Declan Sands - Hoale Construction Mysteries 3 - Hoaley Inexplicable by Declan Sands

Author:Declan Sands [Decker, Sandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“I need food,” Maddy announced. “How about that Mexican place across from Mink’s office. While we’re there we can check to see if he’s called in.”

“Sounds good.” Adam agreed.

Dirk frowned at his cell and turned it off. “I need to get home, Ads. I have to take a phone call in an hour.”

“You said no more work this weekend.”

“I know, I’m sorry. This just came up.” Adam sighed. “Okay, well, I should probably take the dogs home first anyway.”

Maddy handed Dirk the pile of stuff they’d taken from Peartree’s room. “Just drop me at home, then sweetie. I’ll meet you there.” “Sounds like a plan.” Adam turned the truck around and headed out of the city, toward Maddy’s house. A half hour later he let Walter and FeFe out of the truck and watched Dirk drive away. He settled in to watch Walter dance the dance of supplication to the earth gods, which mostly consisted of sniffling his way over the entire yard, while giving Adam the side-eye to make sure he wasn’t watching.

Adam kept his gaze determinedly on FeFe, using only his peripheral vision to keep tabs on Walter. FeFe had long finished her business by the time Walter finally squatted in preparation for his offering. She sat nicely by Adam’s feet, watching her friend.

Unfortunately the surly plumber next door picked that exact moment to emerge from his office, keys in one beefy hand and butt-crack dutifully exposed under the pull of a heavy tool belt.

Adam swore under his breath, knowing how the next few minutes were going to play out. “Hey, Jake.”

The plumber stopped dead on the sidewalk, his gaze zeroing in on Walter. The big dog gave a yelp of alarm and straightened, running back toward Adam with poop hanging out of his butt. “It’s really rude to let your dog shit on my lawn, Hoale.”

“Walter is very picky about where he poops and for some reason he likes to poop in your yard.” Adam tried not to grin, but he only half won the battle. “One of these days I’m gonna call the pound and have that beast picked up.” The pudgy plumber narrowed his gaze on FeFe. “Shit. Don’t tell me you got another dog. You can’t control the one you have. That one looks like a rat. She better not be a yapper.”

FeFe surged to her feet, barking her shrill bark at the surly plumber. Her tiny, white feet left the ground with every bark. Her tail rolled tight over her back and her fur stood on end. She was obviously pissed.

The little dog gained another notch in Adam’s estimation. “FeFe’s a good girl. And she’s just visiting. Not that it’s any of your business.”

“It’s gonna become my business if you let both of them shit in my yard.”

“Jake, I’ll clean it up. I always do.”

“See that you do, Hoale, or I’m gonna start bringing my shotgun to work. We’ll see if that monster still likes to shit in my grass if it means getting bird shot up his ass.

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