13 to Life
“The dog sprang forward, unbidden, yanked the leash free from the officer’s hand and— —charged.
Its ears flattened, its long mouth opened, teeth glistening, eyes fixed on the most certain target of its life—me. I couldn’t move.
My mind struggled to grasp the speed at which everything was happening. . . . At that moment I had the rather mundane thought the cheery bandanna was awfully misleading. . . .
The dog’s muscles bunched as it launched into the air. It was like seeing some nature show where... the lion goes straight for the throat. I didn’t feel like I was there at all. My mind couldn’t accept there wasn’t a television screen wedged between myself and severe bodily harm.
Teeth snapped as it soared toward my face, a taunt urging me to run—to give it a challenge. But my feet were stuck to the gym floor as if I were mired in freshly set cement. And then the world before me blurred and I saw an arm thrust out just inches in front of my nose. The move stirred the loose strands of my hair.MoreLess
Its ears flattened, its long mouth opened, teeth glistening, eyes fixed on the most certain target of its life—me. I couldn’t move.
My mind struggled to grasp the speed at which everything was happening. . . . At that moment I had the rather mundane thought the cheery bandanna was awfully misleading. . . .
The dog’s muscles bunched as it launched into the air. It was like seeing some nature show where... the lion goes straight for the throat. I didn’t feel like I was there at all. My mind couldn’t accept there wasn’t a television screen wedged between myself and severe bodily harm.
Teeth snapped as it soared toward my face, a taunt urging me to run—to give it a challenge. But my feet were stuck to the gym floor as if I were mired in freshly set cement. And then the world before me blurred and I saw an arm thrust out just inches in front of my nose. The move stirred the loose strands of my hair.MoreLess
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