peanut
aw. so i was walking home from downtown where i lunched with amy and then hit the gym directly across the street from her office, when i was about to wander on into my building and take a nap and saw a little beagle puppy sprinting down the sidewalk after. he skidded around the corner and down another street then bolted across N st. i saw a lady walking down towards me as well and asked if it was her dog. it wasn’t.
so i followed the little guy, or at least the direction he went when another woman, maria i would later find out, starts shouting if that was my dog who got loose. i told her no and we went searching for the little guy. we found him in front of a garage door to a neighboring building and he came running to us. i thought maybe he lived in the building and, having gotten loose from whomever, ran straight home. i wondered if delia would do that, like, if she would know the way home. and i think she would, i just think she’d take her damn time getting there, taking the long way. maybe stopping along the way to eat a squirrel or take on a gang of chihuahuas.
just when i’m starting to think i’ll be the happy owner of a new pup, much to delia’s dismay, we find out that lil Peanut has an ID tag so we call the owner who says that lil peanut is supposed to be with a “professional caretaker” and by that i’m assuming he means a dog walker. and i’m pretty sure this “professional” will no longer be caring for Peanut since i didn’t see anyone trying to chase him down. i mean, if was put in charge of someone’s loved one, i would do my damn best to retrieve him should he run off. yes, even if it was a kid.
so i sat with Peanut and Maria until the owner showed up. my good deed of the month? check.
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