Only For This Night

A few hours later after having her bath, Anna realized that she hadn’t gotten Pookie for the evening. Slipping on pajama wear, she stepped out of the dressing room and headed toward her bedside table. She took a pack of peanuts and walked to the puppy’s little pink house at the other end of the room.

“You look like you’re dying of hunger,” she remarked when she opened the puppy’s house and found it laying on the floor weakly. Pookie scrambled to her feet once she noticed her door opening and she immediately ran out of the cage.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Anna yelled. “I’m about to feed you.”

At the mention of food, the puppy slowly returned to her side and sat on its tail, waiting for the food she promised. Anna shook her head and popped open the pack of peanuts before pouring some into her hands and squatting to the puppy’s size. She let the puppy eat directly from her hands.

“You’ll eat just peanuts for the evening, I can’t go get you food right now. Tomorrow, Mariam will