I Never Hated You
The little raccoon was nowhere in sight, but as soon as
Lucas ran his fingernails over the wire, there was an answering call from outside and a black-and-grey streak charged inside and toward the cage door, chittering excitedly as it came.
“She’s kind of hyper,” Lucas said apologetically, but the priest was laughing as he bent down to poke his fingers through the wires of the cage.
“She wants out. Can she come out?”
“Yeah. Absolutely.” Lucas worked the latch on the cage door then reached up to the second fastener, the one securely out of reach of tiny, clever fingers. As soon as the door was ajar, the baby raccoon pushed it open far enough to squeak through. The priest sank down to sit cross
Hot Chapters