All of Me: A Forbidden Small Town Romance (Ivy River Book 1) by Jenny Bunting

Author:Jenny Bunting [Bunting, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jenny Bunting
Published: 2023-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Bree

The puppies are adopted, one by one.

First to go was Coco. Charmaine wrote me a two-page letter on what that dog means to her, and I am a sucker for a good letter. Once I made my choices, she was the first person I called. She cried silently on the phone when I told her. She came by within the hour and hugged me tightly when I opened the door.

“I’ll take good care of her.”

I cried.

Brownie was the second to go, going home with Logan Henderson and his daughter, Lily. He grumbled when I called him, and he said he would come by that afternoon. His daughter burst out of the car as I was waiting with Brownie in my arms. That puppy pressed his face into Lily’s chest like he had found his person. It made my heart grow three sizes.

Molasses, Ginger, and Chip went to loving families, all who had experience with working-breed dogs. The litter dwindled one by one until there was one left.

All that was left was Maple—the one I fell in love with, against my better judgment.

I kept telling myself I wasn’t staying here, but if I was, I would keep her. After my dad found me at the table, crying over applications for Maple, feeling like no family would be good enough, he put his hand on mine.

“I think it would be good for Boomer to have one of his children with him. What do you think?”

I nodded through tears, and that was it.

Boomer was thrilled to have his daughter to play with, and Maple snuggled against him when they slept, being the little spoon. I would catch them taking afternoon snoozes on the rug, right in front of the light from the window, and it was the first time I wished I had my phone to take a thousand pictures of them.

My dad took enough pictures for both of us. One day, I walked into my room to see a stack of photos of the dogs on my bureau.

I did catch Boomer sneaking out to see Honey occasionally, but I didn’t say anything to my dad. It’s sweet, and it isn’t hurting anyone.

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