The Good Luck Potion (The Good Luck Series) by Leanne Tyler Read Free Book Online Page B

grinned and turned to Kimberly. “Will you drive me home tonight?”
    She nodded and kissed him on the cheek.
    “Then we’ll see you folks later.”

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Five
     
    Alex led Sue to his truck and opened the door for her before running around to his side. He got in and started the engine, adjusting the AC to make it more comfortable for her. “Are you hungry?”
    “A little.”
    “Do you want to grab a pepperoni pizza? Go back to my place and check out my CD collection?”
    She grinned. “That sounds good.”
    “All right then. Have you ever met Duke?”
    She shook her head. “Not in person. Pictures yes, but I’ve only heard about him.”
    “Then I think it is high time that you meet the legend.”
    She laughed. “Legend? I wouldn’t exactly call him one.”
    “ You wouldn’t? But he has a reputation, you know. Keely has told me tales of his antics while I was away. Surely you’ve heard them as well?”
    “I have. I guess the funniest is where Duke dragged Keely through the bushes at the Fountain City Lake to get to Darren.”
    “Ouch. She didn’t tell me about that one.”
    “Could you blame her? If it had been me, I wouldn’t have shared that story with anyone because it would have been too embarrassing to admit that I let an overweight dog get the best of me. She had a few scrapes and bruises after that incident, but she faithfully took him back for his jogs.”
    Alex glanced at her. “She did take good care of him , and it sounds like I owe her a lot more than I realized.”
    “Yes , you do. But it wasn’t only Keely who looked after him. Jama shared in his care while Keely and Darren were on their honeymoon. Luckily Duke’s antics for her were only moaning at the moon and waking up the neighborhood. It kept Kyle coming over and that’s how they fell in love.”
    Alex chuckled. “Are you suggesting that my dog is a matchmaker?”
    She shrugged. “It did seem that way at times.”
    “Then should I be worried now that I’m home?”
    “Only if you want to be.”
    He stopped at a red light and pulled out his cell. He punched in the number to a local pizza place and ordered for delivery. “It’s going to be about half an hour. So we’ll hang out with Duke for a while.”
    “Sure. Friday night high school football games keep them busy I guess.”
    “Yeah. I hadn’t thought about that.”
    “So how big is your Bublé collection?”
    Alex grinned. “I think I have every single release. There was this music store near where I worked in Alaska. I spent a great deal of time there in the evenings and on the weekends. The owner loved music and kept it stocked with some of the all-time legends. He had private listening booths so you could preview the music. That’s when I discovered I liked his music.”
    “That sounds amazing. You don’t find music stores with listening booths anymore.”
    “ It was. And it kept me from being lonely not knowing many people in the area when I first moved there.”
    She reached over and laid her hand on his. The gesture surprised him, but he found it nice.
    “What about you?” He quickly glanced over at her. “Do you have many of his CDs?”
    “A few, but I have an eclectic taste in music so I’m all over the spectrum.”
    He turned off the main road to Cedar Lane, and they drove in silence for a few moments until he slowed to pull into the drive. Duke ran to the fence, jumped up standing on his back legs and began to bark.
    “I didn’t know you had two dogs.”
    “I don’t.” He turned off the engine.
    “But what about the white one that was lying under the tree with Duke when we pulled up?”
    “A white dog?” He opened the door, got out and hurried to her side of the truck to open the door for her, but she didn’t wait.
    “Yeah. Didn’t you see it?”
    “No. I didn’t, but I’ve seen flashes of white running across the yard before. I wasn’t really sure what I was seeing.”
    “Could it be a neighbor’s