Anyone But You
“"I want a puppy," she said to the dumpy brown-uniformed woman behind the scarred metal counter at Riverbend Animal Control. "Something perky." "Perky." The woman sighed. "Sure. We got perky." She jerked her head toward the gray metal door at the end of the counter. "Through there, one step down." "Right." Nina shoved her short dark curls behind her ears, grabbed her purse and walked through the door, determined to pick herself out the perkiest birthday present on four paws. So what if yesterday... had been her fortieth birthday? Forty was a good age for a woman. It meant freedom. Especially freedom from her overambitious ex-husband and their overpriced suburban castle which had finally sold after a year of open-house hell. There was something good: she was out of that damn house. And now she was forty. Well, she was delighted to be forty. After all, that was the reason she was getting a dog of her own. The attendant joined her and said, "This way," and Nina followed her toward yet another heavy metal door.MoreLess
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