The Specialist and I

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I apologize for the late update. I had family come over yesterday and I had a lot to do Friday after the live stream so this didn't go up as I had hoped. Anyway, enjoy.

I walked around the shelter. Bullet walked alongside me. He walked over to a cage that looked empty. As I walked closer, I realized that there were two dogs inside. An employee walked over.

"The black one is Killer and the other one is Buster. They're both a year old. Both German Shepherds. They're trained in agility, they listen to commands pretty well, they get along with other dogs, and they're siblings. They've been neutered and have a clean bill of health.", The employee explained.

"How are they with kids and males?", I asked.

"They love kids. With males, they take time to trust them. These two were abandoned by a male a couple months ago. We found them and brought them here.", The employee said.

"Poor guys.", I muttered, "Can we go in and see them up close?"

The employee nodded and pulled out a set of keys. Both dogs perked up. I let Bullet go in first and followed him.

"Why don't we let the three of them get to know each other and you and I go next door for some Chinese?", the employee asked.

"No. I have a boyfriend and he just so happens to be a weapons specialist in the military.", I growled, "Besides, I would never leave Bullet alone."

I sat down next to Killer and let him smell me. His tail started to wag and his body was relaxed. I smiled and started to gently pet him. Buster and Bullet walked over and laid their heads in my lap.

"What do you think, Bullet? Should we bring a couple more friends home?", I asked him.

He barked once and wagged his tail.

"Okay. You stay here with them while I go sign the papers.", I said.

Bullet's POV (ha! you weren't expecting that, were ya?)

I watched Lori walk off and turned to Killer and Buster.

"This is going to be so much fun!", I grinned, "You'll love our little home! It has plenty of hiding spots. The adults are kind of mean to Lori but other than that life's perfect!"

"Really?", Buster asked, "Who would be mean to such a nice girl?"

"They're her parents.", I answered, "Her dad kicked her mate out of the house three days ago. She really misses him. A good friend surprised her by bringing him to their hide-out."

"How many males are in the house?", Killer asked.

"Just one. There's Lori's dad, her mom, and her little sister. Annabel is 3. She turns four next week.", I answered.

"Is her dad nice to you?", Buster asked.

"I don't hang out around him much. I usually stay in Lori's room with her. Me personally, I don't like him. He cares more about age than happiness. Lori's mate is 32 and shes 17.", I said.

"Sounds like he cares more about his younger daughter than Lori.", Killer said.

"Yeah.", I muttered and Lori returned.

Lori's POV

"Okay, guys. Who's ready to return home?", I asked and held up two leashes.

Bullet wagged his tail. Killer and Buster both got up and followed me and Bullet to the truck. I opened the back seat door and all three hopped in. I closed the door and got in the driver's seat. I drove home and tossed the garage door opener to the boys in the back.

"Who wants to open the garage?", I asked.

I watched in my rear-view mirror as Killer sniffed the garage door opener and opened the garage. I stopped in the driveway when it didn't open.

"Oops. Wrong one.", I said and switched the garage door openers.

Killer pushed the button with his nose and the garage door opened. Bullet handed me the garage door opener after I pulled in. I closed the garage door and let them out of the truck. I went to the trunk and pulled out three bowls. Two food bowls, one for each new dog, and a water bowl for them all to share.

I grabbed the leashes and walked into the house. Luckily, while Ron and I were spending time together, we managed to figure out how to see one another. A while ago, I was fooling around and created this app/website. You can call someone through a secure line that is impossible to hack. Only people who have the code to the website and the app can use it. Once you type the code in, you never have to use the code again.

"Who wants to say hello to daddy?", I asked as I logged in.

I called Ron and waited for him to answer. Seconds later, his face popped up. The call had started.

"Hi.", I said and waved.

"Hello, Lori.", Ron smiled and waved back.

"We miss you.", I said.

"I miss you both as well.", Ron said.

"We should get together soon. The five of us.", I smiled.

"Five?", Ron asked.

"Come here, boys.", I said and patted the bed.

Bullet jumped up and laid down in front of me. Killer and Buster sat down next to me. I heard someone walking up the stairs as Ron turned his head toward what I assumed was the door.

"This is Killer and Buster.", I said.

"Alright, I don't know who's coming. It might be Orion it might be Rhyan. Anyway, let's scare them. Killer, Buster, Bullet, speak.", Ron said and all three started barking.

I heard it echo through his room which meant he had turned the volume up. I heard whoever was coming up the stairs run back down.

"Dammit, Ironhide!", Someone yelled causing Ron to snicker.

"Who was that?", I asked.

"Cecelia. My ex girlfriend.", Ron answered.

Ex girlfriend?