(Flashback Continues)
|Innaya|
Fortune's barking disrupted the awkward moment, turning it into an angry one. I could feel the anger emitting from my mother-in-law's body language.
"Fortune, calm down. She's no stranger." I caressed Fortune's head as I slightly blocked him from approaching further.
"What's this dog doing here? Get rid of it. Throw him out of here." Mother-in-law's words were baffling.
'Get rid of it.' What kind of statement was this? How could she detest any animal, and even referring to that animal as 'it'? I did not understand it. And, her tone was quite sharp.
"I'll leave him in the garden, wait a moment. Come inside, please. I'll be quick."
I did not want to leave Fortune out, but I had no other option. I could not disrespect her. She might as well have fear of dogs for all I knew.
