“What's that?” I whispered while sitting inside the car. My father went out of the store.
He's gasping for air while running in my direction. When he reached the car, he immediately gets inside it.
“What's going on?” I asked while having a bewildered look on my face.
“He stole the product from the store and we need to capture him,” my father answered. He starts the engine and begins to drive.
“It's dangerous!” I exclaimed. He didn't reply.
“Dad! We should call the police, so they would capture him!” I suggested. He's still looking at the road.
“I already told the cashier from the store that she needs to call the police.” I shook my head because of disbelief.
My father rushed the car until we reached the traffic lights. The thief was still running.
“The thief was running at the sidewalk on the left side,” I said while pointing the direction to my father.
He turned the car in his direction. All of a sudden, my father stepped to the brake and he stopped the car immediately.
“What was that?” He asked while his eyes were wide open. My father was gasping for air. His grip on the steering wheel was strong.
I looked at the ground. The dog bit the thief on his arm while yelling for some help. The thief is still swinging his arm to slump the dog on the ground.
However, the grip of the dog is too strong that makes him fall to the ground. The voice of the dog echoed and he gets the product from the thief.
The dog was running away from the thief until he reached the convenience store. I glanced at my father.
“Dad? It's already done!” I exclaimed. He looked at me while having a bewildered look on his face and squinting his eyes.
“Huh? What happened?” He asked. I arched my eyebrow. “What do you mean? You are staring at the thief all the time, speaking of the thief, where is he?” My heart starts to race.
I looked around until I saw him running away in our direction. After a few seconds, I heard the siren of the police car.
My father begins to drive to go to that place. He slowly driving the car while observing the area.
“He was already caught by the police, we need to go back to the store,” my father said while turning in the direction of the car.
“The dog got the product from the thief and he already gave it back to the store,” I stated while looking at the outside.
“Really? A dog?” I nodded as a sign of my answer to his question. I took a deep breath and letting it out slowly.
“Oh, okay, wait for me until I come back,” my father said while parking the car. After he parked, he went down to get inside the convenience store.
I looked around until my sight was focused on the dog that currently walking away from the store.
I decided to went down and follow the dog when he is far away from the car.
Furthermore, I'm still observing his action. The dog enters the corner of the street. I walked slowly and hide behind the street lights.
The dog sits in the middle of the place while wagging its tail. My eyes widen when someone came out of nowhere.
He's slowly brushing the fur of the dog by using his hand. I walked towards the wall and lean on it.
“Good boy! It's a good start!” he said to the dog while gently patting its head. All of a sudden, he became silent.
My heart starts to pound when they stop for a moment.
“Astrid!” My eyes widen when the car stop in front of me. It's my father, I forgot that I left him in the convenience store.
“Let's go home!” I gasped before I started to walk towards the car. When I was already inside the car, I glanced at the area.
I took a deep breath because I didn't see them. It seems like they disappeared because someone came in here. They felt that someone is going to be in here.
“I thought you forgot that you have a father,” he muttered. My jaw dropped a bit. I don't know if I'm going to laugh or not because it feels like I'm going to show some rudeness to my father.
“I'm sorry,” I whispered. He looked at my face for at least 5 seconds and he turned his gaze to the road.
“Okay, your sorry is accepted.” I heard that he gasped for air. A sudden question popped up into my mind.
“Did you see the dog? I mean, the dog that entered the store?” I asked. He glanced at me, “The one who brought back the products?” I nodded as my answer.
“Oh, right, the white dog, I asked the staff, they said that they didn't know who's the owner of that dog and the dog was just wandering around the city,” he replied.
“I think it's a police dog?” I suggested while looking at him. He remained in observing the road.
“I don't know, tell me what's your plan for tomorrow, instead of asking me for the dog's information.” My shoulder slumped down.
He's not showing some interest in it. My lips pressed together into a thin line.
“Maybe, I should go to class in the morning then I will go to my job in the afternoon,” I answered.
“Would you like me to fetch you?” I shook my head. “Alright, our next destination is a mini-mart.”
He gave me the list, it's just like the list earlier, but the buyer and location were different. I need to deliver these products with my father to maintain our budget.
It helps me to gain some experience when it comes to business, so I'm okay with it.
After an hour, we arrived at the mini-mart. I went down and get inside of it.
Before I go inside the mini-mart, I checked all the boxes and containers that were written on this list.
My father and the other crew help each other just to place all the products. After a few minutes, I handed the list to my father and he can talk to the staff.
Just like what he said to me earlier, I should wait in here. So, he wouldn't get upset with me.
While waiting for his arrival, I scrolled down into my social media account. I saw some articles.
It's all about the dog who helped the owner of the convenience store. I smiled because of amusement.
Things are fast to reach social media.
“We are done for today! Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?” I'm startled when I heard my father's voice.
“Wait for a second, I forgot something at the back,” he said while reaching the thing at the back.
My sight hits the corner of the mini-mart. Here they are! The dog was sitting on the ground while the boy is sitting on the bench.
He's holding a bottle of water. Based on my observations, he is looking for something because his head is moving at different sides.
He is wearing a white shirt and slim brown capri pants. Some of the tips of his hair are reaching his eyebrows.
“Got it! It's a bit hard to get this without changing my position.” I looked at my father when he talked suddenly.
He's holding a ticket or more like a coupon?
“I thought I misplaced this coupon, we can get some discount from it! Let's go! We should be going!” my father exclaimed.
I smiled secretly. I glanced at the corner of the mini-mart and the man disappeared.
However, I wonder who is he?