Under_The_Whispering_Door_by_TJ_Klune

Wallace felt his skin crawl. “It looks good on you.” He sauntered up to the
counter. “As would I.”
“Oh my god,” Wallace said loudly. “Does that actually work on anyone?
Hugo, kick him in the nuts.”
“I don’t know if I can do that,” Hugo said, never looking away from
Harvey.
“Why not?” Harvey and Wallace asked at the same time.
“You know why,” Hugo said.
Harvey sighed as Wallace threw up his hands in frustration. “I’ll wear you
down yet,” Harvey said. “Just you wait and see. Now, back to the business at
hand. I need to stick my thermometer in many things.” He waggled his
eyebrows.
“Wow,” Wallace said. “That’s sexual harassment. We’re going to sue him.
We’re going to sue him for everything he’s worth, just you wait and see. I’ll
draft up the papers just as soon as—oh. Right. I’m dead. Goddammit. Don’t
let him stick his thermometer in your baked goods!”
Hugo’s eyebrows rose almost to his bandana.
Harvey pressed a finger against the counter, dragging it along the surface
before pulling it away and inspecting the tip. “Spotless,” he said. “That’s
good. Cleanliness is next to godliness, as I always say.”
Wallace choked when Apollo stood next to Harvey, lifting his leg. A
stream of urine sprayed onto Harvey’s shoes. Apollo looked pleased with
himself as he pranced away, Harvey none the wiser.
“Good boy,” Nelson cooed. “Yes, you are. Yes, you are. You peed all
over the bad man like a very good boy.”
Harvey said, “Let’s see what’s in the kitchen, shall we? Perhaps you’d
consider telling Mei to remove herself from the premises. Just because my
restraining order against her was tossed out due to an utter lack of evidence
doesn’t mean she can still come within ten feet of me. Not after what
happened last year.”
“Dumped an entire bowl of icing on his head,” Nelson told Wallace.
“Said it was an accident. It wasn’t.”
Wallace was absurdly fond of Mei for reasons that had nothing to do with
their current situation. He started to follow them toward the kitchen as Hugo
pushed open the door but stopped when he heard a stuttering breath behind