Love's Trusting (The Love's Series) by Jordan Maryann

Author:Jordan, Maryann [Jordan, Maryann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, Dark, Fiction
ISBN: 9780986400407
Published: 2015-01-24T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Chuckie looked up from the reception desk asking if he could help, startling the next client who walked into the clinic. As Leon came in from the back, he rolled his eyes at Chuckie and took the information from the client before shooing Chuckie and Dwayne from behind the desk.

“Boys, you keep this up and Dr. Annie is going to have to put you on the payroll.”

Dwayne looked confused saying, “What’s payroll?”

Suzanne answered as she walked from the back with a yowling cat. “That mean’s she’d start paying you.”

“Cool,” the boys said in unison.

“Guys, we just have one more client and then we’re closing. Do you need me to take you home?”

“Nah, we’re good,” Dwayne replied.

“Dwayne,” Chuckie whined. “I don’t want to have to walk all the way home.”

“It’s no problem guys. Just hang on about another hour and then I can drive you. Is your dad at home now?”

“Nah, he’s gone to work by now. Mom outta be home though.”

“Good. I’d like to meet her. Especially if I’m giving you rides,” Suzanne replied.

Later, as she pulled in front of their house, Chuckie bounded out of the car to get their mom.

“She might not come out,” Dwayne said quietly. “It depends on what kind of mood pa was in when he went to work.”

Before Suzanne could respond, a petite woman came out of the front door being pulled by Chuckie. She was wearing neat slacks and a blouse with her sandy-blonde hair demurely cut in a shoulder length bob. Suzanne got out and walked beside Dwayne toward their mom.

Noting the other woman’s wary gaze, she stuck her hand out and introduced herself. “I wanted to meet you since I’ve given your sweet boys a lift twice.”

At the compliment to her sons, their mother smiled as she looked down at her boys. “That’s very kind of you. My name’s Pamela. They told me what you tried to do for their dog. I’m real grateful.”

“Well, we were just sorry that we couldn’t do more.” Watching the two boys run on into the house after saying goodbye, she decided to see what Pamela knew. “It, uh…appeared that their dog had been in a fight.”

Pamela’s eyes widened as she exclaimed, “A fight? I guess dogs will fight each other. My husband told me that you said the dog had been hit by a car. He must have misunderstood.”

Misunderstood, my ass. He knows something, I’m sure of it.

“No, the dog had definitely been in a fight. And it looked like he had been in fights before.”

“Sometimes he would disappear for a week or so, then my husband would turn up with him again and say that he found him roaming. I guess he must have been a restless dog.”

“Pamela, you haven’t heard of any dog fighting around here have you? I mean the kind where dogs are fighting on purpose? For gambling or anything?”

Shaking her head in concern, she answered, “No. I’ve never been around that. My husband…” she hesitated and Suzanne noted a thoughtful look cross Pamela’s face.

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