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“Be a good boy, Mosley.”
I felt the sun’s warmth still lingering in the bricks on the garage wall as I leaned back. I slid my thumb across the shiny rectangle in my hand, tapped here and there, looking for something to fill the time. June’s cool night air rustled my hair into my face.
Outside the wooden gate, I heard something moving. Then, a faint grunting sound.
“Damn it!” I hissed. “That raccoon!” I said loudly, in hopes that the little bandit would be startled and find another back alley trash can to dine from.
Mosley’s flat little pug face was vacuuming the grass, in search of a spot worthy of his poo.
“Be a good boy, Mosley. Let’s go night-night.”
I coaxed him along, wondering if there would ever be a day that didn’t end or begin with me involved with some sort of defecation. Between diaper changes, potty training and Mosley my poo-less prospects were slim.
The muffled grunt, and rustle had caught Mosley’s attention this time too. He was kicking his back legs for a job well done, and woofing his little yappy snort.
I opened the back gate into the alley, searching the gravel for trash, and a fleeting coon.
But nothing.
There it was again.
Except, instead of a grunt, it sounded like the soft gurgle of a baby – a human baby.
I felt my arm hairs prickle with the chill of uncertainty. I picked up Mosley, wanting to head back inside. He growled at the lilacs near the garage and I saw movement in the dimly lit alley; it was definitely not a raccoon.
Rocking ever so slightly, with tiny feet peering out from a fluttering, fuzzy blanket, there sat a baby carrier, with an envelope duct taped to the handle.
“It’s a baby, Mosley.” Although I was mostly just talking to myself, out of sheer disbelief. I walked over, and knelt down. A pale green pacifier bobbed frantically in her tiny mouth.
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I had to try my hand (or words, in this case!) again at Trifecta this week! I forgot how fun writing fiction and spinning up a story can be! Thanks Trifecta for some much needed inspiration! Now go check out all the other awesome participants this week.
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