eavy with the presence of int

grab Danny's shoe

eave before t

Danny, I would lo

onizing scream tor

from the

wasn'

eamed, bolting past m

him, my heart pou

sprawling old oak tree, Kyl

rpened stick

round, writhing in pain, bl

watching the animal suffer with a d

ieked, throwing hims

n't even

ding my five-year-old so

pat. "It's just a dumb animal.

aw

think;

myself acro

d, knocking him a

the grass, lo

d, scooping the bleeding cat into one a

nly there, scream

! Tom! She h

e back door, his fa

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k at Danny's

was now sobbing theat

ched ov

ed the lin

sed hi

n't f

ed him

mark. Make it easier for the Commissi

esit

the Commission

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hit his shoulder ag

d out i

y hand, shielded be

era was

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rtured

ault on

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re le

nywhere," Tom said,

loud the neighbors three streets over will call the cops. Do you want police at a C

fro

re bad fo

e Don hated more than a

if you aren't back by dinner, I'm cu

ur money

Danny to m

t go to

al zone, a place run by a doctor who asked

d a pap

the bruising on

vet report

mined Danny, I co

vi

dical

on my phone-Tom was lazy with his p

ing on the exam table,

an adventure, M

othing his hair. "We are

him into

the one place Tom

on's