<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I awake suddenly. Two forty in the morning. Why am I awake? Because there is someone in the other room. Making noise. Soft, quiet noises like someone tiptoeing around. It isn't DH, he doesn't tiptoe. Someone is there. My heart is pounding. How could someone have gotten into the house, past the alarm? Oh yeah--- we didn't set it--but still, the door would chime when it opened. Where is the dog alarm? They're quiet. I see Doc's ears in his crate so he is awake and listening, but not saying anything.</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I wonder if I dare move.</font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">My palms are sweaty. I am almost panting, I am so scared. I hear the bumping noises. I get out of bed. I'm shaking. There have been a number of break-ins in the area lately. I have no real plan but I have to do something. Iwonder if DH has heard it, too. I creep to the door and peer breathlessly around the corner expecting to see the bulk of another person but there is nothing.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">Wait, WHAT?</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">I look again. Nothing. The moonlight streams in the window. And then I see it. I see my burglar...</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Llewis.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">Llewis has, for some reason, decided to move his bed. He has pushed and dragged it across the room to a spot in the corner, maybe 10 feet. He stands, front feet in the bed, staring at me, wagging his tail. The rugs are bunched up where he has been, and one chair is about 4 feet from where it normally resides.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">My burglar. Another ten years off my life. I have so few left to spare.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">MomPerson to Nigel, Llewis, Conley and Doc</font></div>
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