TRUE-LIFE
Nadine Rae, 23
Throwing a ball across the field, I watched as my German shepherd Diesel ran after it as though his life depended on it.
'He's amazing,' my friend Daniel, then 34, said.
It was October 2020 and I'd been friendly with Daniel for about a month since he'd messaged out of the blue on Snapchat.
Good morning, beautiful, he'd written.
Now, as we wandered around my local park with Diesel, I was enjoying his company.
He was much older than me, but he seemed like a real gent, showered me with compliments.
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