Dingo's Recovery by Genevieve Fortin

Author:Genevieve Fortin [Fortin, Genevieve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781594935886
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2018-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“All right. Let’s take a look at that leg,” Amanda said with a grin before she forced her attention away from Joyce and onto Dingo. She put him in a standing position on the exam table to observe how much weight he put on his bandaged leg. He stood proudly, as if he didn’t have a bandage at all. Satisfied with what she saw, she scratched the dog’s neck and smiled at Joyce.

She hadn’t seen her or spoken to her all week and she’d missed her terribly. And she’d worried. She’d relived their time at the casino and their conversations over and over again since then and although most of her memories made her smile, the part about her own love life left her embarrassed.

She regretted telling Joyce that she felt ready to find love since she’d met her. The beer had made it easy to offer what she’d thought could only be interpreted as a proclamation of her romantic interest in Joyce. But she hadn’t responded the way she’d hoped. She’d obviously misunderstood her confession or, worse, had acted like she didn’t understand because she wasn’t interested. Either way Amanda had feared that she’d scared her away and lost her friendship. She was relieved to see her appear to be as comfortable in her presence this morning as she’d been last Saturday.

“Well, that looks really good. If all is going as planned today should be the last time we use a splint. The next bandage will be a soft one. Do you have any concerns?”

“No. He’s doing very well. It’s getting harder to limit exercise though. He wants to run so badly. I don’t think he realizes he still has a while to go before he fully recovers from his injury,” Joyce said with a chuckle Amanda found so sweet she couldn’t help but join in her laughter.

“That’s a good sign.” Her gaze lingered on Joyce’s dark eyes.

“Should I go get the scissors?” Isabelle asked, reminding Amanda of her presence in the exam room.

“Yes,” Amanda said before she cleared her throat and turned to the vet tech. “Yes, that would be great. Thank you.” Isabelle left the room and Amanda brought her attention back to Joyce. “Did you have a good week?”

“Yes, I did, thank you. Did you?”

“Yes. Thank you again for last Saturday. It was really nice.” She wanted to say so much more, but didn’t know where to start. She petted Dingo vigorously, grateful to be able to plunge her fingers into his fur so she could work out some of her nerves. Dingo had no complaint, enjoying the massage.

“No need to thank me. I enjoyed it too. I almost called you this week to go for coffee but I didn’t dare,” Joyce said, uncharacteristically hesitant.

“You should have,” Amanda replied a little too enthusiastically before Isabelle came back with the scissors.

Amanda focused on her work, not looking at Joyce again before Dingo’s leg was exposed. “The sores aren’t infected and there aren’t any new ones, so

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