She quickly typed back a reply
I don’t need clothes.Thanks for the offer.
She hit send.
She didn’t bother telling her she wasn’t even in the state of Mississippi.Hopefully, by the time she found out, she would have put another state in between them.
Dumping out what was left of her coffee—now chilled—she stood and headed inside the van.
She needed to get back on the road.
Chapter15
Walker sat and watched Maggie get the van ready to go.He’d noticed the sadness in her eyes after she’d gotten a message on her phone.Despite his bad eyesight, he could still sense her emotions.
Maggie bumped her knee against the back of the open van, grimaced, and mumbled something under her breath.
He’d eaten his usual breakfast along with her leftover oatmeal that Maggie hadn’t finished.Oatmeal wasn’t his favorite, but he rarely turned down food.
Maggie turned and looked at him with her hands parked on her hips.“Well, boy.Are you ready?”
Walker grinned and let out an affirmative bark.
She laughed and grabbed his collar and leash.“One last walk before we hit the road.”
He stood still while she attached his collar to him.He knew she was in a hurry but, once his sniffer caught the smell of a squirrel, he couldn’t concentrate on doing his business.
He spotted movement and headed for the large oak tree.
The yard rat had gone up the trunk, evading him.
He turned back to the smell of their van.
Once he climbed in, Maggie went around to the driver’s side.He made his way from the back of the van to the passenger’s seat and settled in for the drive.
Maggie slowly made her way toward the entrance when he smelled something out the window.
He let out a bark.
She frowned at him.“What is it?You already had your walk.”
He put his feet on the open window and stuck half his body out.
Maggie stopped and grabbed at his collar.
He might be old, but he was fast.Before she could grab him, he jumped out the window.
Maggie screamed and scrambled out of the van.
Walker knew she would follow so he didn’t bother waiting for her.
He made it five feet into the woods and stopped.
“Walker, what are you …” Maggie’s words trailed off.
Chapter16
Maggie froze as she came face to face with a woman sitting against a tree, sobbing.
