Miles Ever After (Miles High Series)(51)

“Is that a boy?” He turns it round. “Yep, looks like it.”

“So shall we take those two?” I ask.

Christopher drags his hand down his face and I can see that he’s regretting this already. “I guess.”

Eddie is beside himself and almost skips back to the car holding his two puppies.

Me too, I can hardly contain my excitement.

“I’ll have to drop the money back to you, Keith, I don’t have my wallet with me.”

“That’s alright, love, whenever you get to it.”

We head back out toward the car and see Jane standing waiting with the box. “Here you go, love, they will need their injections, they’ve only had their first ones.”

“Thanks, Jane.” I take the box from her.

Christopher’s eyes hold mine. “What’s in the box?”

“Kittens.”

His eyes widen. “As in plural?”

“As in two.”

“I know what cats do in houses and gym bags, Hayden. I did not sign up for this.”

Keith and Jane laugh and so do I.

Christopher fakes a smile and I know he’s literally on the verge of a mental breakdown. We climb into the car and put the puppies in the back seat with Eddie. The two kittens are in the box in the front on my lap. “Nice to meet you.” Keith smiles.

“I wish I could say the same thing,” Christopher mutters under his breath.

I giggle, this is truly hilarious.

The car is silent as we drive down the driveway and I know Christopher is holding his tongue with all of his might, he glances over at me. “Was this your plan all along?” he asks.

Totally.

“What do you mean?” I act innocent.

“Do you mind telling me how on earth we go to meet the neighbors and come home with two dogs and two cats?”

“Farms need animals.”

“Cows, Hayden, they need cows.”

“Trust me, they need cats and dogs too.”

He rolls his eyes.

“Do you want a mice and rat plague, Christopher?”

He glances over at me.

“Yeah that’s right, mice and rats have lice and lice get under your skin and eat you from the inside out.”

“Is that a joke?” he gasps, horrified.

“No, I’m deadly serious. Once you have a lice plague in your home you cannot get rid of them. You have to literally burn the house down to kill them. Cats keep rodents and pests under control, they are the epicenter for a clean and well-kept farm.”

“Well why did you only get two? We should have got four of the fuckers,”

Eddie starts to giggle in the back seat and I turn around to see the two puppies jumping up licking his face, killing him with kindness. “I think he likes you, baby.” I smile.

Christopher’s eyes rise to the rearview mirror and he smirks, even he can’t deny how fun this is. “Relax, dog, you start your wolf kill training as soon as we get home.”

“Who’s going to train him?” I ask.

Christopher widens his eyes. “Hayden Whitmore.”





“So what do I say again?” Christopher asks.

“Say that you need five rolls of chicken wire with the largest thread that they have.”

“But why do I need chicken wire when it’s for dog fences?”

“It’s just called chicken wire but it’s not just for chickens.”

Christopher rolls his eyes. “Who is in charge of marketing for this wire company? It’s obvious that they have no idea what they are fucking doing.” He continues to walk out to the car and opens the door. “What do we need this for again?”

“To make some temporary safe areas for the puppies to play in outside until they are older. They can’t just roam free; they are too little and will get lost.”

“Are you sure?” He frowns. “That doesn’t sound right to me.”

I raise my eyebrow. “What do you think happens?”

“I don’t know.” He shrugs. “Let them roam free and sniff shit out, guard-dog style.”

“They are little baby puppies.”

“My point exactly, they don’t want to be kept in chicken wire. It’s emasculating.”

“They can’t be left alone this early.”

“But we are just inside.”

“Christopher! Just fucking do it,” I snap as I lose the last of my patience.

He rolls his eyes and gets into the car. “I’m going now.”

“Good.” I cross my arms. “About time.”

“And I might come home with all sorts of shit from the hardware store.” He grabs his crotch with a wink. “Hardware.”

“Okay.”

“Maybe even some more animals.” He shrugs casually as if trying to scare me.

“Okay, if they have baby chickens grab me a few.”

“What?” He scoffs. “You cannot be serious?”

“Well…you are buying chicken wire.”

“Oh for fuck’s sake, Hayden. Enough with the animals.” He looks up into the house. “Eddie,” he calls. “Hurry up.”

Eddie comes flying out of the house and bounces into the front seat.