“And do what? Ask it if it saw the killer? Are you loco? That dog isSNARLING. What is it about you? What part of‘don’t get hurt’didn’t make sense? Do you need a psych evaluation? Are you trying to die?”
Well, not yet, anyway
As for the dog, she wasn’t worried. Elizabeth was good with animals. It was people she pissed off.
“He’s just upset.”
Ivan stared at the two men like they somehow could talk her down. Only, no one stopped Elizabeth from being Elizabeth—especially if a dog was involved.
No.
One.
Moving closer, the dog growled, and she sat down.
“Give me the jerky you keep in your vest for when I get hangry,” she said.
Ivan couldn’t believe this.
“Why are we catching this dog? Did he kill the dude? Is he a material witness?”
The dog went nuts, and he actually took a step back.
“The jerky.”
He threw it to her, and she opened it. When the dog saw it, he focused on her. Elizabeth pulled a piece out. When she did, the dog’s ears perked up.
“I bet that Jonathan fed you all the good treats,” she said. “He loved you a lot, and I’m sorry that your person is gone. This has to be so scary for you.”
The men watched.
When the dog sat up, Elizabeth tossed him a piece of jerky, and he sniffed it.
Then, he ate it.
“You have to be hungry. You missed dinner. Here,” she said.
When the dog moved a little, she tossed him some jerky, and he ate it.
“We’re getting a dog,” Callen said. “Someone tell Ethan. She’s about to adopt that stray, and we’re sleeping with it. I can already feel it in my balls. That massive beast is becoming our lapdog in this journey through the cuckoo.”
She flipped him off, but kept feeding the dog.
The dog moved closer.
“Hey,” she said, as he sat in front of her, and was about the same size as she was when sitting.
“You don’t bite, do you?” she asked.
He laid down, and rolled over.
“Son of a bitch, she did it again,” Ivan said. “She’s tamed something with balls.”
She actually laughed, and when she reached for the dog, he licked her hand.
“Hey, Shadow. You can’t stay here, buddy. You gotta come with us, or I have to get animal control here. You’ll starve here.”
When Ivan moved closer, Shadow started barking.
