He thought he was stopping for a stray dog in the snow-until he saw what she was hiding beneath her body

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She smiled gently. “That’s probably the right answer.”

The approved families arrived one by one. An older widower named Mr. Donnelly came first, cap in hand, his references immaculate and his house too quiet since his beagle had died the previous spring. A young couple from a small farm outside town came next, nervous and earnest, with muddy boots continue reading …