Nobody's Poodle by Nikki Attree & Richard Attree

Author:Nikki Attree & Richard Attree [Attree, Nikki & Attree, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781481912990
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-06-03T22:00:00+00:00

I looked back once to see where Rambo was, but he’d disappeared into the night.

CHAPTER FIVE

Friends Re-united

I ran through the blackness of the night, not daring to turn my head. If I was being pursued I didn’t want to know. All that mattered was to get away from El Bastardo and his prison. I hoped against hope that Rambo had also managed to get away from that terrible man, and that our paths would cross again, hopefully in happier circumstances. So I ran and ran until finally I dropped, exhausted, near a low stone wall somewhere in the countryside, and fell asleep.

I must have slept deeply, because when I woke up the next morning there was a human talking to me softly. My first thought was “oh no, he’s found me!” and a rush of panic hit. I tried to get up on my paws and attempt to run, but I was so weak that I fell straight back down again. Yet again I was at the mercy of another human. I looked up at the new tormenter’s face staring down at me, and I couldn’t believe my eyes. I recognised that face - it was Trev!

He looked quite different though. His hair was longer and very matted, and he had more hair on his face. His clothes were dirty, and he smelt rather ‘interesting’ (as we dogs say). Generally he looked a bit ‘ruff’, just like me in fact. But I didn’t care. I licked his face enthusiastically, just not believing my luck. It was so good to be with my master again. Trev gazed down at me, and tears started rolling down his face.

“I don’t deserve you Gizmo. After I pissed off and left you, and you can still give me the time of day.”

The thing is: us dogs don’t really hold grudges. Most of the time we’re stoic. We accept what life throws at us - the good, the bad, and the ugly (which is just how we were both looking right then), and we don’t really complain. For sure I wouldn’t be so overjoyed to see El Bastardo again, but Trev was OK(ish). After all, despite how things had ended, we’d had some good times together.

He picked me up gently and started walking, with me in his arms. It felt wonderful to have someone hold me like that again, with so much love and affection. Tingles of joy raced through my fur. I did my ‘floppy thing’ in his arms, and kept licking his face. He carried me to an empty finca where he’d been staying, and as he carried me along, he kept talking to me softly:

“I can’t believe you’re here with me Gizmo. It’s a sign. My luck’s changed, now I need to change as well. I can see that now, and you’ll see too Gizmo. I hit rock bottom. We both have, but this time I promise things will be different. If you just give me another chance, I’ll do right by you this time.

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