‘Okay, if you say so… But if I find out he’s upset you and you haven’t told me, I’ll kick his arse.’ Abby grinned and clicked her fingers together to beckon Muffin to come to her, smiling and gushing with baby talk as the little fur ball ran to her with his tongue wagging around excitedly.
‘We should walk him, he probably needs out.’ Rose watched her snuggling up and figured more space between her and Mr Munro was probably a good idea, until she could reel back this funky mood and act a little more normally around him again.
*The girls took Muffin on a wander out of the cottage grounds, along the edge of the main road and towards the manor. The hedgerows had been trimmed enough that walking on the grass verge was easy and Rose noted for the first time, the huge bushy trees at the manor e
