Exposed: Book 2 MAC Security Series by Abigail Davies Page B

around, looked at me and then at the truck. “Up you go.” I waved.
    Whining again, I went closer to him and tried to help lift him. Even though you could see that he was underweight, he still weighed a ton. I didn’t know what made me think I’d be able to lift the giant thing, but I put all my strength into it and didn’t even manage to lift him an inch off the ground.
    “Kay!” I startled at Ty’s voice, the dog turned around and growled, bearing his teeth. “Whoa!” Holding his hands up in the air, Ty stopped where he was with Evan behind him.
    “He’s fine,” I said to them and turned back to the dog. “It’s okay.” Holding my hand out to him again, he let me stroke him.
    Trying to keep the dog calm, I kept my hand on his back and turned to Ty. “He’s hurt,” I said. “I need to get him to a vet.”
    “And you were just gonna lift that giant dog all on your own?” Evan laughed.
    “I was trying,” I huffed and stood up straight. “I didn’t think he’d be so heavy?”
    “Here.” Ty moved forward, holding his hand out to the dog in the same way that I did. “Come here, boy.”
    “How do you know it’s a boy?” Evan asked, his eyes wide. He hadn’t moved from his spot from over twenty feet away.
    “Can you not see that?” Ty shook his head and moved closer, his hand stroking the dogs head. “Help me lift him up and we’ll go and get him checked out.”
    “You want me?” Evan pointed to his chest, his eyes wide. “To help lift that mammoth?”
    “Just get over here,” Ty grunted.
    “Nope.” He crossed his arms over his chest and looked away.
    “Come on, Uncle Evan!” Eli shouted from the truck.
    “Fine!” He threw his hands up in the air, shuffling forward. “But if he eats me, I’m gonna sue your ass.” He pointed at Ty.
    “If he eats you, you won’t be here to sue me.” Ty smirked.
    “So, you want him to eat me?”
    “Jesus, Evan, just help me lift him.” Rolling his eyes, he waited until Evan was closer and together they lifted him into the back of the truck.
    Once I knew he was safely in the back, I walked around to Eli’s door and strapped him in. “Is he hurt, mama?”
    “I think his paw is, sweetie. We’ll go and get him checked out. Okay?”
    “Okay.” He turned in his seat, looking into the back of the truck.
    Shutting the door, I got in the drivers’ side, did my belt up and turned the engine on.
    “Let’s go,” Ty said, jumping into the passenger side.
    “Huh?” I looked at him confused.
    “To the vets?” I just sat there and stared at him. He was coming with us?
    “Yeah,” he said with raised brows.
    “Oh, right.” Clearing my throat, I wiped my hands on my jeans and did a U-turn. I’d never drove with Ty sat in the passenger seat and it made me nervous. Made me more aware of how I drove, I felt like he was watching my every move.
    “Where’s Evan?” Eli asked.
    “He’s gone back to the warehouse, bud.”
    “Oh.” Looking into the rear view mirror, I watched as Eli turned in his seat trying to see the dog again.
    “Will he be okay?”
    “He should be, bud, let’s get him to the vets and they will know,” Ty told him.
    “Where is the vets?” I asked, not knowing where I was going.
    “Take the next left and go to the end of the road and then take a right,” he said, waving his hands about in the air. Why do people do that? They could never just say it, they always had to act it out with their hands as well.
    “Okay.” I followed his directions and looked at him confused when we got there; thinking that was the end of his directions.
    I was wrong, so wrong.
    Fifteen minutes later, we finally got there after many, many more directions. I should have just let him drive, it would have been so much easier.
    “I’ll go inside and get someone to help us,” Ty said and pushed out of the car as Eli undid his belt.
    “Can I go see him, mama?”
    “Yeah.” I nodded.
    We got out and walked around to the back of the truck,