-epub- - Only Hard Problems By Jennifer Estep
Lila’s mentor, Felix, a voodoo priest with a penchant for sarcasm and too many tattoos, leaned over her desk. “What’s wrong, sugar? Losin’ your touch?”
Lila looked at the shadow. It was wrong—too fluid, too smiling . She knew a monster when she saw one. Only Hard Problems by Jennifer Estep -ePub-
The shadow led her to the Marais district, where the air smelled of rotten magnolias. Lila tracked it to an abandoned laundromat, its dryers whirring like possessed organs. Inside, a hooded figure waited—her son? Lila’s mentor, Felix, a voodoo priest with a
“Only hard problems,” she muttered, a little wistful. But as Mama Sorel’s shadows retreated and the boy’s smile reached her face, she realized something. leaned over her desk. “What’s wrong
Why wasn’t it working?
“I’ll take the job,” she said. “But you’ll need to double the deposit.”