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She has dropped by Glyn Phillips' farm in time to see his son, Huw, riding the strange pony that mysteriously appeared in one of his paddocks, and seemed to be unrideable. Skipping ahead a few pages, Glyn takes her into the kitchen to see how his old dog is doing, and the younger dog jumps up at her, almost knocking her over.
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“I'm so sorry, I try to stop him jumping up at people - he’s only young, as I said, and he gets over excited.”
“It’s
okay,” she said with a grin, giving the collie a hug, “I love dogs. We
always had dogs when I was a child and I really miss having one now.”
“You should get one then, there are plenty in the rehoming centre looking for a good home. I wouldn’t be without a dog, myself.”
“Oh, I’d love to,” she said, giving a little sigh, but it wouldn’t really be fair,
since I’m at work a lot of the day. I’m thinking about getting a cat
from the rescue centre though, although I’m really more of a dog person
really. Perhaps one day, if I come into money and can retire…”
Glyn chuckled softly. “Sometimes if we want something enough we can find a way to make it happen.”
Hmm,
the man was a philosopher too, as well as devilishly handsome. She’d
have to watch herself. It would be easy to fall for his gentle manners
and good looks, and she wasn’t ready to commit to another relationship
yet. It was rather satisfying to be completely independent, and to be
able to organise her life to suit herself without having to consider
someone else’s arrangements. Besides, she’d fancied herself in love once
before and had her feelings and her trust betrayed. She wasn’t about to
allow it to happen again.
(This is only a rough draft to give the gist of the novel, and is subject to change and edits - and improvement on the creative punctuation which is needed to adhere to the ten sentence rule!) Any feedback gratefully received.
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