Chapter 32
Peyton
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THE NEXT TIME I heard from Dom, it was shortly after seven. I was at Olive Garden, taking my break. When he spoke, there was a calmness in his voice that hadn’t been there earlier.
“How did it go? Did you manage to find a puppy and win her heart?” I asked, anxious to find out what happened.
“I found one. Her name is Chilly and she’s a Husky.”
“Oh, you’ll have to send me a picture of her,” I gushed after he described what the puppy looked like. “What does Ruby think of her?
“I think she approves,” he said. “You do like Chilly, don’t you?”
Someone answered in the background.
“Is that Ruby with you now?” I asked.
“Yeah. We’re heading out of town,” he said softly.
“How’s she taking everything?”
He sighed. “Better. I’ll have to talk to you about it later,
