Chapter 7
Jessie spent the early afternoon working in the back garden area, cleaning up the beds nestling against the house’s wrap-around porch. She’d been at it for about an hour when Causy ran towards her barking. After sliding to a stop a few yards away, Causy barked twice more before turning and running back the other direction. In the distance, she could hear something crying out in pain. Without hesitation, Jessie dropped her tools and ran after her.
As Jessie assessed the situation, she was glad she wore a long-sleeved shirt and garden gloves. The yowling puppy had gotten itself buried deep inside the thorn bush, and she hoped she wouldn’t have to go back to the house to get her shears to cut away the branches. Working methodically, she pulled at different branches to push t
