Chapter 2From then on, although it wasn’t quite every day, they began to meet at the dog park frequently. Jake told himself he didn’t look forward to seeing Athena and Boz, but he knew that wasn’t quite honest. Snick sure did, and, to be truthful, Jake wasn’t much more reluctant.
Athena really was a sweet dog. She stood three times as tall as Snick, sleek and classy as an exotic sports car. Shy, though, and slow to take up with people. She stuck to Boz like Super Glue most of the time, but seemed to take a shine first to Snick and then to Jake. She came bounding to greet them now with her slender tail fanning eagerly. Talk about the odd couple, though. Fuzzy, belligerent, little Snick was the tramp to her lady, for sure.
He learned Boz and Athena lived about five blocks in the opposite d
