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    Bad Vibes Removal Services Short Story Collection
    Bad Vibes Removal Services Short Story Collection
    Bad Vibes Removal Services Short Story Collection
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    Bad Vibes Removal Services Short Story Collection

    By N. M. Cedeño

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    Walls are no longer mute witnesses thanks to Montgomery’s inventions. Murder victims regain their voices with Lea’s help. Together, Montgomery and Lea can solve any murder.

    Montgomery anticipated solving crimes and improving lives with his company, Montgomery Investigations. He didn’t anticipate that one of his employees was more than merely sensitive to emotional atmosphere. He didn’t know that Lea could feel the emotions left behind, and, in cases of murder, speak to lingering spirits. When Montgomery called Lea and her colleague Kamika from their regular job at his other company, Bad Vibes Removal Services, to help him analyze the scene of a quadruple homicide, he knew his new technology could help solve the murders. He didn’t realize that Lea could provide the victim’s point of view.

    These three stories are Lea’s first cases working with Montgomery to resolve otherwise unsolvable crimes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherN. M. Cedeño
    Release dateAug 3, 2017
    ISBN9781370495177
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      Bad Vibes Removal Services Short Story Collection - N. M. Cedeño

      BAD VIBES REMOVAL SERVICES

      SHORT STORY COLLECTION

      N. M. CEDEÑO

      A Cinco Balas Book

      Bad Vibes Removal Services: Short Story Collection

      By N. M. Cedeño

      Copyright 2016 N. M. Cedeño

      This is a work of fiction. All of the characters and events in this story are fictional. The functions of any organizations, governmental, public, or private, have been fictionalized to fit the story. Any resemblance to any real persons or real events is coincidental.

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Bad Vibes Removal Services

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      Bad Vibes Removal Services

      Stop where you are. You two won’t be seeing any more clients today. Miguel’s chubby, brown face, which had popped up on the monitor in the van, held a grimace of exasperation and a hint of apology. Keely and José will finish anyone we can’t reschedule from your route.

      Lea stopped the van while Kamika dealt with Miguel on the monitor. Who’s doing their route, the invisible man? Besides, I prepped for today’s clients. I’ve got regulars waiting on me, said Kamika, not bothering to cover her irritation. Her frizzy bronze curls bounced on her shoulders and across her mocha forehead like tangible exclamation points.

      Lea interrupted, inserting her face in front of the monitor screen before Kamika could continue her rant. What’s going on? Mr. Montgomery isn’t going to be happy about this schedule shuffling. Besides, short of death, nothing makes you change a route. She brushed her unnaturally black, asymmetrically-cut hair out of her kohl-outlined eyes. It fell right back in place.

      Montgomery ordered this, and, yes, death is involved. Something big came in. Something he’s wanted to do for a long time, said Miguel with a total lack of enthusiasm.

      Lea started forward, closer to the monitor, with an astonished cry. No! The police didn’t agree to let him read a crime scene. Did they? They’ve been dead set against us for years. No district attorney wants to use anything that won’t stand up in court as evidence.

      The mayor of Granger moved to a new house last month. One room was tense. The last owner went through a nasty divorce and left an aura of stress in the master bedroom. The mayor’s wife talked him into calling Mr. Montgomery to reset the atmosphere. The science behind the process impressed the mayor, so he promised Montgomery he would talk with the police department to see if they had something that would work as a test case, said Miguel with his doleful brown eyes on Lea. I guess the mayor of Granger isn’t as much of a technophobe as the various district attorneys around here.

      Lea’s shoulder muscles tensed. She enjoyed her work for Bad Vibes Removal Services. Changing a building’s emotional atmosphere could be rewarding work. Multiple studies had demonstrated how sounds, scents, and colors affected mood. Additional research proved that employees in buildings with positive morale worked with greater efficiency and fewer errors. The company’s regular customers included medical offices, big-ticket sales offices, spas, apartment complexes, and hotels. One-time customers, like the Mayor and his wife, were usually people moving into previously owned dwellings. However, people only called if they found the atmosphere of their new home uncomfortable. Nobody called Bad Vibes Removal Services because a room felt too happy or too peaceful. Positive emotion wasn’t problematic. People only wanted negative emotion eliminated.

      Lea replied with a hint of annoyance widening in her dark eyes, But we have medical customers waiting. It’s not as if we’re resetting a car dealership today. Lives could be at stake.

      In medical centers with contracts for Bad Vibes’ services, Lea covered negative emotional energy, replacing it with a sense of well-being or serenity on a monthly basis. Consequently, patients recovered faster and medical practitioners made fewer mistakes. By resetting medical centers, Lea and Kamika could shorten recovery periods, improve treatment outcomes, decrease depressive responses, and improve quality of life for patients.

      Miguel answered her in a monotone, Montgomery is the boss. Montgomery gives the orders.

      Lea threw up her hands and let Kamika back in front of the screen.

      So where are we going? asked Kamika with her arms crossed on her chest in a voice dripping with resignation.

      I’m sending the address right now. The boss will be waiting for you. Good luck with this. Miguel gave a sympathetic half smile as he shook his head, and then signed off. The monitor in the dashboard of the company van went dark.

      Lea tapped a few buttons on the van’s control panel to load the new address into the GPS system. She watched the address come up on a map as the vehicle plotted its new route. Winston Ellindale Road and County Road 22. That’s an hour away in the middle of nowhere.

      Winston Ellindale Road. Why does that sound familiar? asked Kamika.

      Do a search for news or crimes related to the road and see what comes up.

      The vehicle advised them to remain seated and to engage their safety harnesses before it started down its preset route.

      Kamika scanned the results of her search and uttered a curse in Japanese. Her multi-faceted genealogy had resulted in an ability to curse in several languages. I think we’re going to look into a cold case. She skimmed the details and then summarized the information for Lea. "Two years ago four bodies were found buried in a barn off Winston Ellindale Road and County Road

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