Chapter 24

“Rub me with soap and wash it off,” he said brusquely.

I did as he asked and gave him a perfunctory bath. After washing him he also told me to wash his hair.

I sat behind Master Evan on a step and cleaned his hair. I remembered the one-time mom and I had gone to a fancy salon. The lady had run her nails over my scalp. It had felt really good, so I did that gently.

“More of that,” came the soft response.

I started to massage the scalp in front of me and Evan groaned very low in his throat.

“Like that,” was the guttural comment, so I kept at it.

Evan moved only once as I worked on his hair. He jerked me around so I sat on the bench beside him. Flipping his legs up on bench he laid back with his head on one thigh.

“You may continue,” he said settling down.

As I worked, I heard my other owners walking away. A game was being played on the other side of the pool and it had their attention.

Eventually, Master Evan’s hair was clean but h