“Ugh.” Then she saw Ghost peeking out from behind Guy’s backpack. “Can I…?”
“Pet her? Sure.” Guy beckoned to Pattie, patting his sleeping bag. “She loves attention.”
Mack snorted. “Of course she does, she’s a female.”
“Mack!” Dani rolled her eyes.
“What? I’m only saying what I feel. Isn’t that allowed, now?”
“Of course, but…Oh, never mind.” She sighed in exasperation.
Guy felt the same tension he’d had when his parents argued and he hated it, so he did what he could to defuse it by asking Pattie, “Are you hungry? I’ve got some cans of spaghetti and ravioli I liberated from a Dumpster.”
She nodded shyly. “I’m kinda…starving?”
“Me, too,” Rob put in.
“Then let’s do something about it.” Guy got two cans from his pack, and the can opener. “Maybe Mack will open them for you while I find
