Chapter 41

While Flynn finished his exam with one of the barn cats at the new client farm, Gabby ducked in the corners and in the stalls to search for the one they were missing. They'd examined the two cows and four goats, then the cats. She had scratches up and down her arms and a growing headache looming. One furball left, and they could get off this mountain and back to the clinic.

This place and the owner Jose gave her the creeps. At least he'd given them breathing room. Aside from meeting them at the car when they'd first pulled in, he'd left them alone. Thankfully, the other barn animals were in far better shape than the horses they'd encountered last week. She'd snuck in by them earlier and gave them some apples. Jose had said he'd planned to sell the horses, so there was that.

The adorable sheepdog who'd been following her around appeared at the barn door again. He wagged his tail, ducked out of sight, then came right back as if to say, follow me.