The Last Family
“She had let Reid present the animal to Reb for his birthday. Even though he was hardly more than a puppy, he made her feel more secure, lying there on the floor of the ballroom while she painted. He lay with his face between his overlarge paws, watching her work as though he could judge the results. Big brown eyes and pointed ears that stood, when he listened, like raised wings.Laura had started the day by getting Reb ready for school. It would be easier to herd ferrets through a chicken ranch ...than to get Reb to do anything. He had the annoying habit of becoming sidetracked. You could leave the room with him pulling on his pants and return thirty minutes later to find him drawing with his pants still half-on. Plus, he hadn’t looked well lately; in fact, he looked frail. She hoped it was just another phase, like bed-wetting. He ate so little. The doctor had said that he would eat what his body needed, so she wasn’t going to worry yet. No, he’d said, it is not an eating disorder, it’s a growth spurt readying itself for a go.She thought about Paul as she painted.MoreLess
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