Bear bounded around the clinic, playing with staff and nice customers. Sometimes they let him play with their animals too. And lots of them gave him treats. His tail was at a perpetual wag. Oh yeah, this is before I got cancer. Luci's thoughts intruded on the happy memory. Bear paused, tilting his head as he was being petted by an older gentleman with arthritis who'd brought in his elderly cat. The cat didn't like Bear much, but Bear was enthusiastic and unrelenting, so the cat had decided over many visits to tolerate Bear's presence. But who was Luci? Bear sneezed, shaking his head.
“Bear, leave the kitty alone! I'm sorry Mr. Sonders, we keep telling him, and he just insists on getting to know everybody.” One of the techs came out from behind the desk to tug on Bear's collar.
