Sable by Karen Hesse

Author:Karen Hesse
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250103581
Publisher: Square Fish

“Wanders?” Doc Winston asked. “Couldn’t you put in a fence?”

I looked at Pap.

Pap shook his head. “A fence big enough for this dog? Yours would do fine, but you’ve seen her run, Doc. It wouldn’t be fair, shutting a dog like this up in anything smaller…” Pap’s voice trailed off. I’d watched Pap play cards with Mr. Cobb and all. Something about the way Pap talked to Doc Winston felt like cardplaying.

“I can see she’d work wonders keeping down the rabbit population. She any good as a watchdog?” Doc Winston asked.

“Sure is,” Pap answered. “She knows how to keep her eye on things, doesn’t she, Tate?”

I had a real uneasy feeling about what was happening here.

“Look, if you’re really thinking about giving her up,” Doc Winston said, “I might take her.”

Something twisted inside me.

“Would you?” Pap asked.

“Pap!”

“Listen, Tate,” Pap said. “We couldn’t find a better home for her than here.”

“I’ve been thinking about getting another dog. It’s been years since we lost Damon,” Doc Winston said.

Pap nodded.

“You wouldn’t need to worry about her, Tate,” Doc Winston told me. “And you could come back to visit her anytime.”

Black specks floated in front of my eyes. Come back to visit her! She was my dog!

“What do you think, Sable?” Doc Winston asked, stooping down. “You want to stay? You’d have a good home here. Plenty room to run.”

I turned and glared at Pap.

Sable sat panting softly in the green grass, surrounded by Doc Winston’s land. She held her sleek brown head high, gazing into the distance.

“Good dog,” Doc Winston said, running an admiring hand down her.

I couldn’t watch anymore. I ran to Pap’s truck and slammed myself inside.

Pap had planned on leaving Sable here all along.

Pap poked his head inside the truck cab. “Come say good-bye to her, Tate.”

I bit my lip and swallowed. “No, sir,” I said.

As we backed out of the driveway, Sable trotted along beside us. Her head tilted to one side as Doc Winston closed the gate, locking her in. When we disappeared around the corner, Sable started barking like crazy.

I squeezed against my side of the truck cab, digging my fingernails into my palms.

The muscles worked up and down in Pap’s jaw, but he kept on driving.

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