Paws off the Boss by Casey Griffin

Author:Casey Griffin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charming Frog Publishing

Chapter Twenty-One

Hound Horror

Piper pulled into the rescue center’s parking lot and killed her headlights—or rather, her one headlight, since the other was burned out. Colin reclined on her purse like it was a chaise longue, so she had to dislodge him before fishing out her phone. There was a message from Aiden.

Hey. Long day at the office. Just wrapping up now. I came to see if you were still around, but Veronica said you’d left. I guess it’s a bit late for dinner. Sorry. Drinks, maybe?

Her finger hovered over the reply button. It was late. The clock on the dash said it was after nine.

She’d stopped by the police station to get an update from Officer Tucker in person. When she pestered him about the attempted hit-and-run, he said he was looking into Barney Miller and Laura from SFAAC. He also said that Tamara had a solid alibi. Apparently, she was tied up in a meeting at the office. Aiden still didn’t know that Piper listed Tamara as a suspect.

One week. The message rang through her head.

Piper had reminded Officer Tucker that their time was up. He said the police would increase the patrol units to the area throughout the night. In other words, she was on her own again. She thought she’d been joking about spending the night at the center, but tonight, that was exactly what she was prepared to do. Anything to keep her charges safe.

She’d wanted to get to the center a little earlier, but Lindsey from Sam’s office had texted her that afternoon with two last-minute telegram bookings. Well, three, but one of them had been Barney Miller.

Supposedly, he’d sprained his ankle and couldn’t go on his vacation, which meant he needed a “get well soon” telegram. She wondered if it was possible to sprain an ankle during a car chase in a dark alley. Obviously, she’d turned down that gig.

As she hesitated with her phone in her hand, Colin grumbled from the passenger seat. When she eyed him, she could swear there was a disapproving tilt to his head.

“What?” she asked. “I can’t see Aiden tonight. I have to study.”

But Colin’s judgmental stare said he wasn’t convinced.

She sighed and flopped back in her seat. “You’re a real ball-breaker,” she told him.

If she were honest with herself and Colin, she was still dwelling on her dinner date with Aiden. Dwelling on what Holly had said.

Sure, Piper had seen him every day that week for their usual dog walk, out in public, in broad daylight. But each time she saw him, it only reinforced her sneaking suspicion that Aiden didn’t want to make their relationship public. Even when old Larry Williams showed up at Aiden’s office that afternoon, he couldn’t wait to get rid of her.

There was never any handholding, no kissing, no touching of any kind. That is, until they were alone. Then the touching began.

And boy, was there touching.

At the thought, Piper’s mind drifted back to their little office rendezvous. Even hours later, the memory had her fidgeting in her seat.

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