Nothing but Love by Holly Jacobs

Author:Holly Jacobs
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Holly Jacobs
Published: 2012-12-19T22:00:00+00:00

Two hours later, Justin was finishing up the ramp. “The lumber’s pressure treated, so it should last a long time for you,” he said.

Angela pushed her brown hair back from her face. “That’s good. Now, I need to settle up on the materials and—”

“No, you don’t. A friend just built a deck, and he gave me some of the scraps and a few left over pieces. I had the galvanized screws in my garage.”

She protested, “But—”

“Really, it’s nothing.”

“It’s definitely something.” She paused and added, “Would you like to meet Sera?”

“I would.” Angela had let the dog out the front when she came home, so he’d yet to meet her.

“Let’s have a test run.” She disappeared into the house, and while she was gone, Justin got awkwardly to his feet and sat on a bench.

Angela opened the door and a tiny black dog stuck her face out the door and sniffed the air, as if she wasn’t quite sure what she was going to find.

She eyed the ramp as if assessing whether or not she could navigate it. He didn’t blame her. He’d become more cautious, too since his accident. His physical therapist said that eventually, he’d get used to the prosthetic leg and forget he had it on.

Justin had looked up a video on YouTube of a guy running in some race…a guy with two artificial legs. He’d felt guilty then for his anger over his situation, but it didn’t erase his anger, it simply added a layer of guilt to it.

“Hi, Sera,” he called. “You can do it.”

The little dog’s tail started to wag. Not just wagged. His grandmother used to refer to him as a whirling dervish. He’d never quite known what a whirling dervish looked like, but Sera’s tail was exactly how he imagined it would be.

She didn’t simply try out the ramp. She sprinted down it, her tail looking like a propeller as she ran up to him and gave him pick-me-up, I-love-you eyes. He leaned down and picked her, wheels and all.

She snuggled up against his chest, her tail still going as he stroked the wiry hair on her head.

Angela pulled up a second chair and sat down next to him. “She’s a charmer, isn’t she?”

“She acted like we’d been best friends for years.”

“They say dogs are great judges of character,” Angela said.

“I’m surly and cantankerous according to my physical therapist.”

She nodded at his leg. “So its fairly recent?”

“The surly and cantankerous, or the leg?”

“Both,” she said, laughing.

Justin realized he’d just made a joke…a joke about his missing leg. That was a first. The first time he’d joked at all since the hospital. It was a lame joke, but it was a joke. “Yes, both are recent.”

“Well, you seem to be doing very well. Well, enough to take Sera for a walk? She’s been alone for a while and seems to really enjoy a couple blocks in the evening.”

She offered the invitation, commenting matter-of-factly about his leg doing well. He wanted to say no to the walk and get away from this optimistic woman and her whirling-dervish-tail dog.

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