Murder in the Marketplace
“Amy picked Barker up when he bounced at her and hugged him; it was hard to say which one was more delighted. I thought about food and vet bills and how big his feet looked at the end of his cute little legs. He smiled at Amy with his engaging doggy grin; she laughed when he licked her face. “Where did you get him? I thought you were doing census stuff.”
“I’m keeping him for someone for a while.” I glanced over my shoulder and wondered if I could swing a temporary fence of some kind between my h...ouse and Drake’s, where the hedge we perpetually planned was to go. “We’ll have to watch him carefully when he goes out. There’s some clothesline on the back porch to make a leash.”
Amy buried her face in his soft fur. “Are, you a stray, too, Barker? You’ve come to stay with Aunt Liz?” She was right. I was running a flophouse for the alienated and unwanted—including myself. Another set of responsibilities, for someone who’d spent the past few years ducking them. I half expected to look up the driveway and see a procession of laid-off victims of the moribund California economy coming to camp under my plum trees.MoreLess
“I’m keeping him for someone for a while.” I glanced over my shoulder and wondered if I could swing a temporary fence of some kind between my h...ouse and Drake’s, where the hedge we perpetually planned was to go. “We’ll have to watch him carefully when he goes out. There’s some clothesline on the back porch to make a leash.”
Amy buried her face in his soft fur. “Are, you a stray, too, Barker? You’ve come to stay with Aunt Liz?” She was right. I was running a flophouse for the alienated and unwanted—including myself. Another set of responsibilities, for someone who’d spent the past few years ducking them. I half expected to look up the driveway and see a procession of laid-off victims of the moribund California economy coming to camp under my plum trees.MoreLess
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