Orphan's Cry by Jaymie Wagner

Author:Jaymie Wagner [Wagner, Jaymie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2022-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

On weekends when they weren’t visiting the cabin, Friday was one of Amy’s late days where she would be working the front of the house at the Howl through closing time. That meant she normally did her best to sleep until noon, head to work around three in the afternoon, and normally make it back home an hour or two after last call, once things had been cleaned and locked up for the night.

Amy had found herself awake a little earlier than normal, which was a bit annoying, but decided to make the best of it. Fixing herself a sandwich after she’d showered and dressed, she’d been just about to take her first bite when something caught her attention.

She put the food back on the plate and looked toward her front door a moment before she heard the sound of a key in her lock, and her brows knit with confusion. She wasn’t expecting anyone from the building’s maintenance staff, and Leah would be out on her route this time of day.

Then her nose twitched as she caught a faint whiff of something in the air, and her mind ground to a halt.

It was Leah’s scent, yes, but there was something more to it. Familiar, but more intense, like every little thing she’d noticed in her girlfriend’s distinctive aroma had been turned up to eleven.

Wait. Is that…is she…?

Amy swallowed—her mouthwatering no longer having anything to do with the food in front of her. She stood and headed for the front door, arriving just before it swung open to reveal Leah wearing the cap from her mail carrier’s uniform and her bright orange raincoat despite the cloudless sky, the slight ruffling near the bottom of the slicker the only hint that her tail was concealed beneath.

“Leah, what…I mean…aren’t you supposed to be working?”

Leah’s mouth quirked into a grin. “Called off.”

Amy felt as if her brain was out of gear, and she was frantically working the clutch to get it to re-engage. “Why?”

“Because you’re not going to work tonight, either.”

“What?”

Reaching into the pocket of her jacket, Leah pulled out a neatly typed patient visit summary, and pointed to the paragraphs that had been picked out in yellow highlighter.

Leah took a deep breath. “So…I woke up and felt good. Really, really, good…and I realized what might be going on, so called myself in and I went to the clinic to see Abigail.”

Amy’s eyes dropped to the highlighted section, and she began to read aloud. “Patient’s EKG was normal and showed no sign of the earlier heart murmur detected in her initial examination. Iron levels and red blood cell counts are in healthy ranges for a female were of her age and weight. Demonstrated recovery from the blood draw puncture consistent with normal regenerative properties.

Based on these results, I am comfortable declaring her recovery complete and fully successful, and lifting all restrictions on her activity.”

Amy tried to wrap her head around what all those things had to do with each other.

It wasn’t hard

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