Revenge by Meli Raine

Author:Meli Raine [Raine, Meli]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military, BBW Romance, coming of age, contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Fiction, General, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, new adult, New Adult & College, romance, romantic suspense, suspense, women's fiction
Goodreads: 26012350
Published: 2015-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

By the time Adoption Day is over, twenty-three dogs and thirty-seven cats have been placed. It’s a banner day and we volunteers are exhausted.

“How does she do it?” Cindy moans, sitting at Minnie’s desk, the entire surface covered with paperwork. “I’ll never process everything and get it organized just right.”

I pat her on the back. “Just do your best.”

She brightens. “At least we have sixty pets with new homes.”

“Make that fifty-nine,” Marny says. “There was a problem with one of the pit bulls. We need to keep him to get some shots before he goes home with the Landau family.” Her eyes go dreamy. “Such a lucky dog.”

“Yeah. Lucky. He gets to go to his forever home and live with a bitch,” I mutter.

“Do they have a female dog?” Cindy asks,.

“No. Just Claudia.”

Marny giggles, but her lower lip shakes a little. “She was so rude!”

“That’s how she’s always been. Even when we were little,” I explain. Cindy and Marny are both from here, but they’re older than me. Old enough to be my mother, so they don’t know what Claudia’s really like.

“Well, I don’t know where she gets it. Her father was so suave and sophisticated. Genuinely nice, too.”

I stifle a hmph.

“Looks like Wizard needs a week before he can go home,” Cindy explains to Marny, examining a file for the pit bull.

My phone buzzes.

It’s a text from Effie. All it says is:

Can Carrie come over now?

Effie doesn’t quite understand this whole texting thing.

Hi Effie, I text back. This is me. Carrie. I am at the animal shelter and smell like pets. Still want me to come over?

Within a half minute she texts back:

I am at home and smell like gin. We’re a perfect match.

I laugh out loud. Effie’s turning out to be a hoot.

“Go home, Carrie,” Cindy says as she yawns. Her words come out stretched like verbal taffy.

“I need to visit Minnie,” I say, frowning at my phone.

Cindy’s hand touches my arm. “No.” I look up, and she adds, “Minnie’s sedated right now. I just got a call from Elaine. No need to visit her. Maybe tomorrow. Hopefully, the police will have found Amy by tomorrow.”

Alive, I think. But I don’t say it.

I give Cindy and Marny hugs and walk out into the fresh air. It’s dusk, and the cooler nearly-nighttime air feels strange against my skin. Every day feels like a year lately.

And I still have to go visit Effie.

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