\u201cWe\u2019ve been getting reports of missing puppies throughout the neighborhood,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFamilies are worried, and we\u2019ve been trying to trace where they might have gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
A knot tightened in my chest. Missing puppies?<\/p>\n
Marsa\u2019s strange behavior suddenly took on a new, alarming significance.<\/p>\n
I could feel Lili\u2019s grip on my hand tighten, her little fingers like a vice on mine.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Miller chimed in, her voice carrying a sharp edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw your cat dragging one across the yard and thought it was\u2026 peculiar.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s been doing it for days, from what I can tell.\u201d<\/p>\n
I swallowed hard, glancing at Marsa, whose eyes were half-closed, seemingly content with her makeshift family.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t make any sense. Marsa had never shown any interest in dogs before,<\/p>\n
let alone become a surrogate mother to a litter of puppies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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