Rescued By Her Mr Right

The two police officers were about to load Harry the dog into their car but were happy enough to stop and chat when they learned of Jack and Harry’s connection to the unusual job they’d been dispatched to.

‘You never know what’s going to happen on a shift,’ the young officer said. ‘We get a good hike up a hill in a glorious sunset and we’re getting paid for it. How great is that?’

‘Was he hard to find?’

‘No. He was just lying there, with his nose on his paws, right on the edge of the cliff.’

‘Oh...poor Harry.’ Harriet crouched down to hug the dog. ‘It’ll be okay,’ she told him. ‘Someone’s going to look after you.’

‘He’s going to the pound,’ the older officer told them. ‘We’ve tried to find a family member to take him but there doesn’t seem to be anybody.’

Harriet felt the nudge of a cold, damp nose against her hand. He was good at communicating, this dog.

‘I’ll take him,’ she heard herself saying. ‘I don’t want him to go to the pound. How scary would that be? He’d think he was being totally abandoned.’

‘If you want to.’ The police officers exchanged a glance. ‘Can’t see a problem with that as long as we get all your details.’

‘Are you sure?’ Jack sounded concerned. ‘He’s a big dog. He’ll need a lot of exercise.’

Harriet straightened. ‘A lot of exercise is exactly what I need, too, if I’m going to get to where I want to be.’

‘Are you allowed dogs in your apartment?’

She shrugged. ‘Sometimes it’s better to apologise later than ask for permission first. I think this is one of those times.’

Jack’s gaze was thoughtful. ‘I could help, maybe. With the exercising?’

‘Sure.’ This time, Harriet wasn’t going to brush off Jack’s offer to help. It was like another peace offering. ‘That’d be great.’

A few minutes later, Harry the dog was installed on the back seat of Harriet’s car and she was ready to drive home as soon as Jack let go of her door so that she could close it.

‘I’ll be in touch,’ he said. ‘We can make up a roster and I can give him a good run on the beach or something.’

‘Okay. I’d better get going, though. I need to get to the supermarket and stock up on some dog food and stuff.’

Jack closed her door but he was still standing there so Harriet rolled the window down.

‘What?’

He shrugged. ‘Nothing. Just that I reckon you could add a third goal to that list.’

‘Oh?’

‘Yeah...’ He threw a smile over his shoulder as he walked away. ‘Getting back on the team for real. Reckon you could do it if you really wanted to.’

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