A Lilac Creek Christmas ( a Lilac Creek Dog Story) by Landers Dana

Author:Landers, Dana [Landers, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-10-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Neither the stop at the hospital, the shelter or the neighborhood had yielded any results. No one had reported a dog lost or missing, and no one at the hospital had even seen the black dog hanging around. And none of the people they queried had ever seen the little dog before.

“Well I guess he’s ours for the holidays,” Julia sighed. “Brinn will be absolutely over the moon at the idea of having another dog in the house!”

“Will she ever!” Sam agreed. “And from the looks of Henry, I’d say he’s going to enjoy it too. Strange how he and that dog just took to each other that way.” Julia nodded in agreement.

“You would think they had known each other for ages!”

Conversation for the rest of the trip home revolved around plans for finding the dog’s owner as soon as possible. They would make and distribute posters and put them up all around Wilmot as well as Lilac Creek, just as they had for Jasper. Hopefully someone would claim him soon.

When they finally got home, Sam let the dogs out first before helping Henry out of the car. As he watched Jasper head immediately over to a tree to relieve himself, he laughed and called to Julia.

“The first thing we better do is stop calling him “he”, Sam laughed as the black dog followed Jasper’s lead. Julia glanced over and smiled.

“Come here girl,” she said with a chuckle. “Let’s take you in and introduce you to everyone.”

As expected, Brinn squealed with delight when she saw the two dogs come in. Her squeals were quickly followed by a myriad of questions about how they found her and what they were going to do about her, and of course, expressions of hope that they would ultimately be able to keep her just as they had Jasper.

“We’ll just have to wait and see,” said Sam, trying to bring her back down to earth. “I’m sure she’s somebody’s pet. She has been very well looked after.”

“I know,” said Brinn with an exaggerated sigh, “but a girl can hope!” Sam and Julia just laughed. “She sure likes Henry,” Brinn added, watching the two of them sitting by the fire. The black dog was once again curled up in Henry’s lap as if they were old buddies.

“She certainly does,” said Julia. “It was almost eerie, as if they already knew each other. But anyway, now that we’re home and she’s here let’s concentrate on the holidays and we’ll do what we can to find her owners as soon as we can.”

Emma had been pretty quiet about the dog, and now added her opinion. “It’s very sad to think that someone will be spending their holidays missing their dog.” Julia knew she was probably remembering the time when she had been parted from her own dog Tucker. When her parents died, she was taken into foster care and she had never seen her dog again. Nor did she ever find out what had happened to him. This situation was obviously bringing back some very sad memories.

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