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chin.
    I
shook it off. After all, we’d had a lot of wine.

 
    Eight
     
     
    I
woke up in a cold sweat. Herbie towered over me, licking my forehead. I brushed
my matted bangs out of my eyes and sat up.
    I
had to shake the dream out of my head.
    One
of those dreams ,
I smacked my forehead. I hadn’t had one of those since the death of Dabi
Stone.
    I
started to reach for my journal, but pulled away. Normally, I write down all my
dreams because some part of them always comes true, but I didn’t want to think
about the dream I just had, much less write it down.
    If
this dream did come true, we were all in trouble.
    I
admit, I didn’t think orange Buddy was for me, but I would never wish him dead.
    Pushing
the thought aside, I got out of bed and put on my jogging suit.
    “Ugh!”
I’d seen the big red heart on the calendar hanging up on my wall when I bent
down to put on my tennis shoes.
    I
remember putting that heart there when Bradley was still in my life. When I
stuck it there, I was sure that was going to be the best Valentine’s Day ever.
    How
can someone be in your life that lived days away and you hadn’t talked to them in
over six months.
    “Come
on, Herbie. Let’s go for a walk.” I said.
    Herbie
bounced around my feet. There wasn’t any guy I’d rather spend Valentine ’s Day
with than my furry guy.
    The
coffee pot was full of fresh coffee. Next to it was a heart-shaped foiled
chocolate and a note from Erin. She went into Color Me Love early to make sure
that our secret client Jennifer didn’t stand up Joel like she’d stood up Buddy.
    Secretly,
I wished she would.
    I
filled my SPCA travel mug with coffee and grabbed Herbie’s leash. I really had
to get out of the house.
    I
tried to put all the thoughts of Joel, Buddy, super secret client Jennifer, and
Erin aside. There was no way any woman in her right mind wouldn’t be attracted
to Joel and his amazing blue aura. I just had to accept the fact that I was
going to lose Joel to Jennifer.
    ***
    I
decided to cut through town using the shortcut to Pleasant Ridge Park. It was early,
but Park City was already hopping. The small cafes were packed with couples
partaking of all the Valentine’s Day specials.
    I
looked down Aunt Matilda’s street as I passed by it. I slammed on the breaks
and caught Herbie flying in mid-air after I’d seen the Chief of Police Carl’s
car parked in front of her house.
    He’d
been coming around a lot lately, but Aunt Matilda had yet to let me in on her
secret, even though her aura had told me that she had a new love in her life. I
had to respect her privacy, even though she had not always respected mine.
    I
pulled down the street just in time to catch them walking out of her house
holding hands.
    I
took the chocolate heart from Erin out of my pocket and jumped out of my car.
    “Hi.
What are you two doing?” I asked, but couldn’t repress the smile on my face.
    I
admit that Carl was a pain in my butt when he thought I’d killed Dabi Stone,
and I was aware of the history he had with Aunt Matilda. She had worked at the
police department as a psychic for years. What I hadn’t known was that she was
reading my dreams.
    Aunt
Matilda would give me key clues in a case, and after I would fall asleep, she’d
sit next to my bed and write down what I’d say in my dreams.
    My
dreams were pretty good clues to what had happened or was going to happen.
Undercover, literally, I’d solved many of Park City’s crimes.
    “Umm.
. .” Aunt Matilda looked at Carl for the right words.
    “Olivia,
your aunt and I have been having some social time together.” Carl nodded
towards Aunt Matilda.
    “You
mean dating?” I questioned them. “Okay. Anyway, I wanted to tell you happy Valentine’s
Day and give you this heart.”
    I
held the heart out. Aunt Matilda took it.
    “You
lie.” She cackled. “Not only did Erin give me the same chocolate hearts, but
you forget that I can read auras too, maybe not as good as you, but you are
telling a