Page 178 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

She laughed.

“I said I think I like it here. Imagine being able to go to school dressed like a witch, and no one questions it.”

Oh, sane people definitely questioned it. That his wife wasn’t, told him that she was bone-ass tired.

That had to be it.

As someone who grew up in this area, running around in Boston, Salem was a very familiar place to him. He was accustomed to the crazy, but that didn’t mean he wanted to live smack dab in the middle of it.

Their lives were bizarre enough.

He was compelled, so Jagger shared a little about his past.

“My mom brought Jaxon and I here growing up. We’d come here every Halloween, and we’d have a good time. It’s definitely an acquired taste. If you don’t like witches, woo-woo shit, and spookiness, this is NOT the place to come.”

Well, she loved Halloween.

To be honest, it was her favorite holiday. She was a big proponent of getting candy for dressing like a zombie. That was just fun.

Maura watched a woman, who was dressed like a witch, walk down a sidewalk not far from the house they were sitting in front of to watch.

“Yeah, I could live here.”

Jagger laughed.

And laughed.

And laughed.

“Well, I have bad news for you, Doll. Mikey O’ can’t be this close to Boston without it going to Hell in a handbasket. Greyson and Emma Croft have this area. Plus, it would put all the other mob minions in a panic if they knew I was even within a hundred miles of Boston. We don’t need a mob uprising where chaos ensues.”

Yeah, she was aware.

Still, she could do Salem.

There was nothing more she’d love than to dress Dianna and Michael in Halloween costumes and take them trick-or-treating in a place where they would be safe.

Instead of going there, she focused on the house.

“It’s not like Avalon to be off,” she said. “I remember her nailing it every single time when we worked with her. She has to be tired.”

He shrugged.

“I mean, maybe one of the houses we watched were supposed to be targets. We aren’t exactly blending in here, Mar. We’re sitting our Marine asses in a luxury sports car, on a street where people can see us. This isn’t exactly laying low. If we have to go out tonight, we’re ‘borrowing’ a car.”

Yeah, he had a point.

It was daylight, and they were sitting on the side of a street where people were coming and going.

It was wild that her Hummer, even if it was all tricked out, might just blend a little better than this sports car.

Jagger glanced at his watch.

“We need to move. What’s the plan, Major?”

Scanning the street, she came up with a way to get up close and personal with the address.

“Let’s give it a walk around. The house next door is for sale, and we can pretend we’re checking that out with the intent of buying it.”