Cold Equation Narration

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Cold Equation Narrative There have been many difficult decision that I have had to make in my life. The one I’m going to write about happened recently. The day that it had happened, I had gone with my dad the night before. My step dad's son, daughter- in- law, and their children had just moved in a few months back. They had also moved their dog in with them, he was a rottweiler. At that time I had a chihuahua yorkie mix. When they first moved in, I didn’t think anything of their dog because they always said he was a good dog. After a couple days went by i noticed their dog was acting strange. Well the weekend I had went with my dad everyone was out of the house except them. When my mom finally got home my step dad son said that my …show more content…
I didn’t know what to do so I tried to calm myself down and told myself that I can either leave them alone and act like it wasn’t their fault or I could handle the situation and protect my dog. I chose to protect my dog. I was so furious about it that when I got home everyone seen a side of me they never wanted to see. My step dad’s daughter in law was sitting outside and that’s when I took the situation into my own hands. I walked up to her and asked her if she had anything to say about it and she said that it was a mistake. After she said that there was no holding me back. She got what was coming and I didn’t care what would happen later. I was bringing justice to my dog. After someone broke us up they went into the garage and complained that a 15 year old should not be able to do that. A couple days later was when my mom finally had it. She told them they had a week to move out or we were calling the police. The son walked over to my mom and said you guys don’t treat me with respect and I said you lost all my respect when your dog killed my dog. For a while we never heard from him until one night he came over and packed the rest of his stuff and left. He didn’t have

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