Chapter 6

Theresa tossed the keys to her truck onto the kitchen counter next to the mail she’d just brought in.  A sigh passed her lips as her fingers slid the envelopes apart for her to get a better look at them.  Bills.  Lots and lots of bills.  She’d been hoping to see a big fat check for the breeding service she’d provided for the Holmes by now.  She hadn’t thought Henry Holmes the stingy sort, but getting him to pay his final bill was beginning to become a burden.  Fortunately, she had the income from her steadily growing veterinary office to offset the lack of payment for her larger jobs.  She’d pay the bills on time, but would have minimal left for her personal comforts.

She’d been on at least a dozen dates with David over the last few months.  Little by little she was beginning to look at him as an individual instead of someone who resembled her childhood obsession so remarkably that she found it diffic