Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffin

Author:Casey Griffin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

17

Give a Dog a Bad Name

“No. No. No.” Addison leaned against the doorframe, feeling like the lounge room was spinning. “This can’t be happening. Not again.”

Running past Julia and over to the pillow pit, she began tossing pillows aside. She rammed her head into the plastic halls of the puppy palace. But she couldn’t find head nor tail of her last remaining customer.

“Where is he?” Julia’s voice shook as she collapsed among the pillows. “Where’s my Precious? Precious!”

“Addison!” Felix called. “Back here!”

She followed the sound of Felix’s voice to the hall. He was headed for the door to the back alley still gripping the wrench. It had been left ajar, daylight streaming through.

She ran after him, Julia close on her heels, hissing “Precious! My Precious!” like a distraught Gollum from The Lord of the Rings.

Felix threw his weight against the metal door and burst into the alley. It swung open and Addison caught a glimpse of a dark van parked outside.

“Hey!” Felix yelled.

The door swung shut again, blocking Addison’s view. By the time she caught up and opened it again, Felix was struggling with the van’s back doors, heaving on the handles, one foot on the bumper for leverage.

Taking the wrench, he smashed in the back window, but there was metal mesh on the inside, preventing him from reaching in.

Addison ran to the passenger door where she could see a person sitting behind the wheel. She tried the handle but it was locked. Bringing a fist up, she banged on the window. When the person turned to her, their face was hidden beneath a black balaclava.

The driver fumbled with the keys before the engine started and revved. Addison was banging and kicking the door when she was grabbed from behind.

Her feet left the ground and she was whirled away just as the tires squeaked, skidding over where she’d been standing a second before. The van took off, leaving them in a cloud of dust.

Felix released Addison and took off after it on foot.

Coughing, Addison blinked her vision clear and stumbled after him. The van struggled to pick its way down the narrow alley. The garbage and parked cars created an obstacle course, forcing it to slow down.

Addison chased after Felix, but hindered by shorter legs, a wet dress clinging to her thighs, and flimsy ballet flats, she quickly fell behind. She didn’t think Dick Tracy had to deal with problems like this.

She watched Felix forge on, sprinting down the alley after the van, proving those muscles weren’t just for looks.

“Get ’em, Felix!” she cheered with more blood lust than she thought she had in her.

At the end of the alley the van cranked it, lilting to one side as it turned and peeled onto the main street.

Fists pumping, legs surging him forward, Felix ran out into the street after it. There was a screech of tires and a horn honk as a car narrowly missed him. Another skidded to a stop, inches from his body. Addison gasped, flinching from the sight.

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