#Chapter 283 – Names

Janeen just laughs, and when she stands up from the bed Kent gives her a playful little shove on the back that makes her grin over her shoulder at him. “And take this puppy with you –“ Kent says, reaching for my little friend who is pressed so close to my side. “Noooo,” I cry, wrapping a hand around the puppy’s little belly and pulling him closer to my side. “No, you can’t take the puppy, he’s had such a hard day!” “The puppy has had a hard day, Fay?” Kent asks, disbelieving as Janeen calls her goodbyes and heads out the door, shutting it behind her. Kent sighs at me for a moment before he turns away and moves around the room, pulling the curtains shut against the afternoon light. “Just because we also had a weird day doesn’t mean that the puppy can’t have had a stressful day too,” I say, smiling slyly because I’m very aware that Kent could have made Janeen take the puppy, and she’d have done it. But Kent let the dog stay because I want him near. “I think you’re allowed to be the