“He’s got to go, Officer,” the attending physician, Dr. Reyes, stated firmly, his eyes on the child’s alarmingly pale face. “We can’t work like this.”
Manny knelt, placing himself between Max and the bed. “Max, listen to me. She needs them. She needs them, boy.” He looked into the dog’s frantic, desperate eyes. It was a silent plea, a promise. I won’t let them hurt her. Max whined, a sound of unbearable anguish, and slowly, his body still trembling violently, he backed into a corner, dropping his head but never breaking his stare.
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