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Later that afternoon Sadie woke up to a loud yowl coming from out of her window. She sat up and looked, what kind of animal could that be, then she spotted it. The orange fur ball that had just been cuddling with her had managed to get outside and was now in a tree.
"Not again!" She said to the cat before heading down the stairs. This time the cat had climbed a tree out back. At least she knew this time he could get down, but how on earth did he get outside. Flinging open the back door, she stormed out on the back patio to go see if she could entice the orange monster back inside.
Only to come face to face with another orange monster standing by the bottom of the stairs in her patio with its giant horned head buried in her hydrangeas.
A loud scream ripped from her lips as the massive creature raised its head with green leaves hanging out of its mouth before giving a loud 'mooo'.
CHAPTER 14
LUCAS
Lucas was just pulling in from a quick trip to Glendale. He’s gone there to get a starter for Sadie’s car. Then he stopped by the market and got stuff to throw some burgers on the grill and had a six pack in his fridge calling his name. But as he was just about to crack open a beer, he heard a scream coming from his backyard.
It sounded like Sadie.
His heart flew up to his throat. He could tell she was going through something, but he didn't want to push it. There was a small part of him that had watched Sleeping with the Enemy too many times with his mom as a kid and was worried that maybe she was running from a man. A man who had just found her.
Not on his watch!
He scrambled to his back door before yanking it open. Only he didn't find Sadie fighting with a big scary man.
No, his brain needed a minute to digest what he was seeing. Sadie was screaming... but at a cow. A big highland cow.
A big laugh erupted out of him. Her eyes snapped over to him and he tried his hardest to bite back that laughter.
She looked at him wide eyed and shook her head. "Cow." Was the only word she managed to get out.
"Yeah. It sure is."
Reaching into his pocket he dug out his phone and started looking through his contacts.
She scoffed, her eyes still on the massive beast before her. "How? Cow."
"Well look at you, you're a poet," he said as he held the ringing phone to his ear.
"Hello," answered a deep voice with a thick Scottish Brogue.
"Hey, Graham. I think Angus got out again."
There was a long string of Gaelic muttering as Graham did something. "I'll be right there," he finally said before hanging up.
"Don't worry," Lucas said, walking over into Sadie’s yard. "Angus here will be gone soon." he said as he patted the massive animal on its rear flank. The thing just turned its head and mooed before returning to munch on the hydrangeas.
"You know this cow?" Sadie asked with her hand over her chest.
"I do. The woods back there back right into the Glenn Farmland. Old Angus likes to meander over from time to time. Graham is on his way to get him right now."
She stood there catching her breath, staring at the cow.
"Are you okay?" he asked. "I heard you scream."
"Well, George is out," she said pointing to the giant orange furball in the tree. "And when I came to get him... let's just say I wasn't expecting a giant horned cow to be eating my flowers."
"Well, ol' Angus here will be put back soon. Are you sure you’re okay?"
Her eyes closed and a huff of breath left her body. "I mean... This isn't even the most stressful thing that's happened today."
That confession twisted something in his heart. He still had no clue what she was going through, but he wanted to know. He wanted to be there for her. And when he really thought about it,he found he wanted that more than he had wanted anything in a while.
