Лори Касс - Gone With The Whisker

“Hey!”

“—we laugh at the same things, and since we laugh a lot, nothing else really matters. So. Minerva Joy Hamilton. Will you marry me?”

Crying and laughing at the same time, I said, “Of course I will.”

Rafe kissed me soundly. Pulled away, then came back for another one. “Double version for Eddie’s double yes.”

It was classic Rafe from top to bottom, and I wouldn’t have changed a thing, not the roof, not the food, and certainly not the cat. After we ended the Second Kiss, Rafe opened the picnic basket and I glanced at Eddie.

He was sitting meatloaf-style and looking directly at me. When our gazes met, he opened and closed his mouth in two silent “Mrr’s.” More doubles. And then my eyes opened wide. In all the fuss after last night, I’d never had the chance to think about the implications.

“You know what? Eddie saved me and Kate last night. Twice.”

“How’s that?” Rafe handed me a china plate from Three Seasons laden with whitefish, roasted Brussels sprouts, and redskin potatoes.

“The nail in the shed,” I said. “If Eddie hadn’t pushed that back inside, we would have been still in there when Courtney and Luke came back. And if he hadn’t distracted them by running through their flashlight beams, they might have looked closer at the trail we’d left.”

We exchanged a glance, then Rafe stared at Eddie and slowly said, “He really did, didn’t he?”

I leaned forward and kissed the tip of his furry nose, which was still poking out through the wire door. “You’re the smartest cat in the whole wide world,” I said. “Anything you want, all you have to do is ask. We’ll get it for you. Anything at all.”

Eddie looked at me. At Rafe. Back at me.

Then closed his eyes.

And fell asleep.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Laurie Cassis the national bestselling author of the Bookmobile Cat Mystery series.

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