He thought he was stopping for a stray dog in the snow-until he saw what she was hiding beneath her body

“Yes,” he said.

Jenna’s smile was small and warm. “Good.”

There was paperwork for Scout too, eventually. Nothing in the county happened without forms. Cal signed where Claire told him to sign, paid the licensing fee, scheduled the spay appointment for when Scout was healthy enough, and wrote her name in block letters on the line marked Animal Name.

Scout continue reading …