Long Day -The Wayhaven Chronicles
-Detective Edric Graham
- 620 words
-Comedy
Tina met Edric on the sidewalk. He had walked from Haley’s with coffee in hand after she called him for an urgent matter.
“So. What’s so urgent you couldn’t wait until I got to the office?”
Tina grimaced. “Don’t get mad. It’s old Mrs. Calahan again.”
Edric groaned. “Don’t tell me.”
“Yup. Look.” Tina pointed up a tree.
There was a seriously chubby, ancient tabby cat hanging onto one of the lower branches.
“Do I look like a fireman to you, Tina?”
She shrugged. “I mean, take off your clothes, grab a hose and I couldn’t tell you apart.”
He stared at her. “Hilarious.”
She laughed. “No, really. We could sneak you in their 2021 charity calendar and nobody would notice. You’d fit right in.”
Edric shrugged. “Nah. They’d notice. I have the bigger hose.”
Tina snorted and slapped his arm. “Just get the poor thing down.”
“What for? Just stretch, Bigfoot.”
He rolled his eyes. “Fine. Hold this.” Then pushed his cup at her.
“Hag better keep this thing inside for more than a week this time.”
“Don’t call her that! You know you’re her hero. She asks for you specifically.”
Edric scoffed. He only had to place a foot on the tree trunk to stretch enough to grab the cat by the scruff. The thing meowed. It sounded like a 70 year old chain smoker imitating a cat.
“Yeah, yeah. I’m not happy about this either, Senator.”
“Who names a cat Senator?”
“People with issues. Where is she?”
“In the house. Broke her ankle last weekend.”
“Great. I have to go in.”
Tina giggled. “Go be dashing. I’m sure she’ll be grateful.”
“Ugh. Please don’t make me picture things like that.”
Edric left Tina on the sidewalk to hand in Mrs. Calahan’s cat. It wasn’t until 15 minutes later that she saw him walking back, he had a plate covered in foil in one hand and his phone to his ear.
“No, Felix. I’m just late. I’ll be by a little later than I said. What? Oh, some lady needed help.”
“He was rescuing a cat up a tree!” Tina shouted loud enough to be heard through the phone.
Felix paused on the other side. “Aww. Detective. You’re so helpful. A real pillar of the community!”
“What’s he saying?” Tina tried to listen but Edric shooed her.
Tina pulled his arm down to place her ear near his phone.
“Wha? Wait, Mason’s here.” The vampire’s voice was muffled. “Yeah. It’s Edric. Yup. He’s late. Oh, he said he’s helping some lady with her pussy cat.”
Edric heard Mason’s distant voice over the phone ask,
Tina laughed hard, and slapped her hand on her thigh.
“For fuck’s sake, Felix! You did that on purpose.”
Felix’s voice was trembling with laughter. “No, I didn’t!”
“Yes. You did. Guess Ava will find out who snapped her shades.”
She laughed and gave him a mock salute.
He grabbed his cup back and froze. He shook it.
“Did you drink my coffee!?”
“You were gone so long. It was gonna get cold anyway.”
“You buy next time. Now, let’s get to the office and actually work.”
“About that…the O’Brians called.”
He groaned. “Don’t tell me.”
Tina winced. “They say their house was broken into.”
“Let me guess. It was aliens. Again.” Edric ran a hand down his face.
Tina nodded then gasped. “Wait. Could it be?”
He sighed. “At this point, who knows? I’ll ask.”
She grinned. “I’ll go with you.”
It was going to be a long, long day.
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