The clinic couldn't close completely. There were animals scheduled for treatment and People had already driven across town.
A woman arrived with a frightened beagle whose paw was swollen. A man brought in a golden retriever that had been vomiting since the night before. A young couple came in carrying a kitten they'd found underneath a parked car.
Harper treated every one of them and she smiled when she needed to smile. She reassured people when they needed reassurance.
She made jokes for nervous children and she comforted frightened animals. She pretended she wasn't wondering who had broken the door.
By the time evening came, she was exhausted and she didn't want to go home yet. So she did what she had always done when she was overwhelmed.
She went to eat.
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