“It doesn’t bite.”

Josie slowly crouched down, patting the head of the dog named Pepper, who surprisingly didn’t shy away. “For a dog, a decade or so is already a long life,” she said.

“Yes, indeed.”

Pepper patiently waited from its youth until its old age, all for the return of its owner.

It responded to Josie’s touch, rubbing against her palm with force, making a soft purring sound. Soon, the sound grew louder, eventually turning into a full-blown bark, startling even Claudia.

Josie remained still, letting it move. She wanted to hold it with both hands.

Just then, Heather’s voice came from outside. “Where is Mother?”

The housekeeper replied, “She’s inside.”

As Heather pushed the door open and stepped in, she was immediately greeted by the near-mad barking of a dog. Startled, she instinctively hid behind the housekeeper, exclaiming, “What? What is that? Where did this dog come from?”

her. “Ms. Olsen, it’s all

“What Pepper?”

arms. If she hadn’t been holding it. back, it would have

started barking at Heather.

Pepper, everything’s fine now!” Josie held it, doing

sigh of relief. However, she still

her, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “This is the dog you raised when you were a child,” she

She looked somewhat at a loss. “When I was a child? I-I

confusion was

and Pepper

“Mother, as you know, I’ve forgotten many things. I never thought that

to approach Pepper, but it was extremely resistant as if it had

normal to be scared. People change.” Claudia spoke up,

did you get here? Where is

an unexpected matter to attend to, so his secretary came to pick him up.”

and Heather gave a bitter smile. “I’ve even raised

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