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thin air to answer the door.
“Good morning, Deputy,” he said in his British accent.
Rick gave him a nod. “’Morning, Randall. I’m here for Gina and the kids.”
“Yes, I believe they’re ready. Come in, please,” Randall said as he stepped back.
Ryan ran for Rick and the deputy caught him and picked him up.
“We gonna go see the critters?” Ryan asked.
“Yeah, we are. Unless you don’t want to,” Rick said.
“Yeah, I wanna!”
“Ok. We’ll go then,” Rick said and put Ryan down again. “Hi, Chloe.”
“Hi,” Chloe said. “How many do you have?”
Rick smiled. “You’ll just have to see.”
He looked at Gina and a current of awareness passed between them. “You look very pretty.”
Her smile was accompanied by a slight blush even though she fought it. “Thank you.”
Ryan pulled back Rick’s duster to see if Curtis was in it.
“He’s at home so you’ll see him there,” Rick said. “Off we go.”
When they pulled up in front of his place, Rick said, “Now, don’t go running off by yourself to pet the animals. I have to show you how to do it properly, ok?”
Both children agreed.
“That goes for you, too, Miss Gina,” Rick said as he helped her from the buggy.
“I’ll try not to run off, but I won’t promise anything,” she said.
“That’s ok. I’ll chase you down,” Rick said with a look that made her feel a little disconcerted.
Gina followed him into the small house. He hadn’t been lying when he’d said it was two rooms. It was neat but sparsely furnished. It was easy to see that a bachelor lived there. They followed Rick across the room they’d entered to another door.
He stopped and smiled at them. “Are you ready?”
“Yeah!” Ryan said.
Chloe nodded, her green eyes filled with excitement.
Rick opened the door and motioned them through. He pulled the door shut behind them and whistled. Curtis poked his head out from the ferret house and then came out when he saw the visitors. As they all crouched down to greet him, an albino ferret that was slightly smaller than Curtis came out.
“This is Millie,” Rick said as he picked her up and handed her to Gina.
“She’s beautiful!” Gina said as Millie bounced onto her shoulder.
Suddenly they were surrounded by five little ferrets that were very rambunctious and curious. The kits were friendly and easily handled.
“They’re so tame,” Gina said as one bounced against her.
“I handle them as soon as I can so that they get used to human scent right away. It’s important to hand raise them that way so that they’re friendly and don’t bite. Every so often you get one that’s not reliable, but for the most part, they’re all like this. You do have to discipline them, though. So if one of these little guys tries to bite you, hiss at it.” Rick said.
“Hiss at it?” Chloe asked.
“Like a cat hisses. Try it and see what they do,” Rick urged her.
Chloe giggled and made a hissing noise. The ferrets all stopped what they were doing and looked at her. They blinked their eyes and
“Good morning, Deputy,” he said in his British accent.
Rick gave him a nod. “’Morning, Randall. I’m here for Gina and the kids.”
“Yes, I believe they’re ready. Come in, please,” Randall said as he stepped back.
Ryan ran for Rick and the deputy caught him and picked him up.
“We gonna go see the critters?” Ryan asked.
“Yeah, we are. Unless you don’t want to,” Rick said.
“Yeah, I wanna!”
“Ok. We’ll go then,” Rick said and put Ryan down again. “Hi, Chloe.”
“Hi,” Chloe said. “How many do you have?”
Rick smiled. “You’ll just have to see.”
He looked at Gina and a current of awareness passed between them. “You look very pretty.”
Her smile was accompanied by a slight blush even though she fought it. “Thank you.”
Ryan pulled back Rick’s duster to see if Curtis was in it.
“He’s at home so you’ll see him there,” Rick said. “Off we go.”
When they pulled up in front of his place, Rick said, “Now, don’t go running off by yourself to pet the animals. I have to show you how to do it properly, ok?”
Both children agreed.
“That goes for you, too, Miss Gina,” Rick said as he helped her from the buggy.
“I’ll try not to run off, but I won’t promise anything,” she said.
“That’s ok. I’ll chase you down,” Rick said with a look that made her feel a little disconcerted.
Gina followed him into the small house. He hadn’t been lying when he’d said it was two rooms. It was neat but sparsely furnished. It was easy to see that a bachelor lived there. They followed Rick across the room they’d entered to another door.
He stopped and smiled at them. “Are you ready?”
“Yeah!” Ryan said.
Chloe nodded, her green eyes filled with excitement.
Rick opened the door and motioned them through. He pulled the door shut behind them and whistled. Curtis poked his head out from the ferret house and then came out when he saw the visitors. As they all crouched down to greet him, an albino ferret that was slightly smaller than Curtis came out.
“This is Millie,” Rick said as he picked her up and handed her to Gina.
“She’s beautiful!” Gina said as Millie bounced onto her shoulder.
Suddenly they were surrounded by five little ferrets that were very rambunctious and curious. The kits were friendly and easily handled.
“They’re so tame,” Gina said as one bounced against her.
“I handle them as soon as I can so that they get used to human scent right away. It’s important to hand raise them that way so that they’re friendly and don’t bite. Every so often you get one that’s not reliable, but for the most part, they’re all like this. You do have to discipline them, though. So if one of these little guys tries to bite you, hiss at it.” Rick said.
“Hiss at it?” Chloe asked.
“Like a cat hisses. Try it and see what they do,” Rick urged her.
Chloe giggled and made a hissing noise. The ferrets all stopped what they were doing and looked at her. They blinked their eyes and
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