Family is Key: Chapter 2
With Dusty pregnant, Kodi has trouble sleeping, compromising his job in the mail team. His friend Shadow helps him with his problems, as Kodi gets more nervous than ever before.
'Look Sayda, I know you want to be on the mail team with Tirza, but she won't be on there for much longer. Only until Dusty has had her pups and is fit enough to run again.' Sayda looks at her father, and her intelligent eyes show that she understood. 'Okay dad. If you say so. But I haven't got anything to do in town. The only other things that are fun around here are chasing Boris and teasing the butcher.' Sayda looks at the butcher's shop and smiles. 'That old man really doesn't like me, but I never steal anything.' Sabir looks at his daughter. 'Now it all makes sense', he says with a disappointed look.
Dingo looks out over the ocean. He is standing on one of the ridges near Nome. One of his and Colleen's favorite places. 'You know Kodi, being a father isn't really that hard. All you need to do is show that you really do want the best for them. I'm sure you'll do fine. Look at me and Zoë. We turned out great.' Kodi looks at his brother. 'Yeah but Zoë was almost 2 when she met you. I'll be raising pups from birth.' 'You're stressing to much brother. Listen, I think you'll do fine, really. And Dusty will be a great mother. Just relax, and everything'll be fine, I promise.' Saying that, Dingo walks back to town, leaving Kodi behind.
Aleu and Jenna are sitting on the deck of Balto's boat. 'They really are getting along quite fine don't you think', Jenna says, pointing at Balto and Sabir, who are currently walking over the beach. Sayda, Tirza and Zoë are playing in the water. 'Yeah. I was really scared Daddy wouldn't approve, but he actually likes Sabir.' 'Your father likes anyone who knows how to treat his daughter right. The last guy that was disrespectful to Saba got chased out of town. Haven't heard from him since.' Aleu looks at her mother in disbelief. 'Daddy chased Saba's boyfriend away? What was Saba like?' 'Happy actually. Like I said, he was disrespectful.'
As the girls talked on the boat, Sabir and Balto were having their own conversation. 'You know, I was shocked to hear I had a granddaughter when Dingo came back from London. He bought back a girlfriend and a daughter. I just learned to embrace the fact that the family will grow.' Sabir looks at Balto with a surprised look. 'It's getting dark. We should get back to town.' At that moment, Kirby and Ralph came running up to Balto. 'Mr. Balto, Mr. Balto. Dusty's going into labor.'
That's all for this chapter. Hope you enjoy it. I won't be posting over the weekend because I don't really have the time, some family stuff etc. anyway, I will be posting again on Monday or Tuesday, depending on the length of the chapter.