Riley had spentthe last couple of days taking care of Sergeant.His mom had named him.Once he was given food and water, bathed, and settled in his new home—the kitchen—he perked up.He suspected his mom was going to have him in her room before long.He laughed, thinking of how Jasper was going to handle that.Kayla had estimated Sergeant’s age to be eleven or twelve.He wasn’t chipped and since he had no collar there was no way to tell who had abandoned him.Riley wouldn’t have given him back anyway, but he wouldn’t have minded punching the owner.
New Year’s Eve.The day he and Letty were supposed to break up.Well, no problem there since they’d actually broken up on Christmas Eve.Sleeping together after that didn’t count as back together.He’d tried everything he could think of to get Letty to admit she cared about him and wanted to be with him.Nothing had worked.
He went to town, to Grey’s Saloon, mostly because he had nothing else to do and he decided he wasn’t going to mope around at home.But when he got there, he wished he’d stayed home.
Letty was at Grey’s when he got there.She looked amazing.She was off in a corner talking to that friend of Connor McFarland’s.Ryan Hunter.Dr.Ryan Hunter.She was laughing at something he said.He thought about leaving, or stupidly, walking over there, but Sonia Wrangler, a woman he used to date stopped him before he could commit that mistake.Sonia was pretty and they’d had an amicable breakup but the last thing he wanted was to have a polite conversation with anyone.
He tried to pay attention to her, but his eyes kept returning to Letty.Letty, who apparently had no clue he was there, and furthermore, wouldn’t have cared if she did know.
“Riley?”
“Sorry.What did you say?”
“I asked if you were still dating Letty, but I think I know the answer.Even though you keep watching her, it’s pretty obvious you’re no longer together.”
Yeah, busted.“We’re not.”
“Why don’t you come sit with me and my friends?”
Why the hell not?“Sure.Lead the way.”
Fortunately, Sonia was with a large group of friends—men and women.They weren’t obnoxious but they were having a good time.Riley sipped his beer and wondered why the hell he’d come.
Especially when Letty left with the new doctor in town.
Fuck.He didn’t really think Letty would do anything with the guy.No matter what she said, or how she pushed him away, she was still as hung up on Riley as he was on her.But that didn’t stop him from imagining her in another man’s arms.Shortly after Letty left, so did he.Somehow he managed not to go to her apartment, but it was a close thing.He knew, though, that if the guy was with her he’d lose it.And if she was alone, what was he going to do?She’d made it damn clear they were over.
