Boone by Lori Wilde & Carolyn Greene

Author:Lori Wilde & Carolyn Greene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L&C

When Boone arrived Wednesday evening, Tarzan was screeching at the top of his lungs. The sound effects were enough to rival any Amazon jungle movie.

“What’s the matter with him?” Boone yelled over the din. He approached the cage with a finger in each ear and stared curiously at the noisy beast.

“He’s mad because Brad won’t take him out of the cage,” Nixie said.

“Aw, Brad, let the little guy out,” Boone urged.

“But, Boone, he’ll plop on my Scout shirt.”

Nixie watched as Boone released the bird-proof latch and let the loudmouth out of his cage. Tarzan moved from Boone’s finger and sidestepped up his forearm. The bird lifted his scaly feet high as if the hair on Boone’s arm tickled them, then he bent over and teased one of the hairs with his beak.

“He’s not used to furry arms,” Brad said when Boone chuckled.

Boone leaned over and whispered something to Brad. When her son’s face clouded and he shook his head in the negative, Nixie knew Boone had asked about the pin. They had turned Brad’s room upside down looking for the memento but had been unsuccessful in the search.

Just as she’d suspected they would.

“I’ll go look one more time,” the boy said and dashed upstairs.

Bethany was in the kitchen loading the dishwasher. Nixie had been surprised when she’d volunteered to handle the job just as she heard Boone’s car pull up in the driveway. The girl’s animosity must be high if she preferred doing the dreaded dishes over spending time in his company.

“Excuse me a moment,” Nixie told Boone. “I have to get some money to cover Brad’s Scout dues.” She left him talking to the bird.

When she came back, he was still talking to the feathered mimic in a hushed tone.

“If you talk quietly when you’re teaching him a word, he’ll only repeat it in a whisper,” she mentioned.

“What makes you think we’re not having a conversation?” he asked. “Tarzan’s been telling me about his recent discoveries of how to achieve increased aerodynamics.”

“Don’t let him fool you,” Nixie warned with a teasing grin. “Tarzan’s just repeating what he and Brad discussed last night. That bird doesn’t have an original thought in his head.”

The smile he gave Nixie stirred her in a way she couldn’t remember ever feeling before. It was a smile of appreciation and humor that made Nixie feel as if she’d just made the wittiest remark in the world. It made her feel brilliant, unique, and … special.

She gazed back at the man who made her feel this way. What was it about him that turned her emotions upside down? In high school he’d caused her blood pressure to rise with his relentless heckling. And now he was giving her heart palpitations with a mere look. If she wasn’t careful around Boone Shelton, she might be one of the next rescue victims for her squad. She just hoped it wouldn’t be because of a broken heart.

Boone was the first to break the soft silence that had grown between them.

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