I did not see Marcus in the mansion for several days but I knew that he was there. In just a handful of time I had trained my puppy Ajax to follow me at my heal. Ajax was the name of Achille’s best friend who was a warrior king in Classical Mythology. According to the myth, he was a giant red haired bearded man who was a hero only equal to Achilles. I don’t know why, but I thought of my friend the dog in the same way. A little beige-red soldier I could speak to and play with, when there was a battle going on in the background between Marcus and I.
This last week Ajax was fantastic and made me laugh all the time. He was all too keen to bark at both James and Jonah which pleased me beyond anything else. James seemed a little off set by him. Evidently, he did not like dogs. When Ajax bark
