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Chapter 10: Bark
It was quite odd that Reggie went home the previous day looking and acting differently. He was unusually quiet and only managed a forced smile and a raised pair of eyebrows when he bumped into the family next door. On regular days, he would go home tired from more than eight hours of work but he still found time to crack jokes…yesterday, he did not.
“Blag! Blag! Blag!” now there were more people knocking, kicking, and banging the door calling, “Reggie! Reggie!” the sound of their voices panicked.
Their reaction was understandable. It was 10:00 in the morning. Reggie was supposed to be at work by now and he was not. He was still in bed sound asleep.
Polly slept late the night before. Something wasn’t quite right with his human. After feeding him, Reggie went straight to bed without taking his usual late night stick of cigarette or a cup of coffee.
Polly would sleep on the doormat by the foot of the bed. From there, he could hear
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