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Chapter 14 - On the Tenth Anniversary of the Night I Found Lena Beside the Dumpster, She Returned to the Alley With a Home Key in Her HandThe alley looked different.

Clean.

Renovated.

No dumpsters.

No cardboard.

Lena stood there.

Bear was gone by then.

He had died peacefully the previous winter.

She carried his old collar.

She placed it beside a small memorial.

“Thank you,” she whispered.

Then she gave me a key.

“What is this?”

“My house.”

I smiled.

“You bought a house?”

She nodded.

“I'm moving out.”

I hugged her.

She laughed.

“I'm not leaving you.”

“I know.”

“I'm just growing up.”

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I smiled.

“That was always the plan.”

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