Business as Usual Chp 19

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Title: Business as Usual
Author: lilachigh
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Characters belong to ME except Agnes who is mine.
The Story so Far: In The Replacement, Spike talks of the charming lady who runs the teashop in the local garbage dump. So meet Agnes Pringle, English spinster and reluctant vampire. Agnes wants nothing more than a quiet life but as she is Spike's friend, that is unlikely. Now Glory is growing in power, Spike has taken Agnes' camper van to save the world and a stranger has arrived to speak to her.

Chapter 19

A Cottage in the Country


Agnes smoothed her skirt down over her knees and gazed nervously at the man sitting opposite her. He had politely accepted a cup of tea and she’d served it in one of her best china teacups. His dark gaze met hers over the brim of the cup and he smiled. “Delightful drink. I appreciate it, Miss Pringle. It is a dry drive from Los Angeles.”

“Should I take something out for your chauffeur?”

“Oh no! He doesn’t – well, let us put it this way. His tastes run for substances you probably do not have in your – ” he gazed round the room, his expression never changing – “ quaint little premises.”

Agnes sat up straighter, wishing she didn’t feel quite so much as if she was sitting in front of her old headmistress, about to be punished for some misdemeanour. “This is my home,” she said softly. “And although you know my name, I’m afraid I didn’t catch yours.”
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