Pick Me Up! Special

A cup of POISON

My gorgeous black and white Staffie jumped up the garden path, scampering towards a young man.

‘What’s her name?’ he smiled, playing with her.

‘She’s called Mollie,’ I said. ‘She’s six.’

‘I’m Christopher, I live next door,’ he explained.

He was living in a shared house with a bunch of other guys around his age, then 23.

It felt nice to make a new friend, and after our first meeting, I’d often let Chris look after Mollie when I was at work.

We became good friends

Chris was unemployed, and he got on so well with Mollie.

They really adored each other.

In 2014, I was working at a local charity shop in Chatham, Kent.

I’d had a dreadful run of luck in recent years.

My daughter had died, then

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