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Chapter Twenty-One

The house was silent when I arrived home. Dad was at work, and Mom had left a note that she and Tommy were getting shoes for school. I had the house to myself.

Well, almost to myself. Athena was still there. I heard her nails hit the floor as she jumped off the couch and ran to greet me. She danced around my ankles with the kind of smile that only a welcoming dog can achieve.

“Were you on the couch?” I asked, lecturing her in tender baby-talk. “Were you sneaking in a little nap up there?”

She pushed between my legs and circled back around without ever losing contact, her tail whipping from side to side.

“You think you’re sneaky, but I bet if I go over there your beautiful gold fur will be all over it, huh?” I pet her head and loved on her for a moment. “You just leave too much evidence.”

She followed me up the stairs and into my room.

“Wanna come up?” I said, patting my bed. “Come on, come up.”

Athena jumped onto my bed and circled once before plopping down onto one my pillows. I had
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