Chasing the Captain's Heart

chapter ten

One surgery, three days in the hospital, and a prescription for pain meds later, and Dabbs called, “It’s open!” at the knock on his door. Of course, his dogs were barking up a storm, so Dabbs wasn’t surprised when the knock came a second time.

“It’s open!” he yelled, louder.

The door opened a few inches, and Ryland Zervudachi poked his head inside, wearing the square-shaped, pink-and-turquoise sunglasses Dabbs had purchased for him at Frozen Fest. “Hi, doggies. Hi.” He slipped into the foyer, careful to block the exit with his body, which Dabbs appreciated because his dogs were closet escape artists.