CHAPTER 9
The more time that elapsed, the lonelier that I got.
I kept thinking about Vic, vacationing in faraway New York, three thousand miles from where I was. If only he could at least call me, but I knew he didn't want to take a chance like that. His wife was no doubt keeping track of him like crazy, and he probably scarcely had a free minute.
I noticed how affectionate Pal wanted to get all the time. It bothered me, since one side of me would have liked to relented and allowed him to take as many liberties as he desired. But I was a little fearful about following through in that particular fashion, since I realized just how much damage I might be doing to myself overall. After all, I kept telling myself, he was an animal, but I could get quite easily attached to him. I could never
