And pets that would otherwise be abandoned.
She looked at Marcus.
“You were going to help him?”
“I didn’t know.”
“Why didn’t he tell you?”
“I don’t know.”
Then Marcus noticed something.
A signature appeared at the bottom of the page.
It wasn’t Caleb’s.
It was Marcus’s.
He stared at it.
“I signed this.”
Diane frowned.
“When?”
Marcus thought.
Then his face changed.
“Three years ago.”
The Memory Marcus Had Forgotten
Marcus suddenly remembered.
It had been a cold evening.
Caleb had brought him to a small café.
He had placed a document in front of Marcus.
“Read this.”
Marcus had laughed.
“What is it?”
“A plan.”
“For what?”
“For your future.”
Marcus had been skeptical.
Caleb told him he wanted Marcus to help run a small community center someday.
A place where people could get temporary housing, food, job assistance, and veterinary care for their animals.
Marcus had signed the document as a joke.
