Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs by Diane Kelly

Author:Diane Kelly [Kelly, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781466849129
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-12-31T18:30:00+00:00

chapter twenty-one

The Terminator

When I arrived home Friday night after following Russell Cobb, I gave my cats some kibble and attention, started a load of laundry, and walked down to Nick’s place. Nick and I stayed up late watching movies on Netflix. We each picked one. I chose a romantic comedy, of course. Nick chose a blood-and-guts high-action thriller. We watched his first. I didn’t need to go to sleep with visions of bloody knives in my head.

After the movies, Nick carried Nutty upstairs, though tonight he laid him on his doggie bed on the floor rather than on the bed. I took this as a sign that Nick wanted to be intimate, and I was glad about that. It wasn’t the physical aspects of sex I’d missed, it was feeling close to Nick. Our relationship had experienced so many ups and downs lately it was as if we were on an emotional trampoline. I was ready to perform one final flip, make a soft landing on my ass, and climb off the ride.

Nick and I were fully engaged when Nutty let out a soft whine. Nick turned his head and stopped moving. “You okay, boy?”

“It’s gotta be his arthritis,” I said.

Nick dismounted. “I need to get him another pill.” He climbed out of bed and left the room, fully erect and bare-assed, going down to the kitchen to fetch Nutty’s Rimadyl.

I sat up and looked over at the dog. “Daddy’s getting your medicine, sweetie.”

Nutty didn’t lift his head, but he did raise his tail in a single wag.

Nick returned with the pill. He’d wrapped the medication in a slice of cheese to entice Nutty to take it. Still lying on his side, Nutty sniffed the cheese but didn’t attempt to take it from Nick.

“Come on, boy,” Nick coaxed, kneeling down next to his dog. “It’ll make you feel better.”

Nutty closed his eyes and let out a shuddering breath. My heart contracted into a tight ball. I wasn’t sure whom I felt worse for, Nutty with his joint pain or Nick with his breaking heart. I joined the two of them on the floor, putting one hand on Nick’s shoulder, the other on Nutty’s flank.

Nick scratched his dog under the chin. “Please, Nutty? For me?”

At the desperate sound in Nick’s voice, Nutty opened his eyes and extended his snout, taking the cheese and pill from Nick.

“Good boy.” Nick gave the dog another scratch and kissed him on the forehead before turning back to me. By now, his arousal was gone.

I stood, retrieved my nightshirt, and began to slip it on.

Nick reached out a hand to stop me. He cleared his throat as if to clear it of the emotions choking him up. “I need some lovin’ even more now.”

I understood. Nick was upset and frustrated that he couldn’t do more for his beloved pet. He needed a release. I gestured at his crotch. “Looks like we’re back to square one.”

Nick glanced down, then looked back up at me with a roguish grin.

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