An Old Dog Was Left to Freeze in the Snow, Believed to Be Dead—Until One Small Tail Wag Changed Everything

said something unexpected.

“We found a microchip.”

I blinked.

“A microchip?”

He nodded.

“Yes.”

“He has a name.”

For some reason, that made everything worse.

Because suddenly he wasn’t just an abandoned dog.

He was somebody’s dog.

A dog who had once belonged somewhere.

“What is it?”

The doctor glanced at his clipboard.

“Murphy.”

The name suited him immediately.

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