Chapter 9
Wes had a half day on the twenty-third, so it was up to Noel to walk Kirby in the morning after he got up. He took the big animal for a nice long walk, and despite his size, Kirby was fairly mellow, so it was at a sedate pace.
Noel had to smile, though, as he approached Wes’ house once more to see the lawn decorations they had added. A Santa’s sleigh with reindeer that lit up, and a waving inflatable snowman.
On the front door was the fresh wreath on which Noel had insisted, to which he had added little metal silver bells and a gold ribbon tied into a bow.
Of course, they had bought lights for the outside, too. Noel had told Wes he could get some to just string on the bushes if he didn’t want to be bothered getting up on the ladder, but Wes had decided he may as well go al
