Just Claire by Jean Ann Williams

Author:Jean Ann Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781621354888
Publisher: Clean Reads

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Much later, as everyone slept, ClaireLee peered over her jacketed shoulder and clicked shut the front door of the cabin. Laddie crawled from under the porch and licked her hand. As ClaireLee tucked her writing materials under her arm, she said, “Hey, Laddie, Laddie, I love you.” She kissed his head and rubbed an ear. Her doggie breath puffed like a miniature smokestack in the glow of her flashlight. “Your fur’s cold, poor boy.”

“C’mon.” She held Laddie’s radar ear and began her trek on the snow-crusted trail to Rushing River. The galoshes crunched, sank, crunched, sank. Her feet grew colder with each step, while flakes of snow fell.

ClaireLee wasn’t scared of the river, even though it had taken Belinda’s dad from her. After witnessing the river’s beauty, ClaireLee longed to sit near its banks. She still feared cougars, but her need to visit the river drew her outdoors, anyway. It was true Laddie was half the size of those wild cats. But his heart of love for her was huge. He would be her protector.

The lamplight’s glow splashed on the trees, creating shadows. Where does the crippled jaybird sleep? The first time she and Belinda had walked the trail, he squawked in a scolding voice. Maybe he warned of the river’s danger. Maybe his toes hurt because of his limp.

She sang, “Jesus give the weary calm and sweet repose. . .”

Upon entering the clearing near the bank, she dug her feet deeper into her rubber boots and climbed the rock. Just as before, the white-water rapids dominated all sounds. She settled on the flattest spot and wrote the people she trusted:

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