“But he’s drifting away,” Laura indicated the latest bit of moss-coated bark Jeannie had tossed on the pool. This time the Stellar jay ignored them entirely as it started bathing on the far side of the pool with head dips and wing flutters in the clear shallow water.
The big of moss clung to its tiny boat as it slowly bobbed its way toward the pool’s outlet where the stream would soon whisk it away. “I don’t know how to pull him back from wherever he’s going.”
“I’m not so sure you can pull someone like Akbar back once he’s headed down a road.”
“Wow!” Laura felt the tightness in her throat and chest but refused to give in to it. “That cheers me up no end.”
“Okay,” Jeannie admitted, “that didn’t come out quite the way I intended.”
“Duh!”
“Let me try again. No…” Jeannie worried at her l
