8 months pregnant and shaking, I was mocked and denied a seat by laughing college boys while the bus driver ignored me. Moments later, a ninety-pound German Shepherd boarded—and unlike everyone else, it refused to look away.

8 months pregnant and shaking, I was mocked and denied a seat by laughing college boys while the bus driver ignored me. Moments later, a ninety-pound German Shepherd boarded—and unlike everyone else, it refused to look away.
CHAPTER ONE – THE KIND OF HEAT THAT MAKES YOU SMALL

Late summer in the city has a way of pressing down on you until …