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“You’ll all come inside, won’t you? The dogs would love to see you.” Pepper grabbed one of the boxes of food.
Lexie handed Teague, Eric, and me one, and we followed Pepper and Miss Adeline inside.
“Why’s Beau pissed at you?” Teague asked as we trailed behind.
With the busy day out of the office, I hadn’t had much time to dwell on the tiff with my sister.
“I made a poor choice of words.” Unlike many people, I had no problem admitting when I’d made a mistake. I hadn’t meant to offend Beau.
“And you clammed up instead of explaining.”
I looked at my brother. Had he been there without my knowledge?
“Don’t look so shocked. I’ve known you all my life.” He grinned before he turned serious. “Did Zegas and Whitley have any insight if this thing is going to blow over?”
“Not really. They told me to keep my nose clean and lie low.” I already did that.
“Have you looked into why they targeted you?”
I shrugged. “I wouldn’t know where to begin.” Daniel had taken it upon himself to dig into it. He had more resources than I did, though I was still uncomfortable with his help. Although if he were in trouble and I knew about it, I'd do the same.
He made a disgruntled noise. “Why aren’t you more concerned?”
“There’s no purpose worrying about things I can’t control.” I had a business to run, a brother and sister to protect, and I couldn’t fight battles if I couldn’t see the enemy. I had no idea why I’d been targeted.
“Take control. Get ahead of this,” Teague said insistently.
“How? If I go to the press and they spin the story the way I want, then it might be in the public eye for naught. The feds may never pursue this further.”
Our father might have no problem using any means necessary to get what he wanted, but I wouldn’t pressure or bribe or use any unscrupulous means to save myself. Those methods only came back to hurt later.
“Can’t Dad do anything?” he asked the question as if it pained him.
“I’m sure he’ll do whatever he needs to protect his good name,” I said bitterly.
“If it keeps you out of prison, that’s fine with me.”
“There’s always a price, Teague.” I caught the open door to the rescue with my foot and held it for my brother.
“I know.”
I surveyed the familiar space, once again impressed with how well they’d adapted in such a short period of time.
Muffy charged me, nearly knocking the box out of my hands.
“Can you keep him for a couple of nights?”
For the second time in mere milliseconds, I almost lost the box again.
“Wouldn’t you prefer someone more experienced?”
“Nah. He seems to like you, why I don’t know.” Teague elbowed me and grinned. “We want to see how he does in a home before we put him up for adoption.”
“You’re putting him up for adoption?” I glanced down at the dog, whose tail whipped at warp speed as he stared up at me. He was a fixture at Grey Paws. Pepper and Teague seemed particularly fond of him.
They were going to let him go? To strangers?
“He’s a good dog who deserves a good home.”
