Chapter 163: Going South
The hours passed and night came, the paper bag from Margo’s Baking Boutique long since empty on the counter as Balthazar sat back against it with a satisfied expression.
“Oh, if I could wear a belt, I’d be unbuckling it right now,” he said, tapping a claw on his belly.
Suze groaned as she emerged from behind the counter separating the living room and the kitchen.
“Ow, my tummy hurts,” she said with a pained expression.
“That’s because you ate too much sugar,” Olivia chided from her chair by the window.
“No such thing!” the little girl leaning on the counter and the crab sprawled belly-up on the floor said in unison.
The niece of the baroness rolled her eyes and went back to checking the outside as the other two grinned and pointed fingers and pincers at one another in approval.
“Alright, the sun has gone down and the streets look quiet enough,” Olivia said as she stood up. “Time to get moving.”
“You’re asking way too much of me right now,” the merchant said, trying to roll back onto his feet.