Witching For Joy (Premonition Pointe #3) - Deanna Chase Page 0,13

Prissy will finally leave you alone.”

Joy couldn’t help it. She let out a snort of laughter and said, “One can only hope.” Then she sobered, because there was nothing funny about Harlow’s disappearance. She took a long sip of coffee and then carefully set the mug back on the table as she tried to breathe through the fresh anxiety.

“So, why were you there?” Hope asked, sipping from her own mug.

“Have either of you ever had a vision?” Joy asked.

“What do you mean by a vision? I heard a message at the bluff that one night right before I got the job with Landers Realty,” Grace said.

“I heard a message there, too, right before my birthday,” Hope added.

The messages her two friends had heard were a pretty normal occurrence for the town. There was a reason it was called Premonition Pointe. The sea was a siren call for witches who were facing change, and often, if a witch let herself communicate with nature, she’d hear a message or premonition of what was to come. “This wasn’t anything like that. I was just looking at a picture of Carly’s niece, and the next thing I knew I was pulled into a vision of her and watched helplessly as she was abducted from the house they’re sharing. It felt like it was happening in real time, and there was absolutely nothing I could do but watch.”

“Holy gods,” Grace whispered, pressing her hand to her throat. “That must’ve been terrifying.”

Joy nodded. It most definitely had been terrifying, and it was the reason she hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before after making sure Kyle was okay. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Harlow being dragged off through the night. “I actually was getting ready to call you two and Gigi last night to see if we could combine our magic for some sort of information or finding spell, but then I got the call that Kyle was in the hospital and…” She shrugged. “Obviously he was my priority.”

Grace glanced down the hallway toward the bedrooms. “How is he really doing?”

Before they’d sat down for breakfast, Kyle had gone back to bed and taken another pain pill. The last time Joy had checked on him, he’d finally been asleep. “Not great. He had an argument with Paul yesterday about his career goals. Kyle decided he doesn’t want to go to law school and wants to try to be a writer. He has an interview with the paper on Monday.”

“He does? That’s great!” Hope said, smiling wide. “I have some contacts there. I’ll see if I can put in a good word for him.” Hope was an event planner and sent out press releases for town events regularly. It wasn’t a surprise she had connections there.

“Thanks, Hope,” Joy said, squeezing her friend’s hand. “It’s too bad his father couldn’t have lent that kind of support.”

Grace groaned. “Oh, no. What did Paul say?”

Joy smirked. Of course her friend already new Paul had been a jackass. Why was it they’d always seen what she couldn’t about her soon-to-be ex? “He was pissed Kyle decided not to pursue his law degree and told him being a writer would doom him to a life of poverty.”

“Elitist snob,” Hope said, shaking her head.

“What’s wrong with being a writer?” Grace asked. “I know the paper probably doesn’t pay well, but he can freelance and work for all kinds of publications without ever leaving Premonition Pointe. Or there’s always books and ghostwriting. Or technical writing even.”

Joy smiled at her friends. “You’re right. I said something similar.” She glanced at Hope. “Though I kept the elitist snob part to myself. No need to stoke the tension further.”

Hope snorted. “I guess, but it’s not like Kyle’s dumb. He knows his father is being a dick.”

“Obviously. He was pretty upset when he left his house.” Joy poked her fork at the leftover pancakes on her plate. “I don’t know what happened to Paul. He didn’t used to be that bad. I know he just wants to make sure the kids are set up to succeed, but this is the first time he hasn’t been fully supportive of something one of them wanted to do.”

“Have you talked to him yet?” Grace asked, drumming her fingers on the table.

“Just long enough to tell him about the accident. We didn’t talk about anything else,” Joy answered.

“I think you need to tell him what his attitude is going to do to his relationship with Kyle,” Grace said. “Not