a hug? she thought and hesitated but for the life of her, she didn’t know why, when she stepped forward and Tulu embraced her, she felt a sense of calm come over her. Like everything would be all right.
    “ Now let’s get you settled. This is going to be a shock,” Tulu said.
    Arden shrugged, as if she hadn ’t had enough shocks over the last few months. It was like a roller coaster ride without the barf bag.
    Once she was sett led in the chair, she noticed that Mason and Thane had distanced themselves from the others, they looked like they were ready for a beer. Shit, this couldn’t be good. But why was Tulu breaking it to her? Shit, they wanted a female to give her the bad news so when she fell apart someone would be there for her. Damn it, she felt the tears already gathering in her eyes.
    “ Now, I need to tell you a bit about me so you can understand what I am trying to say here,” Tulu said gently as if she were talking to a fragile woman, which made her frown even more.
    “ Since I was a spark in my daddy’s eye my family is what you call special. My mother, my grandmother, and all the way up the tree of life have always been for lack of a better word, mediums. Do you know what that is?” she said gently.
    OooooKaaayy, so this was the big secret? Duh, half of the people in this state are involved in the woo woo magic. “ Of course, I have lived here most of my life,” Arden said with a smile.
    Tulu took a deep breath, “ So since I can see spirits, there have been a few visitors over the last few days.”
    Arden frowned, and this had what to do with her? She only knew of one… oh fuck .
    “ I can see by your expression you put two and two together.” Tulu laughed. “Now, my son and his friends for some reason, I think it was from the blast, have been able to see their friends when it is their time. I don’t think this is a lasting thing for them, I am assuming since the men were so close their pure will is bringing them to their friends. Be that as it may, we need to have a conversation because John here, needs to tell you a few things. To be honest with you, it is like ripping off a band-aid, just brace yourself.”
    Arden was stunned, her brother, John, wanted to speak to her. Sure she had seen the chick who has her own show that does this, as well as the many times she had gone to mediums to see if they could talk to John, but none of them ever worked. Now here sh e was, sitting in a motel room in the middle of Deliverance , and John wanted to talk to her now?
    “ Gimme a minute,” Arden said and rose from her chair and walked into the bathroom and closed the door. When she was alone, she finally let out a nervous laugh, which quickly turned into a sob, and she tried to calm her emotions.
    Arden felt a