I tried to remember the readership of the magazine Gavin worked for. One million people? Two? But I had rarely read it and never worked with them. I shook my head and picked up the pace. I marched down State Street, my destination suddenly clear. Baxter trotted alongside me, closer than usual, looking up at me every few seconds. I can’t believe him! Tears erupted in my eyes. How could he do this? Before I’d left him, Gavin had said I love you. I love everything about you. Words I’d always yearned to hear. And yet. And yet it was the end. And possibly the end of my new life. Who knew how an arrest record could affect I’d Rather Sleep with the Dog. Was it all coming to an end? I had to see the magazine, and how bad it was. I bent down now on State Street and scooped Baxter up, putting him in a football hold the way Sebastian and Gavin did. As I passed the corner of Oak and State, the pharmacy came into view.
