Chapter 10
The day looked like what the uninitiated think of when they imagine Seattle. Dreary. Gray. Incessant rain.
Cody rose early to peer out his window and saw banks of bruised, low-hanging clouds plodding across the horizon. The wind had applied drizzle to his windows like glitter. Thunder rumbled. A flash of lightning turned Stone Way into a noir movie set. A runner below him veered left to avoid being splashed by an SUV going too fast.
“Great.” Cody turned from the window. Ryder sat on the floor at his feet, staring up at him. “Say no more, buddy.” The dog wagged his tail. Cody grabbed the leash, and the two of them went out into the damp, which Ryder loved and Cody didn’t.
After they were back inside and Ryder had shaken so hard it was like giving a shower to Cody’s living roo
