Scent of an Angel (Angel Paws Rescue Book 1) by Mimi Milan

Author:Mimi Milan [Milan, Mimi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eaton House
Published: 2017-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Eva tried focusing on the task at hand instead of her dog wildly barking outside. Surely he would stop after another minute or two.

“Okay. Keep holding that position for a few more seconds.” She instructed Tanner as he continued stretching his leg. “Hold… hold… Okay, done.”

Tanner sat back up, casually glancing over his shoulder to look at the window. He rolled his eyes and she could only imagine that he, too, was also tired of the incessant barking. He turned back to her. “I don’t see how this is going to help much. What I need to practice is balancing.”

“Yes,” Eva agreed from her place on the floor beside him. “However, more goes into balancing than you might think. There’s strengthening the muscles, as well stretching them before and after so you can get the full range of motion. Then you need to train yourself to bend at the knee while controlling your core – which will also require strengthening exercises.”

“I don’t need a fitness lesson.” Tanner rolled his eyes. “I was in the army. Remember?”

“I remember just fine,” Eva coolly responded. “However, you seem to have forgotten that you need to work just as hard as you did then. It can’t be a ‘once in a while,’ or ‘when you decide to go to the clinic’ sort of thing. It has to be routine – every day, rain or shine. You know, lace up your boot straps and march no matter what.”

She had borrowed a page from Dr. Nelson’s book and was afraid of how Tanner would react. However, he took it all in stride.

“You’re right. I don’t practice as much as I should. That’s something that needs to change.” His eyes narrowed. “As is the horrendous noise coming from outside.”

Eva shrugged. “I tried telling you he should’ve come in to begin with.”

“Or you could have left him behind.”

“Remember what I said when I first got here? I would have left him at home, but he has some sort of separation anxiety… and I can’t afford another complaint from my neighbor.”

“Oh, yeah. The ever unpleasant Mrs. Rainsworth. You did mention her earlier – something about a strange vendetta against you.”

“Exactly.”

Tanner conceded. “Fine. Whatever. You can bring in ghost dog.”

Eva rose and headed towards the door, but stopped. Curious, she spun back around. “Why do you say that? Why do you call him ‘ghost dog’ when you know his name is Hunter?”

Tanner looked away. Was he embarrassed or something? She couldn’t quite understand his reaction until he glanced back up. The expression she saw wasn’t one of embarrassment, but more like sadness mixed with pain.

“He looks a little like the dog that caused this.” Tanner motioned to his amputated leg.

Now she was thoroughly confused. “I don’t understand.”

“My team and I were trying to coax a dog out,” he quickly explained. “We didn’t realize he had a bomb attached to him.”

A bomb attached to…

She stilled. His words pounded into her like a ton of bricks. How could anyone be so cruel? So heartless? And Tanner… She could only imagine the devastation he must have felt.

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