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She turned onto her back then, and Gus gave a long deep sigh when she started petting his head “You know, I’ve never heard the story about where you got him”

Nash sot into my truck one day”

Her hand froze on Gus’s head “Seriously?”

Nash nodded “I went over to Dalton’s place”—the lead singer in the Kinky Spurs band—“and his dog had puppies Gus jun, and that was that”

“Hoeet is that?” She squeezed Gus’s face “He picked you”

A sudden surge of ehtened Nash’s chest, and he pushed past the desire to shut down Yeah, that was his thing, but it would get hian “Maybe he knew I needed someone then”

Megan turned to his seem to have an intuition about that kind of stuff, don’t they?”

He nodded

Silence descended as she began stroking Gus’s head again, a sweet smile on her face He often wondered what it was like to a have a serious relationship He tended to like his relationships in the one-night variety, especially since his attention had always been on Megan Since she hadn’t had a long-term relationship either, he assumed she felt the same But he realized he liked this Christ, he could even see his with her

Shit, she washim soft

Fuck, he liked that too

To get hisGus with his gaze There was a ring on the ring finger of her right hand Halfway to another soft stroke on Gus’s head, Nash took her hand in his and dragged his fingers across the vintage ring with an oval dia for a long tih school In fact, he’d never seen her without it “I take it that it’s special to you”

“It’s ” Her voice was soft, thick with obvious emotion “She left it to me when she passed away”

“Were you two close?” Damn He should know this about her