Mad Dog (2008)
Mad Dog
““Oh my.”
“Now that’s what I call disgusting.”
The old folks circle Buddy and the bulldog.
I tug at the dog’s collar, but she doesn’t want to leave her new friend.
Dakota rushes off somewhere and comes back with a handful of paper towels. I have no idea where she found them. She wipes up the ball of slobber from Buddy’s lap and drops the towels into the wastebasket.
I’m not sure what to do now. Buddy was our inside man, the one person Mrs. Coolidge said was on our side. Now we’ve probably lost h...er.
“I’m really sorry, ma’am,” I say, reaching for friendly Wes. I yank the dog away from her, but she pops back up. “The dog’s never acted like this before. If you’ll give me a chance, I can train her not to—”
Buddy holds up her hand for me to stop. She frowns and moves her face closer to the bulldog’s. “This mutt reminds me of a fella I used to know. Pitched for the Giants. Chewed tobacco. Ugly habit, chewing that stuff. Bad for the breath too.”
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“Now that’s what I call disgusting.”
The old folks circle Buddy and the bulldog.
I tug at the dog’s collar, but she doesn’t want to leave her new friend.
Dakota rushes off somewhere and comes back with a handful of paper towels. I have no idea where she found them. She wipes up the ball of slobber from Buddy’s lap and drops the towels into the wastebasket.
I’m not sure what to do now. Buddy was our inside man, the one person Mrs. Coolidge said was on our side. Now we’ve probably lost h...er.
“I’m really sorry, ma’am,” I say, reaching for friendly Wes. I yank the dog away from her, but she pops back up. “The dog’s never acted like this before. If you’ll give me a chance, I can train her not to—”
Buddy holds up her hand for me to stop. She frowns and moves her face closer to the bulldog’s. “This mutt reminds me of a fella I used to know. Pitched for the Giants. Chewed tobacco. Ugly habit, chewing that stuff. Bad for the breath too.”
Nobody argues.MoreLess
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