They Told Me I Could Only Take One Dog Home Until I Saw What Happened When They Tried to Separate Them

Margaret feared what the shelter records had described, the severe emotional decline following separation. She watched him closely. She sat on the floor beside Harold’s blanket and let Beans come to her when he was ready.

On the fourth day, he climbed onto the sofa beside her during the evening news.

He did not curl against her the way he had curled continue reading …