An Unexpected Grace by Kristin von Kreisler

Author:Kristin von Kreisler [von Kreisler, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2013-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

19

Lila clicked on the Safari icon at the bottom of the computer screen and Googled the white pages directory. As she held her breath, she typed, “Yuri Makov, San Francisco, California.” She wanted his phone number so she could call his roommate, who’d been on the TV news two months before and might help her understand why Yuri had been angry. But Yuri wasn’t listed. As that door closed in Lila’s face, her heart drooped, like it wasn’t wild about beating anymore.

Certainly, she wasn’t as angry as Yuri had been, but she was mad. Resentment had been nesting in her soul since she’d met Reed’s lover at the PhotoMat. When Yuri shot her, the resentment had multiplied like cancer cells and turned into anger. Her last conversation with Adam had added anger’s cousin, annoyance. Staring at the computer screen, Lila brooded about his taking advantage and not caring if Grace disrupted her life. What was she supposed to do? Keep a dog she didn’t want until it died a natural death? The more Lila thought about her phone conversation with Adam, the more hostile she felt.

Anyone could understand emotions sometimes piling up and taking you hostage. As Lila’s anger filled her mind, it elbowed aside her decency, compassion, and pity for Grace. Lila’s Crazy Aunt boomed into her thoughts, stomped on her Pleaser’s toes, and took over. For God’s sake, cut the wimp act. Get rid of the dog. Do what you have to do. Lila’s Crazy Aunt curled her lip.

As Lila swallowed pomegranate green tea, she glanced out the window at a dead bay tree branch’s jagged twigs. She told herself, I will not be used. Not for another minute.

She got up, called the Humane Society, and wrote down directions to their shelter. She folded the paper and stuffed it in her pocket. The staff vetted anyone who wanted to adopt an animal. Grace would be safe. They’d find her a good home. Let someone besides Lila solve the problem.

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