When Life Happened by Jewel E. Ann

Author:Jewel E. Ann [Ann, Jewel E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9780999048207
Publisher: Jewel E. Ann, LLC
Published: 2017-06-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

After only three hours of having Rags, Levi questioned how the dog would fit in at his place in Scottsdale. For an eight-year-old dog, he had the energy of a puppy. It worked fine at the house in the country with a doggy door and huge, fenced-in yard, but Levi had neither to offer him in Arizona.

“He sure does bark a lot.” Joe, Levi’s dad, said as he carried another box down the stairs. “Your neighbors won’t be too thrilled.”

Levi took the box and carried it the rest of the way to the garage where they were sorting things to be sold, things to donate, and things family members wanted to keep. “Yeah, that same thought has crossed my mind. The barking seems excessive, and he keeps jumping on the fence and digging a hole by it like he’s trying to escape.”

Joe took a black permanent marker and wrote “donate” on the box. “I think he likes the neighbor better than you.”

“Can’t blame him.” Levi grinned, looking out at the spastic dog.

“Down boy.” Joe looked over his shoulder with a matching grin. “Your stay here is temporary.”

“Just an observation. That’s all. How’s Mom coming along?”

“She’s still sitting on the floor of the closet folding all of Sabrina’s clothes, hugging them, sniffing them, staining them with her tears … basically breaking my goddamn heart. I’ve been able to fix a lot in her life, but this…” he shrugged, swallowing back his own emotion “ …I don’t know if she’ll ever be the same.”

“She seemed to be better when Tess was here.”

Gus’s parents had loaded up the back of their vehicle with things they wanted to keep and said they would be back later.

“Rags!” Levi whistled, tired of listening to the nonstop barking.

“Sabrina won’t know if you don’t keep him,” Joe said.

“I’ll know.”

“Looks like you’re going to get some help.” Joe nodded to Parker walking toward the gate. “I’ll be upstairs. Don’t say anything stupid.” He chuckled.

“Me? Never.” Levi continued packing things from Gus’s workbench that Gerald said to donate, enjoying a reprieve from the barking, thanks to Parker on her way to save the day.

“Excuse me, sir, your dog is barking excessively.”

He liked how she joked and the way she said as much with her squints, winks, and rapid blinking as she did with her words. Levi had never seen such expressive eyes.

“Sorry. It’s been brought to my attention that he may like the neighbor better than he likes me. Which is crazy. I’m very likable.” He focused on her hand where Rags was eating something out of it. “What’s that?”

“Turkey jerky. He loves it.”

“Clearly. You didn’t mention that in your bag of tricks earlier.”

“I’ll hook you up with some before you go.”

“I’d be forever indebted if it keeps him quiet.” Levi took in her tan, sexy legs, curvy hips, narrow waist, and perky breasts. When his eyes met hers, she gave him a knowing look. He prayed she didn’t ask him if he’d been checking her out or staring at her boobs.

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