Keep Her Forever by Maria Jackson

Author:Maria Jackson [Jackson, Maria]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-09-30T22:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN—TOPAZ

“These are the cutest fucking puppies I have ever seen.” Cindy laughed as the six Ds scrambled around in the whelping box. They were hyper today, especially the runt.

I knelt on the ground beside Cindy. There was a basketball game on TV, but we hardly paid attention. The miniature dogs were a lot more entertaining.

“You haven’t even seen Diamond yet,” I told her. “You have no idea what you’re in for.”

“I can’t wait.”

“No, seriously, you have no idea. The seven of them together hit lethal levels of cuteness.”

Cindy put her hand in the box, petting all the beagis she could reach. “You seem different.” She paused to gasp as Dipshit let out a soft whine. “I think these dogs have changed you.”

“In what way?” I asked. It’d only been a couple weeks since I’d seen my old roommate. We used to hang out all the time, but she’d moved to the other end of town.

“You’re more open,” she said. “Less guarded. I never would’ve caught you getting excited over puppies before. I don’t think I heard the word ‘cute’ come out of your mouth once when we were living together.”

Maybe she was right. I did find myself getting excited over the puppies more than I used to ever get excited over anything. Funny to think I’d changed so much in such a short amount of time.

“Puppies are magic.”

I leaned back on my heels, then immediately stood up as Diamond strolled into the room. She was the queen of the house these days. All the puppies worshipped her, especially since they still made frequent trips to the milk bar. Heidi and I pampered her, too, so she got whatever she wanted.

“My favorite,” I said, leaning forward and reaching out to her. As usual, she came straight up to me for her hug.

“You like her best? The puppies are cuter.”

“I guess objectively they are,” I admitted. “There’s not much in the world as cute as a litter of newborn puppies, but Diamond is something special. She’s my friend. We’ve bonded. I remember what she was like when I found her, and look at her now. She’s completely blossomed.”

“Makes sense,” she said. “Do you think you’ll keep all of them?”

“I couldn’t,” I said. “I’d love to, though. If I could keep just one, it’d be Diamond.”

“You can’t do that?”

“I’m not completely sure,” I admitted. “It’s a foster situation, but I don’t see why the rescue wouldn’t want me to adopt her. I guess I’d feel weird owning her by myself. She’s half mine and half my roommate’s.”

“How are things going with the new roommate, anyway?” Cindy gave the puppies one last pet, then headed for the couch. “I kind of hate her for taking my room.”

“Whose idea was it to move?” I asked jokingly as I went along with her.

It was totally amicable when Cindy moved out. She got a job pretty far away, so it was totally understandable that she wanted to go. It didn’t matter much for me. Renting out a room was necessary when I bought the house.

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