Because of Fate (Book 1 of Because of Series)

Chapter 10- Margaret's POV

Leslie bit back a small chuckle, and she slowly nodded. "You are very much welcome," she said before she cleared her throat and shifted on her feet. "Now, are you ready to get everything done?" she asked and raised an eyebrow in question.

I bit back a small smile and nodded. "Yes," I said before I cleared my throat and shifted on my feet before I looked at Bryson. "Do you want to go ahead and call your kids away from Dono?" I asked. "That way I can get him into the truck and not scare anyone?"

"Do we have to get away from him?" one of the kids, Fiona, asked. "Can we keep him?"

I bit back a small laugh while I shook my head. "I am sorry, Fiona," I said, "but he is not for sale. You P-L-A-Y with him later, but you can't right now while we try to get everything situated, ok?"

Fiona groaned. "Fine," she said, and I had a feeling that she had a small pout on her face. "When will we be able to do that?"

"After we get everything done," I said, biting back a small chuckle. "So, do you want to go ahead and get the kids taken care of?" I looked at Bryson.

"Ok, Kiddos, go ahead and go into the house," Leslie said while Bryson just stared at me with wide eyes and an open mouth, not saying a word. "We can see the dogs when they are done. Ok?"

"Yes, Ma'am," they kids chorused, and I had a feeling that they did what they were told to do while Dono whined after them, sounding like he was dying.

I breathed a small sigh of relief and looked at Blake, ignoring Dono's whine. "So, do you want to take care of Bonnie and Sprite while I get everything else done and then I will take Gal away from Bryson so that he can take care of Sprite?" I asked and cocked my head, studying him.

"Sure," Blake said and nodded. "Is Dono ok?" he asked and cocked his head while he studied me with a raised eyebrow. A small smile appeared on his face while he looked at me. "It sounds like he is dying."

"He is dying," I said, biting back a small laugh while I nodded in confirmation and handed him Bonnie's lead rope. "He was enjoying all of the love that he was being given from the children, and when they stopped and went inside... he didn't like it at all."

Blake bit back a small snort and nodded. He looked at Maybell and raised an eyebrow in question while he stared at her. "Here, do you want to hand Sprite's lead rope to me?" he asked. "So that we can get everything done?"

"Sure," Maybell said and nodded. She handed it to him, and he took it. "If Sprite gets to be too much of a handful, drop Bonnie's lead rope. She won't go anywhere without someone leading her."

"Really?" Blake asked and raised an eyebrow in question while he looked at me, and I nodded in confirmation. "What about Admrial?" he asked while he cocked his head and studied me.

"He's fine as long as Sprite is beside him," I said. I rubbed Bonnie's neck before I took a step back. "If you need help before I am done, then yell," I said. "I will drop everything to help you two even if I am not done with what I have to do."

Blake scoffed a laugh and rolled his eyes. "We have two strong cowboys that can handle anything and everything, Miss Prince," he said with a small wink, and I rolled my eyes and scowled. "Now, go ahead and get everything taken care of so that we can be done. Ok?"

"Yes, Mr. Green," I said, biting back a small laugh while I slowly nodded. "Excuse us."

And with that, Maybell and I walked away from the men so that we would be able to get everything and everyone situated before we got situated ourselves.

Hopefully, it wouldn't take long because like my daughter, I was getting hungry, too...

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I walked over to my brother while he calmed Dono down with a few more pats after I had finished up with my trailer and getting it closed. "How is he doing?" I asked and cocked my head while I studied them.