How to Find a Keeper: Kisses and Commitment Series by Daniel Banner

Author:Daniel Banner [Banner, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

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“The stitches are starting to itch,” Cason told T. “That’s a good thing. Means the wound is healing.”

It was day four since the bite. “Just think, I’ll always have a tiny scar to remind me of our friendship.” That was one of the parts of his job he found most difficult. He helped dogs through some very tough issues, getting to know them more intimately than even the owners did, then said goodbye forever. In the past, some owners had told him to come back anytime and visit, and he’d actually done it three times.

Cason usually got along with everyone and was able to make just about any situation comfortable, but all three times he’d gone back to visit a client it had been awkward. Seeing the dog again, especially in their healthy situation, was like going home to Mackinaw City to visit his brothers. But the humans seemed weirded out by it for some reason. And at the end of all three visits, not one had said, as they had the first time, to come back and visit anytime.

“I’ll miss you as much as any of them,” said Cason but not in T’s direction, and he meant it.

The boundary was still there, it just got smaller with every visit. After the first night and the misnamed label of doggie autism that Haley Hutchinson had run with, Cason decided one visit a day was plenty. Overstepping with this guy wouldn’t help. So the next day he’d come back, right after his visit with Fiyero and parked his butt under a tree in the corner of the yard.

After watching Cason for a good fifteen minutes without looking away once, T had shambled over and plopped down three feet away, gave him a silent warning look and thoroughly ignored him.

The next day, day three, in the middle of the gravel of the driveway, T gave him about a foot, just enough to prevent Cason from reaching out to touch him. For an hour and a half they sat there together but apart.

And today in the shade of one of the stables, T had come over within a minute of Cason’s arrival and laid down with his butt just about touching Cason’s hip. They were officially buddies. Cason had proven he could be trusted, and for a dog with issues as severe as T’s, it was tantamount to trusting him with his life.

“At least I’ve still got you, T. The only big guy in my life.”

Cason still had no inkling of what had inspired the Curtises to ditch him and request Avvie. Actually there was still some question whether they’d requested Avvie or just requested someone who wasn’t Cason.

Had she picked up on the fact that he found her super-attractive? Her easygoing attitude was exactly what he’d look for in woman someday. And her pixie haircut, cute smile, even the flannel shirt she’d been wearing the first day they met all just made her seem like the perfect woman. Lucky Emmett. But maybe it was for the best.

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