Right now, Cedar’s entire face had lifted from the gloom and despair earlier, and she was perky and looking forward to going back intotown.
Okay, decision made. Going forward, Grady would do whatever it took to make things right for Linx. Whatever had happened in the past, he could let it go, if only she would give him anotherchance.
Grady’s spirits lifted the closer he got to town. Linx would be so happy and relieved once he brought Cedar back. He might even put a smile on her face. Maybe he could start something with her. He sped through the town square, his heart beating seventy miles anhour.
A siren roared behind him and flashing red and blue lights pulled himover.
Crap. Linx’s brother was not the man he wanted tosee.
Todd Colson ambled up to the driver’s side window with a ticket pad in his hand. “Where’s thefire?”
“I’m bringing Linx’s dog back toher.”
Cedar barked and Todd frowned. “You shouldn’t have taken her in the firstplace.”
“Hey, she was mine, and you know it.” Grady had had enough of Todd’s gruff attitude. “I know your entire family is against me, but Linx hasn’t told me the whole story. She’s holding things back from me, like this dog, forexample.”
“You disrespected her.” The sheriff scribbled in his ticket book. “You never treated herfairly.”
“If I knew what all of you had against me, I could fix it. Why don’t you spit itout?”
“It’s not for me to say.” Todd handed him the speeding citation. “You can pay at the jailhouse, but a word of advice. If you’re not going to make it right for my sister, then I suggest you move out of here. I can’t make you go, but I’m going to be on your ass like stink on askunk.”
“I have sisters, too,” Grady said. “But I don’t meddle with their sexlives.”
Steam seemed to ooze from Todd’s red face, but he grunted and ambled back to his patrolcar.
That ought to give the overprotective brother something to stewover.
