Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman

Author:Alice Hoffman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, FIC000000, Contemporary, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Adult
ISBN: 9781846178405
Publisher: Alice Hoffman
Published: 2007-01-11T05:00:00+00:00

BLANCA AND MEREDITH WERE WALKING ALONG MAIN Street on the way to the bookstore, when they came upon the pet store. Snow’s Pets. Meredith had never noticed the shop before. Behind the glass were basset-hound puppies.

“I can’t believe how cute they are.” Blanca tapped on the glass and one of the baby basset hounds came over and licked the glass. “Oooh,” Blanca crooned. “This one. Sam would love it.”

“Sam doesn’t want a puppy,” Meredith informed her charge.

“Look at its ears! They’re so long it’s tripping over them.”

They decided to go in, just to look. The bell rang over the door, and the man cleaning out fish tanks looked up. George Snow. He’d opened the shop three years ago, knowing that sooner or later this would happen. He had promised Arlie he’d never search the child out, although he’d gone to several dance recitals, seated in the back row; he’d gone to many of her soccer games. He wondered sometimes if he’d been wrong to make a promise like that, but Arlie had held on to his hand until he’d sworn it.

“Shout if you need help.”

“I don’t think we will,” Meredith called back.

“We need help!” Blanca called at the very same time.

George Snow laughed and came over to look at the puppies with them. He couldn’t believe how tall Blanca was; she had a dancer’s posture and she wasn’t shy.

“I’m taking the little one in the corner,” George told them. “The runt of the litter. I used to have a collie, but he died of old age. So I’m ready for a pup.”

“I love your puppy,” Blanca said seriously. “But I love this one more.” The silly one that had licked the plate-glass window.

“Which one don’t you love?” Meredith wanted to know.

“I’ll give you a discount,” George Snow said. “Actually, you can just take him. I’ll never be able to sell all these puppies.”

Meredith noticed the resemblance between Blanca and the pet-shop owner. Brown-eyed blonds with narrow faces and long eyelashes.

“Are you related to the Moodys?” she asked. “We really couldn’t take something like this without paying.”

“Just trying to find this pup the best home possible.” George lifted up the puppy and placed it in Blanca’s arms.

“His name is Dusty,” Blanca said, and then, embarrassed to have claimed the puppy as though it were her own, she added, “But Sam should pick his name.”

“No. Dusty’s a great name,” George Snow said. “I think I’ll call mine Rusty.” Mr. Snow put together a package of dog food and bowls along with a collar and a leash. “If you want some obedience lessons, you can bring him back and I’ll help you train him.”

“Your mom is going to have a fit,” Meredith told Blanca.

“Stepmom,” George Snow said. “I knew the family way back when,” he added when Meredith gave him a look.

“I can’t believe I let you do this,” Meredith said on the way home.

“You didn’t let me. I’m old enough to make some decisions.”

“Uh-huh. Don’t blame me if they won’t let you keep him.

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