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blood.”
    Cam stood and positioned himself beside the doctor, gently taking hold of the animal and again spotting the wedding band on Dr. Moore’s hand. He nodded toward it. “What’s with the ring, doc?”
    “Well, it’s what you wear when you’re married… and have two kids.” When Cam raised a brow, he added, “Mrs. Moore is quite content and it keeps the neighbors from asking questions.” Cam didn’t reply, not sure what to say to that. Thankfully, Grant changed the subject. “You bought the old place over on Sullivan?”
    Cam nodded and tightened his grip slightly as the cat began struggling a bit. “I still have a ton of work to do. The yardwork alone could take me a month or more.”
    “You should hire a couple of the local kids to help. It’s cheap labor and most of them are excited to have something to do. Now Tommasina isn’t going to like me much, but I have to get a fecal sample too.”
    Cam cringed at the thought, but then was caught by something else the doctor had said. “Tommasina, huh?”
    “Yeah, you didn’t tell me what you decided to call her, so I went with that.” Grant grinned.
    “I like it,” Cam announced with a nod of finality. “Tommasina it is.”
    While waiting on the results of the tests, Grant stayed in the room and chatted with Cam. Cam found himself learning more about the residents of Hog Mountain than he ever wanted to know.
    “I guess you know everyone in the town, having grown up here and all,” Cam commented, not sure what else to say at that point.
    “Oh yeah, all the dirt. I’ve either fucked ’em or someone close who knew their secrets.” Grant waggled his brows.
    “Wait.” That got Cam’s attention. “You fucked someone in this town?”
    “Well, I fuck both male and female, but if you’re asking if there are other gays around Hog Mountain, the answer is yes.”
    “You people have perfected the art of suburban camouflage for sure. I would never have guessed anyone around here was gay.” Cam wasn’t convinced he liked this kind of gossip, not for moral reasons so much, but because it was a double-edged sword and he had secrets he didn’t want spread all over.
    Grant smirked. “How about our own Jackson Rhodes?”
    Cam coughed and slapped his chest. “No way!”
    “Way. But he’s so far in the closet, he knows what people in China are getting for Christmas. We used to hook up from time to time, until I got married and he decided fucking a married man was against his morals.” Grant rolled his eyes.
    Cam grew quiet, giving thought to that revelation. Officer Rhodes was gay….
    After the results came back from all the tests, Grant scooped up Tommasina and placed her back in the carrier, then turned to Cam and said, “She seems pretty healthy. All you’ll need is a litter box and she should make a fine house pet.”
    “ Litter box?” Cam was taken aback.
    Grant chuckled. “Where did you think she was going to go to the bathroom?”
    Okay, yeah, that makes sense , Cam decided, but this was turning out to be a lot of trouble.
    “And a bag of litter. You can get both of those over at Gordon’s.”
    As Cam took the carrier from Grant, Grant leaned in and spoke low. “So, how ’bout I come around on Tuesday and check on Tommasina, her being pregnant and all.”
    Cam’s brows rose and he grinned. “That would be right neighborly, doc. How about around seven in the evening?”
    Grant returned a bright smile. “I look forward to it.”
     
     
    ANOTHER VISIT to Gordon’s Market later, and Cam was on the way home again. Too lazy to even make a sandwich at home, he had grabbed a sub sandwich at the deli counter and was already eating it as he drove.
    The first fat drops of rain hit the windshield as he was pulling into the driveway, and he hurried to get the carrier and his other purchases in the house before the bottom dropped out. Then with the soothing sound of a downpour on the tin roof of the porch, Cam set up the litter box in the