Mac by Sharon Srock

Author:Sharon Srock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sharon Srock
Published: 2017-09-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Dane snuck back into his house on Friday morning just as the sun began to paint the sky a fiery orange. He stopped at the threshold to listen. Silence greeted him, and that was a plus this morning. Not that he expected Riley to be up before he had to be, but stranger things had happened. The reason for his pre-dawn departure threatened to squirm out of his arms. Dane grinned at the question in the puppy’s eyes.

“It’s OK, girl,” he whispered. Dane had finally gotten a response from Steve Evans. The pups were almost eight weeks old and ready to leave their mom’s care. As he suspected, the multicolored one did not have a home. Until now.

Dane studied the pup. The chug points were a great way to keep Riley focused on doing his school work and remembering his manners, but they weren’t the best vehicle for teaching the boy responsibility. Riley needed to know that his actions impacted others.

Dane looked into the pup’s baby blue eyes. “I’ve got a huge assignment for you. Are you up to it?” The pup yawned, displaying a mouth full of needle sharp teeth, and tilted her head.

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Dane scratched the soft fur between the pup’s eyes and continued. “Every pup needs a person and every boy needs a pup. There’s a guy sleeping in the next room who thinks he’s tough stuff, but he doesn’t have a clue. I need you to help me teach him how to love. I’ll keep an eye out and make sure he does it right, but if the mutual display of adoration I witnessed between the two of you on Tuesday morning was any indication...I don’t think we’ll have a problem.” He discarded the jacket and tiptoed down the hall, stopping at Riley’s door.

“Are you ready?”

The pup’s tail wagged in a furious motion.

Dane eased open the door to Riley’s room, crept to the side of the bed, and set the excited ball of fur next to the sleeping teenager. The pup rooted around in the covers. Dane grinned when she found Riley’s face, and the little pink tongue went to work on his chin.

“Wha...?” Riley bolted out of the bed, and Dane gave into laughter. Disoriented from sleep, Riley stumbled, and Dane steadied him with a hand on his shoulder.

“Whoa, kid. I wanted to surprise you, but it won’t be much of a surprise if you end up on the floor in the process.”

Riley shook his head and looked from Dane, to the bed, and back to Dane. The pup had a corner of the blanket in her mouth, head shaking furiously in a one-sided battle. He pointed. “What’s she doing here?”

“Looking for someone to take care of her. You interested?”

Riley looked at Dane like he’d grown a second set of ears. Longing and caution mingled on the boy’s face.

While the silence stretched, the puppy grew bored with the blanket and took a leap from the edge of the bed. She landed on the floor with a thud and a yelp.

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