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Juan, warning her, “Hurry, I can’t hold it much longer--”
“Yoooowwwww, Yooooooowww,” making a meager sound.
Elena tries again to dislodge the puppy.
“HAVE YOU GOT IT?” Juan’s hands turn white, the couch slipping from his grip. “What
holding you back?”
“THERE IS A CLAMP –------AND A CHAIN!” exclaimed Elena.
Grappling with the clamp, “IT WON’T GIVE!” she said, at war with the clamp, pulling harder,
“HOLD ON!”
She looks into the puppy’s eyes, observing a sea of torture. It blinks, trying to mouth a sound to
her.
The clamp finally opens and she begins to wiggle out.
“STOP – my hair.” Her head jerks up. “I’m stuck on this coil.”
“LOWER THE COUCH!” orders Santiago, crawling over to Elena to assess the damage.
“Elena ---“ he feels around, --why is there gum on your hair?”
Elena, turning a shade of magenta, “I don’t know.”
But she did know.
“HOLD IT!” says Santiago as he dashes into his restaurant to get some scissors.
“I don’t know how much longer I can --- shelter – this puppy,” she says.
Running back, “I have to cut off some of your hair. Lift it up.”
Santiago motions his brothers to slightly lift the sofa.
“I got it” he says as he cuts off the back part of her hair and frees her from the coil.
“Lift it off her, NOW!”
Matias lifts one end, shouting “UP!” and Juan matches his strength, immediately lifting the sofa
off of her. Elena unhooks the puppy from the chain, sliding it out.
She holds the puppy up and looks at the full extent of the brutal torture - inflicted on this puppy.