20. Plan in motion.

"Pomeranian dog, Chow chow, Labrador Retriever, Golden Retriever, Havanese, and French bulldog." The girl ticked off each breed with a finger and gave her friend a 'duh' look.

"What?" She petted the dark, furry dog beside her. "My mom is a vet after all."

"But you didn't tell me she made you learn a gazillion breed names." Her friend retorted still in awe.

"If we stand here all day,  what the hell are we paid for?" Pushing friend down the steps of the park, they shared the leeches among themselves,  agreeing that Adana would take the three small or average dogs while Leilani, the bigger dogs.

"Do we have a routine or something?" Adana paused, yielding to the dull ache in the sole of her feet. 

Her friend hadn't been kidding when she told her they would walk six energetic dogs much less under the sun whose mission seemed to be to give her sunburn. Bad sunburn.

"Yeah, we'll walk around the park for a while and let them go then giv