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I take a sip of wine and wait.
A minute or so later, she’s back.“Sorry about that.I was just in the middle of chasing down Tripawed to get back the damn chicken drumstick that little fucker stole off my plate.Three-legged cats shouldn’t be able to move that fast.”
“Did you get it back?”
“Not before she’d eaten half of it.Why do I have a cat again?”
“Because it’s theoretically a low-maintenance heartbeat in the house?”
“Get a cat they said.It’ll be fine, they said.I’m a fucking vet.I’m supposed to be able to handle these things.”
“There’s always something that’ll throw an expert off, no matter how well trained or experienced.Besides, you brought that little fucker back from the brink of death, and you love her.”
“True enough.So, how was dinner?What did you have?”Molly misses her dad’s cooking, so we go through this same ritual every week.
“Your dad made beef stew and dumplings.”
She lets out a long, exaggerated sigh.“Okay.I’m done.Did Chloe get her costume?”
“Yes, and she loved it.She’s ridiculously excited about Halloween this year.”
“You better send me lots of pictures of her trick or treating.I’m bummed that I always miss out on that.”
“Youcouldmove back home.I swear Doc Williams is only holding on because he’s waiting on you to come and take over the practice.
“I’m not ready for that yet.”
She’s convinced she’s got something to prove before she can move back to Sin Valley.I decide not to push her on it tonight.“Okay.”
“Right.Gimme all the gossip.”
“Well, first of all, your dad made a clumsy attempt to set me up with Cam Parker’s new hand.”
“He did not.”
“I know, right?Your dad is the last person in all of Sin Valley I would have expected to try and set me up.Your mum set him straight, though.”
“I bet she did,” Molly says with a laugh.“What else?”
“Just one more thing of note, this week.Old man Kane’s prize stallion got away from the stable hand on Monday, and by the time they found him, he was covering Andy Howe’s new Friesian mare.”
“No!”
“Yes.And worse, Doc Williams was due to inseminate the mare that afternoon with sperm from some hotshot stallion in the States.”
“What happened to the poor stable hand?Because we both know old man Kane would have shot him for that if he thought he could get away with it.”
“Fired.And of course, your mum hired him on the minute she found out.”
“Of course she did.What’s Andy doing about his mare?”
“He decided to wait and see if she takes.If she does, he’ll keep the sperm he bought on ice and let her go through with the pregnancy.”
“Oh man, wouldn’t it be hilarious if he gave the foal to Lindsay?”
“You know she’d keep it, just to spite her miserable old bastard of a father.And now, I do believe I’ll be having myself a little chat with Andy next time I come home.”
Woe betide anyone who gets on the wrong side of Molly Green.Or her friends.
