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I gently grabbed her chin and leaned over the table to plant a kiss on her lips. “The lemon is good and if it’s going to make you moan like that again, we should take some home with us.”
She laughed. “Do you want to help pick out the design or is this a whatever Audrey wants is what Josiah wants decision?”
“The second one.”
“Okay,” she said brightly. “That makes it easy.”
Doris came back and she and Audrey chatted about the cake design. I hung out and rubbed Max’s belly. Spoiled dog. When they finished, we said goodbye to Doris and left.
“I feel like after all that sugar, I need to walk around,” Audrey said. “Do you mind?”
“Not at all.”
We walked toward Lumberjack Park. A random summer storm had blown through earlier that morning and although most of the clouds were gone, it had cooled things off, making for a pleasant evening.
Out of nowhere, Audrey stopped in her tracks.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
She had the funniest look on her face. Her eyes widened and she pressed her lips together, like she was trying to keep herself from blurting something out. With a little squeak, she pointed.
Deeper in the park was a booth with a big banner on the front that read, Dog Adoptions.
“We have a dog.”
“I know, but look.”
To the right of the booth, a guy in a t-shirt that said Volunteer was playing with a dog that looked remarkably like Max. Medium size, long-ish fur in a mix of brown, black, and white. Big, bushy tail.
“What if that’s Max’s long-lost brother? Or sister?”
“Where did you get him?”
“Idaho.”
“I kind of doubt they’re related.”
“Okay, fine, but can we go say hi?”
I shrugged. “Yeah.”
We walked across the grass and she stopped a short distance away. Max looked like he might burst, he was so excited. The volunteer greeted her and when she asked if Max could say hi, assuring him he was friendly towards everyone—humans and dogs—he said sure.
“This is Maggie,” he said.
“Oh my gosh, her name is Maggie,” Audrey said.
I wasn’t quite sure why she was gushing like that, but the dogs liked each other from the first moment. Of course, Max liked everyone, and apparently his almost-twin did too. They jumped around, circling each other, clearly having fun.
“She’s so sweet,” Audrey said. “Where is she from?”
“We just got her from our partner organization in Idaho,” the volunteer said. “She was wandering the streets and despite multiple attempts to find her owner, no one claimed her.”
Audrey whipped around to look at me, her eyes huge. “Idaho,” she whisper yelled. “She could be Max’s sister.”
I really didn’t think this dog was Max’s sister, but I had to admit, they looked similar. Maggie was a little smaller, but their coloring, face shape, and bushy tails were a lot alike.
As were their energy levels.
