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CHAPTER SEVEN

HOPE WAS UP early the morning of her birthday. Her father was throwing her a party, mostly for his business associates and their children. She hadn’t really made any friends at school, but she’d given her father the names of some of her classmates for the invitation list. He’d offered to fly Aunt Clarissa to San Jose for the event, but Hope had declined, knowing it would’ve been too awkward for everyone involved when she left the next morning. She’d wake up early, tell her father over breakfast and be gone by nine.

She’d spent the past week preparing as much as possible. After seeing the conditions at the two animal shelters she’d visited to rescue Einstein, she realized more than ever that she wanted to work with animals. She found a posting online for a veterinary assistant in Monterey that appealed to her. She was excited when she was actually put through to the person who’d be hiring for the position. They had a short telephone chat, and Hope was asked to come for a formal interview. More from opportunity than design, she was going to Monterey, California.