September & Shadow Thrillers Trilogy by Amy Shojai

Author:Amy Shojai
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alzheimers books, thriller, dog hero, mystery with dogs, animals, veterinarian, dog training, crime fiction, fast paced, medical thriller
Publisher: Furry Muse Publishing
Published: 2017-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

SHADOW FIDGETED IN the back seat of the car. It had been an eventful day and he yawned loud and long.

In the front seat, September made the car go, turning the wheel this way and that, while peering at him in the mirror now and then. Each time their eyes met, he beat his tail on the soft throw that covered the car seat. He couldn’t help it. Looking at her made his chest thump faster. Maybe his tail was connected to that thump-place in his chest?

She’d told him “good-dog” many times when he found the dog and lady. The Teddy-man did, too, and patted his head but only for a minute before he took the lady inside. Shadow wanted to play with the other dog—they called her Trixie—but he could tell Trixie wanted to stay with Teddy’s lady. He understood. That other dog fretted about Teddy’s lady the way Shadow worried about September.

He worried about September sometimes, too. Earlier when they’d been in the car together, she’d grabbed and squeezed him hard, but not to wrestle-fight the way dogs do. Instead she shook and trembled, raining tears and spilling acrid fear-stink that made him wrinkle his nose. He stayed still and quiet, licking her face to show he meant no harm until her breathing quieted and she pretended to be all right.

But it was pretend. A good-dog knew the difference.

“Tired? Ready to go home?” She met his eyes in the mirror again and smiled.

He thwacked his tail. The tension in her voice had faded and her shoulders relaxed. He turned and lifted his nose to the window where wind blew through the crack. Most of the fear-stink washed away in the cold air but some clung to his fur where she’d grabbed him. He shook his head, flapping his ears hard, and breathed deeply to clean the stink from his nostrils. Shadow liked sticking his nose out the window, liked to drink sips of the many smell-flavors they drove through as they sped along the car path.

Cars stayed on these paths and never veered off. Well, mostly. Sometimes cars got confused. He sniffed hard again as September slowed and turned the wheel to the driveway. She stopped and stared for a moment at the stranger’s car squashed against the gate.

Turning from the window, he pushed his nose through the grill barrier, as much as would reach, to get a closer sniff of where Macy had rested on the front passenger seat. He was confused by much of the cat’s behavior, but September cared about Macy, maybe as much as she cared about Shadow. Even if Macy paw-swatted a good-dog’s nose for trying to get a sniff, Shadow didn’t like having his cat gone. He wondered why September had left Macy at the clinic. Why didn’t Shadow get to go inside? The people inside always gave him treats.

He wondered if Macy got treats, too. He’d like a treat now. Maybe he’d get a treat when they went back into the house.

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