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It's late, and dinner in this household is never late. In his life of four years in the household, dinner is never eaten past eight, or as she says the monsters will chew their years off. Buck feels hollow inside, the growling in his stomach getting louder with every passing second.

Abby is happy, crawling on all fours as she chases after the yellow squeaky toy. Hearing Abby’s giggles Ella picks up the toddler, cradling her in her arms. Abby coos, Buck slowly approaches the two, standing by Ella’s side, with Abby in her arms she looks at him and then the clock.

Finally, dinner is served. Everyone is eating as usual, the baby nibbling on her carrots, with occasional clattering coming from the plate beside. But Buck senses a shift in the air, is it the food or something else?

With deafening silence looming over their heads, which was never the case of his home, Ella looks at Buck and crouches down to him. Very sweetly she caresses and he lets her fondle his ears. He jolts up with joy, as if nothing was wrong the whole evening. This makes her giggle, the same sound she made whenever Buck would do something cute. ‘Calm down boy’, she says suddenly with a sad smile.

Ella opens the door, scooping Abby in her arms and calls Buck outside. Slowly, taking out the ball from her pocket, she throws it with full force. ‘Run’ thinks Buck, so he does with a speed of lightning. Once Buck catches the ball, he happily runs towards the house. Instead of Ella’s sweet giggles he sees a car moving away from the now dark house. He runs after it, until he cant see the car any more. Buck halts. Standing in the middle of the road, under the dark night wagging his tail, barking and barking.