Marcus had done everything right that Fourth of July. Dog was inside. Doors were closed. TV was on to cover the noise. And then someone started a backyard show three houses down, a firework went off at ground level with that low concussive boom, and Rosie hit the screen door at full speed before Marcus even registered what was
happening. She was gone in under ten seconds. Took them four hours to find her. She was huddled behind a dumpster six blocks away, still shaking.
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