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Submitted to Contest #327
This story contains mild language and some scenes of violence. Rusty had bitten just about everyone in our family. My grandad twice, my aunt at least five times, my uncle on his nose (he needed six stitches) and my sister on her mouth (five). And me, well I lost count around the age of fifteen. I often needed a hug but Rusty wasn’t much of a hugger.I remember my brother calling me on the phone on a humid summer afternoon: “Yo, what’s up. What do you think about this dog I found?”He sent me a picture. A sickly skinny, wild looking red heeler....
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