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Article: The option package.(Short story)
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
- Author:
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It was D Day. Dog Day. Decision Day. Sixty-three days since we'd visited the Best Friends Forever clinic with a vial of Rufus's blood. The vet saved it for us after Rufus drifted off into the big sleep. Dr. Wilson couldn't do much after a truck hit my best friend except to make sure he didn't suffer.
I leaned against the warm metal of the car door. BFF called an hour ago, but Teddy threw one of his tantrums when Mom tried to get him dressed. Rufus had been my dog, and he'd left a Rottweiler-sized hole in my life, but Teddy was lost without him.
To me, Rufus was a big, goofy bundle of muscle and energy. We ran together after school. He played soccer with ...
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