Chapter 55Lina
It was a cold but dry morning, perfect for walking the dogs, and Lina was in no hurry to get back. Kim was off today, not a bad thing in itself, but after spending the day with Emery yesterday—
Shaking her head, Lina bent down to untangle Moe’s leash again before he could hopelessly wrap it around his little legs. Sure, Emery had started acting strange after she fainted on Enchanted Rock, but Lina could sort of understand that. From TV, she’d learned that women didn’t routinely faint nowadays, they were either strong in every way possible or they had what the shows called mental breakdowns. Emery fit neither picture so the most likely explanation for her behavior was embarrassment. Still, it had been good to see her. So good, in fact that—
Both dogs had stopped dead in th
