The Puppy Had a Note Tied to Her Paw-and Someone Promised to Call at Noon

morning in Albuquerque, and the temperature had fallen below freezing overnight. The sun had cleared the Sandia Mountains, but it had not yet reached the empty strip mall lot where the puppy stood trembling between a boarded-up pharmacy and the back entrance of Canyon View Veterinary Center.

There was no collar. No person calling for her. No box or continue reading …