Dogged by Death by Laura Scott

Author:Laura Scott [Scott, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

Chapter Fourteen

Ally woke up early on Tuesday morning to Roxy licking her face. “No, girl.” She gently pushed the dog away and swiped at her cheek. Sitting up, she blinked and brought the clock into focus. “Roxy, it’s barely six o’clock.”

Roxy didn’t care, she clearly wanted to go out. Granted it wasn’t the dog’s fault that Ally hadn’t slept well. Last night, after Noah had walked away, she couldn’t get his woodsy scent—or the rest of him for that matter—out of her head.

She took Roxy outside, remembering how Sheila Young, Marty’s ex-wife, was supposed to have come last night to pick up Roxy. Had she missed the woman because she’d been at the Lakefront Café? Maybe, but Sheila hadn’t called, either, so she highly doubted it.

Keeping Roxy wouldn’t be a hardship, especially if Sheila was going to be mean to Roxy.

After she’d showered, changed, and eaten her requisite oatmeal for breakfast, she headed down to the clinic. There wasn’t a single appointment scheduled for the day, and that was more than a little depressing.

Maybe having Gramps helping out as her receptionist had been her good luck charm. And if that was the case, she needed to get him back there, ASAP.

But she couldn’t do that without a car.

She decided to call the garage for an update. She had the police report, but still no clue about the amount of damage that had been done.

“Good news,” the mechanic said cheerily. “The repair estimate turned out to be just under a thousand dollars.”

That was the good news? It was the amount of her deductible, which meant more money coming out of her bank account. Peachy. “Okay, when will the car be ready?”

“I can have it ready to go by noon as long as you give me the authorization to do the repairs.”

“Yes, please do. Thanks.” She disconnected and contacted her insurance agent to provide him the information. Now that she knew the repair would be on her dime, she figured he wouldn’t need the police report.

Surprisingly, he asked for it anyway. She scanned and sent it to him, then glumly looked through her client list. There had to be another animal who was overdue for their vaccinations.

Ten minutes into her second round of reminder calls to those who hadn’t responded the first time, a woman walked in carrying a schnauzer.

“Erica?” Ally recognized her old high school friend. She jumped out of her seat, smiling broadly. Roxy came too, sniffing at the schnauzer. “It’s great to see you!”

“Hi, Ally.” Erica grinned and hugged her. “I wanted to come sooner, but I had to wait until I could arrange for childcare to run errands.”

“Childcare?” Ally belatedly saw the wedding ring. “You’re married with kids? Congrats!”

“Yep. A five-year-old and a two-year-old.” Erica blew out a breath. “It’s nuts but I like it.”

“And who’s this?” Ally bent to pet the schnauzer.

“Tinker Bell, name courtesy of my five-year old daughter, LeAnn.” Erica shook her head. “We call her Tink.”

“Tink.” The name and the dog clicked in her memory.

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