After showering, Nicholas emerged from the bathroom to an unpleasant smell. He found his shirt crumpled under the bed.
Squatting down, he saw a distinct urine stain on the dark carpet...
He had a pretty good idea of what had happened.
He pulled the shirt out from under the bed, along with Molly, who was clamped onto it with her teeth.
Molly, completely oblivious to the trouble she had caused, wagged her tail at him.
"You're so naughty," Nicholas admonished her helplessly.
But Molly couldn't understand a word he was saying. She released the shirt and crawled onto the back of Nicholas's foot, acting as if she ruled the place.
Nicholas sighed, at a loss for what to do with her.
He had thought that raising a pet with Izzy would be a good substitute for a child, a new bond between them,
