A Touch Bittersweet by Carter Ashby

Author:Carter Ashby [Ashby, Carter]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Logan hadn’t taken Wolf to the shelter, and that was no one’s business but his own. But Maggie had told him to get the dog and himself out of Nate’s life, so he’d told Nate that he’d taken him to the shelter. So now he was a liar and a dog-napper.

Wolf couldn’t stay in the barn, obviously, because Nate might find him there. So Logan had taken him out to Maggie’s new place. She had a shed in the back yard. Logan put a dog bed and some food and water there. He played with Wolf a while. Took him for a walk. Then put him in the shed for the night.

Then he stood outside the shed staring at the door, feeling absolutely awful about everything. But what could he do? He would just have to come back out first thing to let Wolf out. He could figure out what to do on a more permanent basis then.

He’d walked away, gone back home, knocked on Maggie’s door, found out she was quickly moving forward with her life, said some regrettable things, and wound up back in his bedroom. Pacing. He could hear the family downstairs. Frank and Eleanor were playing a board game with Maggie’s kids. Nate wouldn’t be playing. He’d be too overwhelmed with grief. But as much as Nate weighed on Logan’s mind…it was Wolf that had him up and pacing and fidgeting and worrying.

So he slipped back out of the house, hopped into his truck, and drove out to check on Wolf.

The dog was fine. Sleeping soundly. Logan sat on the floor of the shed next to him and patted him. Wolf moved to curl up against Logan’s leg.

“What are we gonna do with you, buddy?”

Wolf lifted his head and looked at Logan. Then rested his chin on Logan’s thigh.

Hiding in a shed with an illicit dog. Pretty silly of him. Maggie was Nate’s mom, not his. If he wanted to keep a dog, that was his business. Would it be so wrong? They could take care to be clear with Nate and the other kids that the dog would be Logan’s. That when Logan moved back home to Montana, Wolf would go with him. Nate might not like it, but wouldn’t it be better than what he’d gone through today?

Logan gave Wolf one last rub behind the ears, then stood. He stepped out of the shed, turned, and started to close the door. Wolf just stared up at him, tongue hanging out, tail wagging low to the ground as though he wasn’t a hundred percent sure he should be getting excited yet. Logan pushed the door closed halfway and stopped again. Wolf was sitting in a narrow strip of moonlight. He’d be fine. He’d sleep through the night, and Logan would be back first thing. No big deal. Besides, he needed to have a conversation with Maggie before he brought Wolf back to the farm.

Logan shut the door and immediately opened it again. “Get in the truck, Wolf.

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