Chapter 12
Susie kicked her boots off when she stepped inside. She was running late, but what else was new. She wasn’t much of a schedule person. Working for herself didn’t help matters in that area. Just as she was about to close the door, Jasmine raced by her. She paused to shake furiously, drops of rain flying off her smoky gray fur, arcing in a circle around her. Susie stepped into the small laundry room off the kitchen, grabbed a towel and briskly rubbed Jasmine with it.
“Damn, she sure can purr!”
Susie whipped her head up to see Jared sitting on the couch in her living room.
“Oh! I forgot you were meeting me here. Sorry I’m late,” she replied.
Jared glanced at his watch and back at her. “Well, you’re exactly an hour behind schedule, which is par for the course. I suppose I shoul
