He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 260

But tonight, she couldn't just walk away from this puppy.

Juniper leaned against the wall, her throat burning with pain.

The two vets treating the dog assumed she was terrified of losing her pet and tried to comfort her. "It's just external injuries. Animals are incredibly resilient. She'll be fully recovered in two weeks. It's incredibly lucky her organs weren't crushed; otherwise, she wouldn't have made it. Don't cry. What's her name? She looks only a few months old."

Through tear-blurred eyes, Juniper looked up. "I don't know. I found her by the road."

The vet fell silent, realizing the dog wasn't even hers. Yet she was crying as if her heart had been ripped out.

Juniper wiped her tears and forced herself to calm down. "How much will the treatment cost?"

"The fast-acting medication will be two thousand dollars, and it's much less painful for her."

"Do it."

Without a second of hesitation, she reached out and gently rubbed the puppy's head. "I'm going to adopt her."

The vet sighed softly. "You're a good person. We've had so many cases where owners hear a treatment costs a few thousand and just abandon their cats or dogs at our clinic, never to be seen again. We can't just let them die, so we save them and find them new homes."

They had seen it happen far too often. But someone willing to drop two grand on a stray dog they found on the street, sobbing uncontrollably in the process? That was a first.

Juniper gently held the puppy's paw. Lucky had been entirely yellow, except for a tiny white patch shaped like a heart right under the chin. This puppy had the exact same mark.

The moment she saw it, she wanted to break down again. No one could understand what she was feeling right now.

It wasn't twenty-five-year-old Juniper crying. It was the small, helpless, weak Juniper from years ago.

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