The Pet Dog and the Plot

The Pet Dog and the Plot

Gavin

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The silence of my house hit me first. My sweet, goofy rescue dog, Buster, wasn't there to greet me. He was just gone. My estranged husband, Mark, and his new girlfriend, Lisa, spread a narrative that ruined me: Sarah Miller, the animal shelter manager, was so negligent she lost her own dog. My work suffered, volunteers pitied me, and online comments shamed me publicly, painting me as an irresponsible fraud. They paraded around town with a new, expensive designer puppy, while the loss of Buster became a hole in my life that never closed. I became a shell, until I overheard them at a charity gala, hidden in a secluded alcove, laughing. "She still probably thinks he just ran away," Lisa snickered. "It was for the best," Mark replied smoothly. "Getting rid of Buster was the only way to make room for Muffin." "And to knock Sarah down a peg," Lisa added. The world tilted; they didn't just let Buster get lost, they orchestrated it. They destroyed my reputation and my heart for a designer puppy and cruel sport. The shock was a physical blow, and the world went black. I died of a broken heart. Then, I gasped, my eyes flying open to the familiar morning sun. It was the day Buster disappeared. This was a second chance, a miracle. I wasn't going to waste it.

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The silence of my house hit me first.

My sweet, goofy rescue dog, Buster, wasn't there to greet me.

He was just gone.

My estranged husband, Mark, and his new girlfriend, Lisa, spread a narrative that ruined me: Sarah Miller, the animal shelter manager, was so negligent she lost her own dog.

My work suffered, volunteers pitied me, and online comments shamed me publicly, painting me as an irresponsible fraud.

They paraded around town with a new, expensive designer puppy, while the loss of Buster became a hole in my life that never closed.

I became a shell, until I overheard them at a charity gala, hidden in a secluded alcove, laughing.

"She still probably thinks he just ran away," Lisa snickered.

"It was for the best," Mark replied smoothly.

"Getting rid of Buster was the only way to make room for Muffin."

"And to knock Sarah down a peg," Lisa added.

The world tilted; they didn't just let Buster get lost, they orchestrated it.

They destroyed my reputation and my heart for a designer puppy and cruel sport.

The shock was a physical blow, and the world went black.

I died of a broken heart.

Then, I gasped, my eyes flying open to the familiar morning sun.

It was the day Buster disappeared.

This was a second chance, a miracle.

I wasn't going to waste it.

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