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Luca
What was I doing here? A good question. I could have driven Brooke back to her apartment, moved Vega from Deck’s truck to her car, and crawled back to bed. The veterinarian in Coos Bay would’ve helped to get the dog out when Brooke arrived. He probably had staff for that. But I’d seen the way the new veterinarian in Baldwin’s Shore had looked at her, and I didn’t like it. So no, I didn’t want to take a chance that his colleague in Coos Bay might feel the same way, and yes, I was an asshole.
What had happened to Dr. Stockton, anyway? He’d taken care of the animals in Baldwin’s Shore for as long as I could remember. Had he retired? Or died? I’d have to ask Aaron because Brooke was giving me the cold shoulder again.
My own fault, but I still hated it.
Not for the first time, I wis
