Purrfect Chicken by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Books
Published: 2024-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

“Where can we find those chickens!” Vesta cried as she helplessly flapped her arms.

“Maybe pay a visit to the chicken farm?” Scarlett suggested.

“You know we can’t afford to pay those prices,” Vesta countered. She had looked online, and she simply didn’t have that kind of money.

“What did Alec say?”

“He was no help whatsoever,” she said. “As was to be expected. He doesn’t want me to succeed, that’s the plain truth of it.”

“Have you talked to Tex?”

“Tex? Why should I talk to Tex?”

“It’s his backyard. If you’re going to raise chickens you will need to get his permission sooner or later.”

It was an aspect of the matter that she hadn’t considered yet. “You know, Scarlett. You may have a point.”

“Of course I have a point.”

“No, but I mean, Tex is a doctor, right?”

“Last time I looked.”

“So he probably knows a lot about chickens.”

Scarlett didn’t see the connection, but Vesta had a plan. Well, another plan at least. And so they set foot for the doctor’s office, hoping to catch Tex between two patients. When they arrived there, the waiting room was full to capacity, but that didn’t stop her from walking straight up to the counter and taking a seat behind it. She picked up the phone. “Tex?”

“Where have you been!” the doc called out.

“What do you know about chickens?” she asked, not deterred by the hostility of his tone.

“You should have been behind that counter hours ago!”

“I had something more important to do,” she said, waving away his idle chatter about showing up for work on time. It was such an old-fashioned notion. Who had the time to show up on time? The truth was that after she had seen Ted’s chickens, she hadn’t been able to think about anything else, and had totally forgotten she was supposed to assume receptionist duties that day. “Chickens, Tex,” she interrupted him when he was about to go off on a tangent.

There was silence on the other end of the line, and all of a sudden the door to the inner office flew open and her son-in-law appeared. He didn’t look happy to see her, and for a moment had trouble assuming his usual bedside manner when addressing the room full of patiently waiting patients. He stalked over to Vesta and leaned in, breaking into furious whispers. “What’s all this about chickens!”

“You were right about Ted,” she told him. She took out her phone and showed him the pictures she had snapped of those gorgeous Silkie chickens. “He’s got a dozen of them and pretty soon there will be plenty more.”

“My God, they’re pretty,” said Tex as he took her phone and scrolled through the pictures. “What are they?”

“Silkie chickens. Very rare and very expensive.”

Tex gulped a little, and she could tell that he was as absorbed by Ted’s new hobby as she was. She and Tex didn’t have a lot in common, but what they did share was an abiding dislike for their neighbor. “Where can we get them?” he asked, proving that he was already thinking along the same lines as she was.

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