I Left the “Nice Guy” After He Forgot Our Dog’s Lifeline

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Mark showed up at Jenna’s the next day with flowers.

Not because flowers fix anything, but because flowers are the universal “please stop being mad so I can feel like a good person again.”

Barnaby didn’t wag. He didn’t bark. He just stood behind my legs, peeking around me like, Is this the guy who forgot me?

Mark’s face did that wounded-puppy thing continue reading …