Joe Trebble and the Bio Tech Conspiracy
Chapter 5: Dogs
Back to Chapter 1: A Hot Pink Car
Joe arrived at the Brightonston’s five minutes early, the traffic was not as bad as he’d thought. He parked the pink Cadillac out front and grabbed the bottle of wine and flowers, a mixture of tulips and carnations with two birds of paradise. Rachael, his adopted aunt, loved the birds of paradise, and Joe recalled the many times picking tulips with Christie when they were kids.
Joe paused before closing the car door. Putting the wine and flowers back down, he tossed his cowboy hat back in the car and checked his hair. ‘I should have got a trim,’ he thought, running his hand through the shoulder length hair.
After straightening his dark metallic blue dress shirt, with the top 2 buttons undone, he grabbed the wine and flowers again and headed up the walk to the front door. Joe could hear the dogs barking inside, and remembered the pup the Brightonstons had the last time he’d seen them. Henry answered the door just as Joe was about to ring the doorbell.
“Joe my lad, grat you could make it. Come on in.”
Joe was ambushed by a German Sheppard and a Golden Retriever.
“Back boys, this is Joe a friend,” Henry said trying to hold the dogs back.
“Never mind them,” Joe said handing the wine and flowers to Henry. “My flatmate has a dog, I’m use to it.”
Henry smiled and took the wine and flowers as Joe knelt and pet the dogs.
“You’re clever dogs. Be good and kind, protect your family,” Joe whispered in Welsh. Standing, Joe walked farther into the house, keeping his hands on the dogs’ heads.
“Come this way,” Henry said from around the corner. “Rachael is cooking and Christie is on her way. Please come take a seat. Care for a drink?”
“No thanks,” Joe replied entering the living room and joining his adopted uncle.
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