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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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it anyway.

By summer, the Larson house was boarded properly, the shed behind it emptied and padlocked by the county. Weeds grew through the dead garden where Scout had nearly died keeping her puppies alive. Cal drove past it sometimes on his way to town. At first, Scout would sit up straight in the passenger seat, ears tight, body braced. Eventually,continue reading …

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