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"Don’t count on it," Tom said as he walked back into the kennel roo

"He’s scheduled to be put down today," he said with a shrug

"B-buthe’s just a puppy," she said, throwing a nervous look at the dog as still watching her

"I know," To happy about it at all "But this is a city funded shelter and this little guy has been here too long I don’t have a choice in theup at the clock on the wall "Actually, he was scheduled to be put doentythe room ready"

As if he could understand, Toby let out a pitiful whine Zoe tried not to look down at the dog, knowing she was so da stupid

"Isn’t there any way you could give hi the answer

"I wish I could," To for her to follow him back out to the front

She threw one last look at the pitiful dog before she followed It was sad, but this kind of thing happened every single day, she told herself Besides she really didn’t have a choice in the matter Trevor had been very clear about the rules when she ranted she hadn’t known that he owned the house at the tireed to and one of them had been no pets

Besides she really didn’t know anything about dogs other than they needed to be fed and walked Puppies needed to be housetrained and she didn’t have a clue in how to go about that There really was no choice in the oodbye to Tom and headed for the door

Just as she placed her hand on the doorknob Toby let out a pitiful howl It was one of the hardest things she’d ever done and she knew she’d probably have to cry herself to sleep tonight, but she left, trying to ignore Toby’s pleas for her to return

"Where the hell is the food? I’ain

Trevor shot his cousin a glare "Stop bitching"

"Just as soon as you feed me," Jason said with a sniff

"I’laring at his three uninvited guests Jason ignored his of chips, ht hand for the job since three of the fingers on his left hand were still in finger braces Brad shrugged and Mitch snagged a fresh beer as he tried to discretely textto figure out how a man as corrupt as Mitch ended up a happilyNot to mention thelike the women Mitch usually went for Instead of the curvy hot little numbers Mitch used to screw around with, Mary was tall, a bit thin and kind of pretty, but et enough of her

Thank god he had absolutely no plans onto allow himself to become as pathetic as these three

"Well?" he asked, snagging the beer away frolare, but srabbed another beer only to have it stolen away fronoring Mitch’s sad little glare After a few seconds the ave up and returned his attention to his phone When he smiled like a love sick bastard, Trevor had to look away It was either that or lose his lunch

"Since when do I need an invite?" Jason asked, sounding truly confused as he popped the top off his beer

"Whatever," Trevor said, in no s of chips he’d devoured had barely taken the edge off his hunger He would have had more if his cousin hadn’t eaten him out of house and home

"Maybe we should order soested

Jason snorted at that "No one will deliver here"

"Why not?" Henry, another guy fro and frowned

"Because we’re banned," Trevor snapped, wishing they’d all shut the hell up so he could watch the gaet cut off by Brad