CHAPTER 12
JOSIE
The clinic is quiet for a Monday morning, although, I think that may partially be because it’s the day before Christmas, so most people are very busy with things related to that. This morning, I had just one appointment for a dog who had to get his check up and vaccinations for the year, and he was very helpful and sweet about it all, so it was all taken care of in no-time. The owner was very much in the holiday spirit, chatting about their plans for the next couple of days and asking me about mine. I smiled at them and made more of my own basically non-existent plans than they really were. Because I didn’t want to dampen their mood.
Eline comes in with a plate full of Christmas cookies, smiling broadly as she puts them down on my desk. “To lift the spirits.” She picks
