Sold To the Grizzly Don (Alcee and Bruno) novel Chapter 130

Chapter 130

“Ant, I really don’t want to force you in there, but you sn

smell like poop.

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germs. Avalanche can’t be comfortable caked in her own crap.”

“Jesus, you may need to call a vet because it’s clear this dog ate something she shouldn’t. It’s everywhere. It’s like the time Antero had a blowout diaper and it coated the rails of his crib.”

up the thin mat from the inside as her evidence. Alcee gagged. “Why the hell.

She looked at Susana, who was taking the crate apart and holding up are you not using gloves?”

Susana looked at her bare hands. “I don’t even know.”

She reached for Antero again and he clutched the dog, his fingers digging in and Avalanche gave a whimper. “Ant, you can’t hurt her. You’re hurting her squeezing her so tight. Let’s help her. Can you help me help her? She’s sick. Let’s get her in the bath.”

These were one of the times she wished she were a lot bigger than she was as she lifted both the boy and the dog in her arms and carried them awkwardly to the shower in Antero’s room but stood there staring at it. Antero was not fighting her at least. He was simply dangling in her arms, unhelping in any way as his fingers were wrapped tight in the fur of the dog. She turned on her heel and started towards the bedroom she shared with Torq Taking him to Torq’s shower. It’s way bigger and I can at least get in there too. I need the room.”

“Your dress has shit on it now,” Amal commented as she was starting to come back in the room and instead followed her down the hall.

“Great. I actually liked this one. Torq bought it.” she muttered as she realized she was huffing and puffing from the weight in her arms. She gently set the kid and dog on the floor in the oversized shower and stood up to catch her breath. Amal put the dog shampoo in her hand. “Can you grab Antero’s shampoo and soap from his bathroom, his favorite towel and his favorite pis?”

“On it.” Amal took off as Alcee got the water started.

She was surprised by how little Antero fought her to get undressed and under the water as she used the handheld shower head to rinse him off. “Stand right there while I spray Avalanche off. She turned the spray onto the dog who was obedient in a way she hadn’t expected.

Of course, Antero didn’t listen and started to the opening of the shower away from the clean water and she almost cried at the notion of wrangling a wet dog and a naked slippery child, but Antero grabbed the dog shampoo and turned back.

“Thank you God,” she whispered as he moved to help her wash Avalanche.

She watched the nasty colored water rinsing off the dog swirling around their bare feet and shuddered with revulsion. Antero was still not talking or making any kind of sound at all for the moment which she hated more than when he grunted or hissed at her. Yet as they worked quickly together to get Avalanche cleaned up, she was grateful for the distraction. She kept shooting glances at Antero’s face, his beautiful eyes cloudy and miserable and his nostrils flaring from one minute to the next.

“Avalanche, sit, stay.” She pointed at the dog to sit where she was and accepted the soaps from Amall who stepped right into the shower behind her and unzipped Alcee’s dress.

“You may as well clean up in here too.” Amal spoke softly as if trying not to spook Antero. She took the dress away from Alcee’s feet and left Alcee standing in her underwear. “Antero, can I bring Avalanche over here just a bit to dry her off?” As his eyes flicked to hers she shook her hands and waved a towel, “with a towel. We won’t use the hair dryer. Only a towel.” She clicked her tongue at Avalanche who trotted happily towards her. “Susana said she found an empty bag of treats at the back of the crate.”

Alcee sighed and looked at Antero, “did you leave her a snack buddy because you thought she’d be alone?”

He didn’t say a word as she washed his hair.

“It was kind of you to think she might get hungry while you were gone but it made her really sick. Maybe next time we can leave her one snack and not the whole bag.”

“What is happening in here?”

Mere looked up to see Brunella standing in the doorway.

“Is there anything I can help with?”

Chapter 130

Akcee looked at her in surprise, “what are you doing here?”

“Well, my daughter and grandson needed me. You left so quickly I didn’t have time to get in the car with you, but I grabbed the next one. We got stuck in traffic for a moment but I’m here now.”

“Avalanche had an accident in her crate from eating an entire bag of treats. Antero hugged her regardless of it and brought her on the bed. We’re getting cleaned up.”

“I stripped the bed and it’s on the floor.”

“Say no more,” Brunella took Amal’s words and the wet dress off the floor, “I’ll get the laundry started.” She looked at Alcee. “I’m proud of you. What you did tonight, standing up for your son, I don’t give a damn about appearances, I am proud of you. Forty years ago, I couldn’t do what you did. I did what I was told by the Lozano family, sat there, and shut my mouth. The men in the room might be thinking the Don has his hands full but the women in the room tonight, aside from one, all knew without a shadow of a doubt you are meant to be our Donna. You lift your chin high my darling daughter and don’t you ever bow down to any man, not even my son. He was wrong tonight. Don’t you let him forget it.”

“Thank you Brunella.”

“Thank you for coming back here and not simply taking the dog and the boy and moving to Siberia.” Brunella winked at her. “Yell if you need

1. me.

Brunella walked our of the room and Amal commented quietly.

“You lucked out in the mother–in–law department.”

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