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‘Maeve,’ Andrea said, seeming frightened. ‘It’s okay. It’s only a doll.’
‘I’m sorry,’ I said. ‘I don’t mean…’ I took a great, gasping breath. ‘It looked so real,’ I finished helplessly.
Emily placed an arm around my shoulders, drawing me to her side. ‘I knew we should have left the dog in the city. But Henry is so attached. Andrea, I’ll leave him with a dog sitter next time.’
‘It’s okay, really,’ Andrea replied. ‘We have more models upstairs. But this was a good learning experience. I’m actually glad it happened. I should build accidents like this into the curriculum. Or maybe think about reapproaching our engineering team about what materials we’re using. Clearly, we don’t want dogs thinking these are chew toys,’ she said with a nervous laugh. ‘Come on, let’s go inside. I’ll show yo
