*
“So you didn’t see a single thing?”
“Absolutely nothing,” I replied. “They moved quickly, and they made it seem like someone had put them up to it.”
As was to be expected, Joaquin was to be found pacing the length of the room with his hands clasped behind his back, deep in thought. Clearly he was lost in thought, while Ethel sat beside me and made the appropriate faces at every juncture. She gasped at the right time, and she covered her mouth in horror in every part I expected her to while I was telling the story.
“And then you ended up here?
“Yes,” I said. “All thanks to this dog. He was the one who got me the help I needed at the exact time I needed it. He stopped a random stranger and somehow managed to convince them to drive me all the way here”
Joaquin turned to look at the
