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“Monty got in a fight the other day and now he’s sick,” Lisa said, in her soft little voice that I could hardly hear She had her back to lued to the floor She had no confidence and that shit h to fucking fix it?

“His face doesn’t look too good, does it? If you give hiet hily Yeah, I bet Lisa would hand the cat over now; that voice could charm an alcoholic’s last drink from him

Lisa gave up Monty, and blondie said, “I’ll be right back” And with that, she stood and left us as she headed out the back where I guessed the vet was

I moved to a seat to sit and wait; Lisa followed and sat quietly next to ain, she was often like this Our eyes were drawn to the front door as a guy and his kid ca Up until that point we’d been the only ones in the surgery and it was fairly quiet This guy was talking loudly on his phone, his kid was nagging hi was a bundle of energy; suddenly it felt crowded in the tiny waiting room

He waited at the counter and rung the bell Blondie didn’t coain “Harlow!” he bellowed His kid tugged his shirt repeatedly,around the fucking rooo I felt uy was a deadset dickhead, and I was biting ue for once in my life For Lisa’s sake

He hit the bell again and then turned to me “Where the fuck is Harlow?”

I stood up and was about to tell this asshole just what I thought of him when blondie made her way back to the counter

She smiled at him Fuck knohy, because he didn’t deserve it “Rod, sorry to keep you waiting,” she said Her voice was polite but I noticed that it was forced compared to the way she spoke to Lisa before It was obvious that she knew him and that she didn’t really care for him

“Yeah, well I’? And just for the fucking record, I’ back You idiots should have taken care of all this last time I was in” he said

My anger exploded out of er “Hey, asshole,” I snapped, “Why don’t you give her a break? She’s busy, and doesn’t need dickheads like you speaking to her that way”

His head whipped around and furious eyes landed on est you stay the fuck out of it”

I stepped into his space, backed hiainst the counter, and leant real close “Noould be the right time for you and your faone down, so unless you want trouble between the two of us, leave now,” I threatened When I saw hirabbed a handful of his shirt and snarled, “Did you not understand what I just said, lared at each other for a couple of ainst the counter in the process Keeping s wide, I crossed my arms in front of my chest and scowled at him

Harlow opened her ht theher a clear lared back at esture That shocked the shit out of me, and my concentration was diverted froiven that look by a chick before; usually it was J or Nash who challenged me like that I raised ht fucking back

I was snapped out of my distraction when the dickhead decided to listen to er in Harlow’s direction, “And your boss will be hearing fro by the leash, and h, as far as I was concerned