， Ididn'tsetafootonyourproperty， butfromtheconditionofyourdog， Icanimaginewhatitlookslike… theword "junkyard" comestomind.
Ifoundheralongaroad， withaheavychainwrappedaroundherneck， stillattachedtorottenboardsfromherdoghouse， ， judgingbywhereIfoundher， butIknewthatifshehadgottenintothewoodsthe "cross" ， unlesstheydecidetoshootonefortrespassing.
Thatherribsshowed， thatherearswerefilthy， thatheroverallconditionwaspoorandthathercoatandeyesweredull， weregoodindicationsthatyoudidn'， Icheckedwiththelocalauthoritiesforareportofamissingdogmatchingherdescriptionandtoseeifyou'dplaceda "lostdog" 't， 'sratherconvenient， becausethefactthatsheisnotspayed， probablyunvaccinated， andpossiblyheartwormpositive， meansthatrestoringherhealthcouldcostmearoundathousanddollars.
Perhapsitmaybesomesmallcomforttoknowthatshedoesn'， herveryactofescapemadeitclearthatshe''mnotyou， thatIwon'thurther， ， andthatshenolongerhastosleepoutside—infact， whenthethunderstarts， she'llgetahugandherearsrubbed， andI'llmakeafoolofmyselfwithbabytalk.
， becausesheknowsnowthatIwon'tbeather， infact， '， it'sclearshedoesnotmissyouorherformerlifeofneglectonachain.
Ofallthethingsthathavebecomeapparentfrommybriefrelationshipwithher—suchastheforgivingnatureofthedog， theirwonderfulabilitytohealandtotrust， thefactthatlovecanworkmiracles—， loyalandlovingbeinginyourlife， andyouconsignedhertoalifeoffilthandlonelinessuntilshemadethebestchoiceshe'， IwilladmitthatonedayIhopetobeasgoodasshe； Ibelievesheforgaveyouwithinthefirsttwenty-fourhoursofhernewlifefortheaboutfouryearsofherprevious "life"， whileIstilltrywrestlewiththepartofmethathopesthatonedayyouwillburninHell.
It'snotclearyetwhethershe'llremainhereorwhetherI'llfindheralovinghomewhereshecancountonmoreindividualattentionthanIcangiveher， butonethingiscertain， thisisonebitofstolen "property" ， prosecuteme， pleadwiththecourtsthatsheisrightfullyyours… I'mconvincedthisisthebest "crime" I''， itisthatyouwillnotreplaceher， andifwehaveonespecialdaytocommemoratetogether， itisthedayIstoleyourdogandthedayshestolemyheart.
