“I told the officer who interviewed me—a young African American guy who clearly loved animals—what had happened. I gathered that, despite Efram’s ugly threat, he would probably not be arrested for his intrusion into HotRescues that day. I had Nina take the cop for a walk around the shelter, ostensibly to make sure Efram wasn’t hiding in some remote alcove, but also because I had the sense that the officer was interested in seeing our residents, and I wanted to encourage that. His partner, an old...er, no-nonsense female cop, pretended disinterest, but she accompanied them. I returned to the welcome area. It was long past the time when the woman who’d called so often said she was bringing in her dog. Maybe she had at long last made the final decision to keep her pup at home. But that wasn’t the case. A thin thirtysomething lady was standing there when I arrived. She wore tight jeans and a loose shirt in a colorful print pattern. Sitting on the floor at her feet, his leash slack since he wasn’t moving, was a golden retriever mix.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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