THE SINFUL HOUR COLLECTION
I carried her over to her tiny corduroy bed in the corner, set her down gently, then grabbed one of those peanut-butter training cookies from the jar on the counter.
“Open up,” I said, holding it right in front of her nose.
She turned her head, ears pinned back, giving me the most pitiful side-eye.
“Not hungry?” I frowned. She gave a soft, whiny bark. “Okay, drama queen.”
I bounced the rubber baseball lightly in my palm. “You wanna play fetch instead?”
Her entire body wriggled. The second I cocked my arm, she was already sprinting toward the karaoke room. I lobbed it—not too hard, just enough for the satisfying thump against the wall.