Chapter 74: Chapter 74

“I know. Thank you.”

“Anything for family.”

They showed Kaos Birdcage and gave Hestia to Francis for the night for comfort, and the next morning, he seemed better.

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Work picked up in the spring. The season meant new life, and that always showed in a veterinarian’s office.

Hestia and all her even-remotely local siblings had been spayed or neutered, so at least Padraig didn’t have to worry about her. There would be the mandatory lessons people learned the hard way, and puppies and kittens, along with other unwanted animal babies, the further into the spring they went.

Kaos was having fun at Pink Ink, but since Marcus’s former clinic had officially been licensed as a place where he could tattoo people, he was planning on opening a tattoo shop, along with the souvenir shop, in mid-April. He was staying with Christa until then, because her next guest artist wasn’t available before.