Chapter Twenty-Six
"Mom, mom! Look what I made at school!" I giggled, unfolding the picture and turning it toward her, "it's a fluffy white dog just like in my dreams! This is me," I grinned, tapping the girl holding his paw. "Really? Let me see," she smiled, taking the picture from my grasp as I smiled up at her proudly. She suddenly pulled out a lighter, causing my heart to drop when she lifted the flame to the corner of the paper and lit it afire, holding it right in front of my face while I helplessly watched the drawing I worked several weeks on turn into nothing. Tears welled in my eyes watching her release the corner, the paper burning out before it had time to reach the floor. "Now your dog's dead. That's why you should never fall in love with something, it's gone before you know it," she said co
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