Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Epilogue
The boy sat, lost in thought as he watched Georgia dozing on the girl’s lap. It was no secret that Georgia was smart. In fact, she was one of the smartest dogs he had ever known, but she was also stubborn with what appeared to be selective hearing. Whisper the word “treatsie,” and she would be at your feet in an instant, but say, “Come here,” and she seemed to be deaf. He was wondering what she could be thinking, and now, for the first time, it occurred to him that he might be able to negotiate with her.
“Hey, Georgia,” said the boy. “Come here!”
Nothing.
“Georgia! Come!” He clapped his hands sharply.
Georgia lifted her head lazily and turned in his direction.
“Georgia! Come! Come here!”
Georgia’s voice, somehow produced by her murmuring heart and then amplified by the microphone and speaker strapped to her…
