Sneak Peek Chapter
~Once Upon A Time~
"Giuseppe, now now."
Grandma Bella tries to calm Bob down. She doesn't want his howling to disturb or annoy the neighbors. Maybe it's her gentle tone, maybe it's the love and longing in her old shaking voice, Bob always quiets down immediately when she calls him Giuseppe. But this time the big orange dog just looks at her with wide half-crazed panic eyes and keeps on running around the house and howls. Bella doesn't know what is wrong with this lovely goofy dog. Is it something he ate? Is he having a stomach ache? Or a tooth ache? They had pumpkin agnolotti and coffee ice cream for lunch, and Angie also gave him a cup of his dry dog food. Bella racks her brain and thinks. But nothing is out of ordinary.
She and Angie took Bob out for a walk in the morning, and a very nice young man helped clean up the poo. They went home and watched some TV. Bella personally made sure there was no onion in the agnolotti. They listened to the radio and fell asleep on the couch not long after lunch. She dreamed of her Giuseppe and woke up. As usual she cried a little. And then everything changed. One minute Bob was peacefully sleeping and snoring on the couch, and the next minute he jerked awake and started howling like a rabid wolf. Did he have a very scary nightmare? Or did he sense something? Are they going to have another earthquake? She heard that animals can sense earthquake, danger and even disease and illness. Is Bob trying to warn her? Is a tornado or a hurricane coming? Or a tsunami like the one she saw on the news? No matter what the reason is, she can't let Bob behave like this. The non-stop howling is going to upset the neighbors. And it's also driving her crazy.
Bella thinks for a moment and makes her decision. First of all, she needs to make sure Bob is not sick. She will have Angie call Joseph right now. Hopefully a trip to the vet will solve the mystery. And she also wants to see her Joseph. She can't wait to hold her favorite grandson him tight in her arms and tell him not to be sad. He deserves a woman way better than that Stephanie Plum.
~The story will continue in "Happily Ever After", the upcoming Sequel to "MAGIC"~