Don't Dream It's Rover by Misty Simon

Author:Misty Simon [Simon, Misty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, paranormal, humor
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“Since he’s already coming, just tell me what to expect. He’s not going to get here any slower if you keep yourself out of sight, I assume,” Mel said to the cowering dog.

“No.” The voice seemed to come out of Mumford, but it was almost as if it was floating over the dog’s head instead of rumbling out of his actual throat.

Now they were in business.

“Tell me what to expect, and I’ll do everything I can to protect the two of you.” But really they were one —separate and yet together. She was not going to try to figure that out. She just knew she would do what she could to protect them. She had totally fallen off the fence on whether or not she could trust this ghost and had come to the conclusion that someone bad must have put him in the collar and not because he was bad, too. It just didn’t make sense, especially since Mumford was a lovey. She wouldn’t believe any different until she was proven wrong.

“Not good,” the voice answered.

“We got that part,” Becker said, sitting on the bare floor to pet the dog. Hopefully that didn’t make the ghost uncomfortable.

“Thanks for saving him,” the ghost said. “He’s been my friend for years. I hated to have him out in the cold, but he refused to go anywhere else once we got away.”

“You got away? How did you manage that?” Mel also sat on the floor and petted Mumford, back to rump, in what she hoped was a soothing way. She didn’t know much about dogs, but she saw what Becker did and just tried to repeat it.

“It hurts to talk. Sorry. Takes much energy. Basics?”

He was asking permission to just give her the basics when she really wanted the whole story. But something was better than nothing, in this case, she was sure. “Of course.”

“Locked in the collar for nine years. Owner has me do bad things or the dog gets hurt. Only person able to release me from the collar. Nothing else works. Tried it all, but separation without owner might kill Mumford. Not willing to risk.”

Well, shit. Even if they did keep them safe, this poor guy was going to be stuck to the dog for a lifetime or until Mumford went over that great rainbow bridge in the sky.

“So Mumford is his real name? How’d you get that to Becker?”

“Practice.”

She’d have to leave it at that, since his voice was getting rougher. “Are you cramped in there?”

A rusty laugh, as if he hadn’t used it in years, came out of the air. “Yes. Love Mumford, but not exactly a huge fan of the collar.”

“One more, and then we’ll get to work.”

“Okay.”

“What’s your name?”

“Dougal.”

“Oh, sorry, one more, Dougal. When’s he going to be here, and how do I know it’s him?”

“Soon, and don’t know. Be careful.”

“Of course.”

Mumford laid his head down in Becker’s lap and let out a great big snuffling sigh. Mel had a feeling their session was over, and she was just going to have to go it on her own from here.

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