Forever After by Catherine Anderson

Author:Catherine Anderson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1998-08-26T22:00:00+00:00

As Heath executed the turn onto Hereford Lane, he was only half aware of his driving, his thoughts focused on how best to tell Meredith that the board had voted to have Goliath destroyed. She was going to cry. Hell, he wanted to bawl himself. And she was also going to oppose the decision. He dreaded that most of all because a part of him wanted to shake his fist at the commissioners and tell them to go straight to hell. Goliath had risked his life so many times in the line of duty that Heath had long since lost count. It didn’t seem fair that the dog should receive so little consideration in return.

On the other hand, though, Heath knew, deep in his heart, that the decision was the only one that could have been reached. The instant he’d seen that salesman’s arm, he’d known. Only a few weeks ago, Heath had seen on the news where a man who had been arrested for drug possession was filing a $300 million lawsuit because a police dog had bitten him while he was in handcuffs. The financial liability for the county in regards to Goliath could be astronomical.

Up ahead, Heath saw someone walking along the road. Pedestrians were a rarity this far from town. As he drove closer, he noted the person’s diminutive stature and dark hair. Meredith? He tapped the brake, slowing the vehicle to a stop as he came abreast of her. For a moment, she didn’t seem aware that he was there, just kept stumbling along the shoulder. Something was wrong, he realized. Really wrong.

When she finally realized a vehicle had pulled up beside her, she whirled to peer in the passenger window. Then, with a glad cry, she circled the Bronco, drawing up outside the driver’s door. Heath rolled down the glass, noticing as he did that her face was streaked with dirt and that she’d been crying. The tracks of her tears had formed muddy rivulets on her pale cheeks.

“Merry? What in God’s name is—”

He forgot what he meant to say as he locked gazes with her. One of her eyes was the same dark brown he’d come to expect, but the other was a startling sky blue. Christ. Heath blinked, thinking maybe it was the sun partially blinding him, but when he looked again, one of her eyes was still blue.

Her voice rang in his mind, none of the words sinking in. He was so stunned that concentrating on what she was saying was beyond him. Instead, all he could do was gape, and while he did, he noticed yet another flaw in the picture, that her wind-tossed mane of dark hair seemed to be slightly askew.

It hit him then, like a fist to the jaw, that this woman he had come to care about so deeply had not only been wearing brown contact lenses ever since he’d known her, but a wig as well. Upon closer inspection, he spied a wisp of blond hair trailing from under those sable tresses that he had always so greatly admired.

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