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Josie got close and started to take pictures on her iPad and Doc decided to stand up and move closer to Josie. The little girl held her ground and put her hand out to pet Doc.
Doc’s tongue came out and licked her and she giggled.
What surprised him next was Josie grabbing his hand. “Do you want to see Betty? She’s in her crate in Avery’s office. That is where I stay during the day and I draw.”
“Ahhh, sure,” he said. He looked at Roseann who smiled and nodded her head. They might wonder what was going on, but they did see him come in last week and maybe Avery told them all how Betty came about.
He let Josie tug him to the office that he’d painted for Avery a few weeks ago and saw the little ball of fur in the crate sleeping.
“She’s tiny and tires easily. Doc might think she’s a live toy.”
“She probably would,” he said. “But Doc would be good with Betty.”
“Would Dopey be good with Betty?”
“Yes,” he said.
“Do you think they can play sometime?” Josie asked. “And why didn’t you bring Dopey with you today?”
“Because Doc is the one that has to get a shot,” he said quietly. “I can’t say it too loud or she knows what is going to happen.”
He heard laughing from behind him and saw the young woman from last week.
“I’ll take Doc now and get her weighed if you don’t mind.”
“That’s Kendall,” Josie said.
“We met the other day,” Kendall said. “The man that made it possible for me to have my dream job.”
Carter felt his face flush over that statement. He’d done what he had for selfish reasons and didn’t need anyone to say otherwise.
Kendall took Doc and walked away with his dog. “Do you want to hold Betty?” Josie asked.
“You might want to let her sleep,” he said. He knew he wouldn’t be standing here long and didn’t feel right being in an office with Josie. He was actually standing in the doorway as it was.
Kendall came back with Doc and he turned.
“She weighs seventy-two pounds. That is crazy,” Kendall said.
“I figured,” he said. “I tried to weigh her at home, but she’s too big to get on the scale and gets in the way so that when I hold her I can’t look down at the scale either with her in my arms.”
“You need someone else to look at the scale for you,” Josie said.
He nodded. “It’s just me and the dogs. Dopey mumbles when he talks so I don’t understand the numbers he says.”
Kendall laughed and Josie said, “Dopey talks?”
Her jaw was open and there was more laughter behind him this time. “I believe Carter is teasing you,” Avery said.
“Really?” Josie asked.
“Yeah,” he said. “Dopey doesn’t do much more than eat, sleep, and bark.”
“Let’s not forget go to the bathroom,” Avery said, grinning.
“Avery. Carter said Doc and Dopey would play nice with Betty. Can they play together?”
He mouthed, “Sorry” to her.
