A Trusting Heart by Shannon Guymon

Author:Shannon Guymon [Guymon, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc.
Published: 2013-02-12T05:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU NAMED this dog Marjorie. She’s more like a Katie or Bridget. Where’d you come up with it?”

Megan tried wrapping the leash around her waist and then her arm to keep control of Marjorie, but her border collie was impossible. Her walks with Marjorie were always like this. Megan was pulled from one end of her subdivision and back again. Her arms and back always ached the next day.

“I read the book Glimpses Into the Life and Heart of Marjorie Hinckley and thought it was utterly unfair that I didn’t know anyone like her. And, if you haven’t noticed, I don’t exactly have a house full of kids to keep me busy, so I went down to the Humane Society and picked out Marjorie. I knew she would be the perfect companion. I pictured myself going on peaceful walks with her, having her lay at my feet in front of the fireplace while I read a book. You know, all that neat dog stuff. Then I woke up to reality. She outright refused to be house trained, so she has to be outside; I have her to thank for the polka dot pattern on my grass. And she was personally offended by all of the flowers and trees I had planted back there, so she took it upon herself to rip them all out. She’s quite the companion.”

Trevor winced as Marjorie pulled so hard on the leash that it almost took a few of Megan’s fingers along with her.

“Give me that before you hurt yourself.”

Megan gratefully handed over the leash and was amazed when a curt “heel” had Marjorie slowing down and keeping pace. Every time Marjorie jumped ahead, Trevor pulled her back consistently and patiently. A half a block later, Megan was actually enjoying her walk. It was a new experience.

“Well, you seem to know all about me, why don’t you tell me more about yourself. What have you been up to these past ten years besides getting worms in Guatemala and becoming a millionaire?”

Trevor bent to pick up a broken piece of glass lying in the middle of the sidewalk and stuck it in his pocket. He sighed before answering.

“There’s not much to tell, really. I came back from my mission and started a computer repair business. I had always loved working with computers and just felt that was where I wanted to be. But in my spare time I developed a computer program that I ended up selling for quite a bit of money. Then it dawned on me. Why don’t I forget the repair business and focus on the development of new software programs? After a few years things really started to take off. I’ve branched out, picked up a few more companies along the way. Sometimes I miss the repair business though, believe it or not. Life was a lot more simple back then.”

Megan smiled and shoved her hands into her jeans pockets. It felt good talking to someone. She usually didn’t mind being by herself all of the time, but lately she had been feeling sort of lonely.

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