Monday, November 22, 2021

Gilded Guilt(page-13)


     Robbie cared for the wayward beagle, she was docile and very pregnant. Robbie’s mom came home in the afternoon and spotted the newest arrival, and she was so intolerant of any animal much less a pet, she told Robbie to get rid of that mutt. Robbie just ignored her and kept the poor dog around and continued to feed her, though his mom wasn't very amused to see he didn't get rid of her, she scolded him and gave him an ultimatum, “either the dog goes or you go!” Robbie took her deep into the woods and ran back home, the dog couldn't climb cliffs, so Robbie thought she would go somewhere else, and not come back but the next day, there she was again, he couldn't believe his eyes. 

     The dog wasn't stupid and yet all she was doing was finding a decent loving family to raise her pups as any loving mother would want. October came with a chill and the beagle was fixing to have her litter of pups. She really took up to Robbie, who loved her back, but the dire consequences that were at hand and she was nearly the end of her pregnancy but what about his malignant mother he thought, how could he sway her to reason? 

     Robbie came in from work, beaten down by stress, he didn't want to hurt the beagle, but, winter was approaching in Kentucky and Kentucky winters are long, gloomy, and cold. He simply had nowhere to go, he had to oblige to his mother's rules. But, the Beagle started to drop her pups, and what miserable timing, his mother pulls up and she gets out of her car and immediately starts pointing her finger at Robbie and saying, “ you pack your bags tonight and find another place to live, this instant, I told you a thousand times to get rid that dog!” 


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