“There’s a moose currently using my truck mirror as a scratching post.” I sighed as I kept my distance.
“Bummer.” He chuckled. “Let me know when you get out of there safely.”
“Will do.”
Because who the fuck knew how long it’d be before I did.
Moose were stubborn and did what they wanted.
If he didn’t want to leave, I wasn’t going to be able to make him.
And so we sat, for a solid fuckin’ hour, until the moose decided that it had better things to do elsewhere.
By the time I got in my truck, I was fuming mad, because I’d wanted to be over at Birdee’s over an hour ago.
I pulled up to her place and saw an unfamiliar white car with the name “GREAT DANE” on it.
“What is that?” I wondered as I got out and headed to the front door.
My stomach all but sank when I saw the front door was still just as damaged now as when I left it a few days ago.
“Fuck.” I gritted my teeth and knocked.
Guilt swirled in my gut as I stared at the shattered wood. Wood that I’d shattered with a well-placed kick to her front door in a moment of anger. Then I’d just fuckin’ left it there, fully expecting her to fix it herself.
Only…she hadn’t.
Goddammit.
She’d been sleeping in a house that was unsecure for days, and it was my fault.
The curtains flicked, and I saw her glance at me out of the window beside the door.
“Let me in,” I ordered.
She narrowed her eyes, then cracked the window slightly to say, “I can’t. Sorry.”
Even though I expected the brush-off, it still annoyed me that it’d come.
“Why not?” I asked.
I mean, other than the obvious that I’m a huge asshole and know I don’t deserve to come inside?
“Because I have a huge chest of drawers in front of the door, as well as my entire book collection and anything else heavy enough to keep it closed.”
Fuck.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
“Move over,” I ordered, gesturing toward the window.
She shook her head. “Sorry, but no.”
Then she let the window drapes fall back into place, and didn’t answer again when I knocked.
And I did so for a very long time.
Instead of sitting outside her house, though, I decided to give Major a call back.
