Snake Beach by Glass Lisa

Author:Glass, Lisa [Glass, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-04-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17Suddenly I had an urge to see Lizzie and her awesome puppies. Avoiding Sunny Daze and my parents who might’ve been on the look-out for me, I walked around to Buoyed Up and rang Mr Hitchcock’s bell. He came to the door with a bunch of newspapers under his arm.

‘Cute as baby bumblebees and nothing but eating and pooping machines.’

‘Can I see them?’

‘You may. But be warned, I was just about to change their bedding for the fifth time today so watch where you step.’

He wasn’t joking. They’d got themselves into a right mucky state, rolling about in their own mess and stinking to high heaven.

‘Should we bath them?’ I said.

‘I’ll wash, you dry.’

I watched as Mr Hitchcock filled up his tub with warm water and mixed in some dog shampoo, and then very carefully he lowered the smallest puppy – my favourite – into the water and cleaned away the filth. When Mr Hitchcock handed me the puppy to dry and went to get another, I gave it a little kiss on the head. Body-wise it looked like a little border collie pup with black and white markings, but it had a typical beagle head with floppy, ginger ears and massive brown eyes. ‘It’s alright,’ I said, ‘mutts are way smarter than pedigrees. Who wants to be the product of decades of inbreeding, eh? You’re like a cool new hybrid.’ It wagged its tail at that.

We had to refill the bath several times before they were all done as the water was so rank, but in an hour they were all fluffed up and fast asleep in their dog bed. Poor Lizzie was pacing around anxiously.

‘What with all this looking after the pups, I haven’t had a chance to walk her today.’

‘Not even one walk? She normally has three.’

‘No dear, not even one. And now I confess I am dead tired and fit for nothing more than sleep.’

‘I’ll take her out now,’ I said.

‘It’s getting dark.’

‘So what? I’m too old to be afraid of the dark.’

‘It’s not so much the dark that should scare, but rather what might lurk in it.’

‘In Hayle?’

‘Even in Hayle.’

‘Come on Lizzie,’ I called, picking up her lead. ‘Nice for her to have a bit of time away from her babies. Do her good.’

Lizzie was leaping around in excited circles.

‘Well, make sure you’re careful. And I suppose the pups can do without Lizzie for an hour, but don’t be too long as they’ll need their milk again soon. Poor Lizzie has to feed them every couple of hours, if they’ve any chance of surviving. Wonders of mother’s milk.’

‘Okay, forty minutes tops. Come on, girl.’

Lizzie ran ahead like she was on drugs, leaping over low walls and barking at every piece of litter that rolled in the wind. I hadn’t seen her like that since she was a puppy herself.

I let myself think about Han. How could he do it to me? And if he had to cheat on me with another girl, why did it have to be with one of them Catwalk princesses? It was such a cliché.

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