Again with the stupid formatting! I have no idea why it does that.
"Kodi, sit," I ordered with my voice firm. He does what he told with Vivi following the command even though it wasn't directed at her. "Kodi, Vivi, lay down." They also follow through with the command and lay down on the kitchen floor. "Okay." Saying that, they both stood up on their four limbs and excitedly waited for the two treats in my hands.
Reaching out with my hands to their level and opening them so they could eat the cookie, they gobble the cookies down in literally one bit. "Outside," I commanded again. Both head towards the front door quickly and waited not-so-patiently for me to let them out.
Once getting them backed up so the door could have enough room to open, they sprint out like a bat out of hell. They chase each other with much excitement and pent up energy; maybe later this week, I will take them to the dog park for half an hour so they could play with the other dogs. I head back inside and grab one of their ropes so they could either play with each other or I could play with them.
Kodi pushes the smaller mix to the side as she attempted to grab the other end of the rope and closes his jaws on the rope. He pulls with great force, putting his body into the entire pull and trying to rip the rope out of my hands. He playfully growls at me with his tail held three-fourths of the way telling me it's just for fun.
The brindle and white puppy jumps on the large black mix, wanting to be part of the group. She tugs on his floppy ears to get his attention which it works. Kodi lets go of the other end, causing me to fall on my ass as I didn't suspect him to let go so quickly.
Both of the dogs run up to me, jumping/standing on my stomach and licking (more like drowning me in their slobber) my face, making it hard to breath with their tongues going up my nose. Moments like these I love; at my age, I should have a husband with kids of my own but that's not I want. 'Family doesn't end in blood nor does it start', Zeke, Dominick, Vivi, Kodi, and the Lennox's are my family and are the only ones needed.
The reason I moved here to Maine was to get away from my family, my brother had the same thought; he moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Our father wasn't always there; he made sure we had food on the table and clothes on our back but when it came to affection, he didn't know what to do and left that to our mother. She wasn't a good person either. Just need to stop thinking about it and will hopefully go away.
Kodi bites my hand kind of gently and pulls at it to help me get it off my mind. I pick up their toy and wiggled it in front of them to tease them; it works by them wanting to play a game of tug-of-war. This time, Vivi was the one to grab the end and pull at it with all her strength. She may be smaller than Kodi but she is a strong puller will drag you across the yard if you're not careful, ask Zeke about it.
Letting go of the thick rope, I remember Dominick's birthday coming up and needed to go out and buy him a gift. A party won't be necessary, he doesn't like them or surprises as he nearly round house kicking me in the face; I was able to block it, twist his leg so he facing away from me, and put him on his face.
For the moment, the best present was to get him some ammo and maybe some new fishing gear. He lost some of it at a deadly lake that any fisher would hate. Logs and stumps liter the bottom of the lake, snatching any hook daring to fish in its area. He lost like half of his gear up there from trying fish for a huge catfish named Hugo for his size.
Heading inside with both of my dogs on my heels and grabbing the keys to my white Ford, I return outside and opened the back passenger door. Kodiak jumps in first, not having any trouble with how tall the truck is, and Vivi places her front paws on the running board, acting like pathetic princess she is. I grab her back legs and help her up into the truck. She can get in by herself when she wants to and when she is too lazy to, she acts like she can't and gets help from me.
Jumping into the driver side of the truck and starting up the truck quickly, I roll down both of the windows in the back so they could stick their heads out and breath in the fresh air of the forest surrounding us. Both of the dogs immediately go to a window stick their heads, waiting for the wind to flow in their faces.
Mister doesn't stay at his window for long, moves to where Vivi is and kind of pushes her out of the way. She doesn't care about it continues to keep her out of window even I'm only going five miles per hour, don't want to blow out a shock, been there, done that. Kodi continues to move between the two windows, having a difficult time choosing one to stay at.
Once we reach a nearby tackle and gun/ammo shore, I hop out after hooking their leashes on their collars. I told them to wait before grabbing each of their leashes and letting them out of the truck.
They jump out and followed in front of me without pulling at their leashes to the store. The owner loves dogs and doesn't care if I bring them here, it good for them to get human interaction with people other than me or the Lennox's and out of the house. Dylan greets me with a nod and happily smiles at the dogs in front of me.
We don't say a word; we are both reserved people and will only talk with strangers when forced to. I looked over the ammo first to see what Dom may need; to my knowledge, he has a .22 pistol, 9mm, .38, 12 gauge, and .223. The 9mm is what he usually carries while on duty or even public just like us.
Dom does like his .38 for the classic revolver style and shoots it in his free time. So I get him a box of those before heading to the back of store where the fishing tackle is; I'm so glad this store is literally a two in one. I scan my eyes over everything and find a stylish Ugly Stick. I tell the dogs to lie down and release their leashes to get a good look at the fishing rod.
Ugly Sticks are amazing rods and great for fishing of course. They can literally bend all the way back to the handle without breaking and have astonishing flexibility. It was in good shape and the price wasn't bad at all. I take it with me, pick up the dogs leashes, and have them follow me to where Dylan is standing in front of the cash register.
Paying for my things and saying my farewells to the owner, I leave with the ammo and fishing rod in hand and load the dogs in truck by giving them the command 'load up'. They followed through like always and jump up into the back of the truck. I unclip the leashes from their collars and close the door behind them. I hop in the drive side, start the truck, and head our way home after the eventful day of working.
On the way home, I get a call from Dom. "Hey, honey. I just wanted to tell you we are at your house waiting for you to get back." One day, one day I will kick his ass so hard, he will somehow make it to Jupiter. I flip him off even though he couldn't see me also know he is referring to Zeke being with him.
"Why are you guys at my house? None of us have a free day and no we aren't having a beer bong challenge, you will kick our asses and I don't drink beer in the first place," I responded and making sure to focus on the road in front of me, so glad cars have a button you can hit to answer calls. It was true though; I don't drink beer in fear of becoming like my mother and father, drunks.
"Yes, we know this but Zeke was bored and dragged me along for the ride," he threw back with a reasonable reply.
"Okay, fine, I'm almost there so don't go all ape-shit on me." With that, I hung up on them and drew my entire focus in driving safely home.
Pulling up next to Zeke's patrol vehicle and hiding the birthday presents out of sight hop out of the truck and released the hounds on them. Vivi goes for her favorite of the two, Dom (she is a daddy's girl), and Kodi goes for Zeke. Even though he knows not to jump on anyone, he goes against the rules and jumps on the suspecting Zeke; he knows Kodi likes to jump.
While standing there, waiting for the four to be done with their greetings, my eyes caught the sight of a couple of other cars parked in the driveway of the Lennox's. One was black and yellow Camaro, the Porsche from earlier, and surprisingly a Peterbilt red and blue flamed truck. How in the hell did it get its booty all the way down the driveway?
"Zeke, Dom, I need to ask the Lennox's something and want you guys to come with me," I spoke up after admiring the Camaro (those are my second favorite, right behind Lambos). Zeke looks up from giving Kodi kisses on his snout and glances over at the Lennox's house. A smirk grew on his face and I knew was up to no good.
"Race you!" he shouts while letting go of Kodi's front paws and races of towards the Lennox's house. Dom and I react quickly and are hot on his heels, slowly catching up to him and hopefully going to beat him instead of it being the other way. The dogs easily catch up and stay with our speed.
Finally reaching the Lennox's house with Dom in the lead, we all step up on the porch and Zeke knocks on the door. It opens up to a young man about the age of twenty-three.
"Is Will home?" I questioned out of breath and hopefully he understood me. He nods with a bit of confusion written on his face and turned around to face the living room with the Lennox family, Fig, Epps Ian, Jazz, and another man I have to meet.
The young man wore a bright sunshine yellow with a pair of jeans to company it. His hair was styled in an undercut and the color is black with a stripe of yellow, reminding me of a bee. He stood an inch taller than me, giving him the height of 6' foot, the usual height of a man. His eyes were what caught my eye in the first place; they were also a blue like Ian but more of an azure blue and seemed to glow in the daylight. By being in the presence of him gave me the same dread feeling in the pit of my stomach.
"Will, you got some company?" the young man called out to Will. Said man looked away from the unknown man who he was talking to and perked up when he saw me at the door. He waved his hand to invite us in and I kept the dogs outside since Anna is smaller and could easily get knocked over.
"Brey, what do I owe this great pleasure of being in your presences?" Will questioned while being silly or what we call his normal self.
"I wanted to see if you wanted to have dinner at my place with a bonfire like always on Friday?" I questioned while looking over the unknown man. He stood at an amazing height of while wearing a blue shirt and a red leather jacket over it. Just like the greeter, he wore jeans and a pair of professional boots on his feet. His eyes also caught mine from the color of them, a royal blue and also seemed to glow in the daylight like Ian and the other man. He, just like the other two, gave the weird feeling in my stomach grow from being near him.
Will tensed in the slightest and wiped it off like it was nothing yet my eye still caught it. "Can't, I already have others from my division coming over." It wasn't a lie by sound of it yet it seemed it wasn't the whole truth. This worried me and made me suspicious of the man I thought could be trusted. I still shrug my shoulders like it was nothing and put a smile on my lips.
"Okay, thought asking wouldn't hurt," I responded before waving at him and everyone in the room a farewell and headed out the door. The dogs followed us back from laying the porch for us and between the three of us; we didn't speak about him lying. I didn't know if the others could tell he was but I dropped quickly, knowing it would be useless to talk about it without more information.
We hung out until the clock struck nine and the two of them left. I head up stairs to my room with the dogs following me and laid down on my bed. Plugging in my phone for it to be charged for the next day, I let sleep take over and darkness close in on my vision.
It was like any normal day with my gas gauge getting a little too low for comfort and I stop by at a nearby gas station to fill up my patrol vehicle. The flash of something shining in my eyes caught my attention and I looked to find the culprit, the only thing that could have done it was the same two Lambos from before. There wasn't anyone inside by the looks of it and when I looked up, the flashing stopped.
Shaking my head and thinking it was from the lack of sleep, I finish up at the pump before leaving the scene. They continued to give me the weird feeling of being watched until the trees next to the gas station blocked their view of me. What in the hell is going on?
While on patrol of a nearby city, my eyes caught sight of another police vehicle. Something was off about it; on the rear side, instead of it saying to serve and protect, it said to punish and enslave: that for sure shouldn't be on a cop car. Another thing wrong about it was it didn't tell what department it was from. This cop car was a fakey and someone was about to be in big trouble.
Grabbing my radio and pushing the button to call in, I tell them what my eyes see and wait for a response. Nothing, all that I got in return was static. I pull over to the side to figure out what the problem is, having to lose the fakey cop car, and the moment the car left, my radio was back to normal. I tried to track down the car again but for the rest of the day, I couldn't find it again.