Chapter 33 - To Trick the Devil

Meredith walked into Thirst still not sure how to convince Jackson to help her, but knowing she had no other choice. Without him, she would be stuck with Lucifer’s deal, which was no deal at all.

The Saturday afternoon crowd was small, and she didn’t mean that only in size, even though Basgi and some of the other Brownies sat—or rather stood on barstools, one barstool actually—at the other end of the bar, irritating Piper. Meredith assumed cleaning duties complete over at Daydreamer’s Inn. She turned her gaze away from the brownies, scanning the bar for Jackson. In a dark booth off to the side sat the Underwood sisters with Arden and Quinn, giggling over something while sipping colorful cocktails. Meredith stared at them for a moment, suddenly remembering Brandi Underwood owned her own detective agency, one she moved to Black Hollow when she fell in love with Quinn, one of the leprechaun managers of End of the Rainbow Savings & Trust. Perhaps…