"[Her pet is a thief. Dodger has shoplifted these items behind her back, and now the store manager and the suspicious woman are staring at her from the end of the aisle. Her mouth open in shock, and feeling as if a ten-pound basketball has just smacked her in the stomach, Eva snatches the chicken and peanut butter out of Dodger's hands and zips up the knapsack. She places the stolen items back on the shelf. Wishing that the floor will open up and swallow her, she returns to the front of the store. Everyone is staring at her frustratingly––customers, cashiers, the kind-faced store manager. In tight-lipped silence, she grabs the groceries she's paid for and storms out of the store]"
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