Her graying muzzle framed the sweetest smile — that’s Preta, the loyal soul who waited every day for her dad to come home. 
When Valdir was taken to the hospital, she stopped eating. Her tail no longer wagged. She just sat by the door, listening for footsteps that never came.
But love has its own way of finding a path. The moment she saw him again, her entire body trembled with joy. She pressed her face into his chest and refused to let go.
For a man fighting to breathe, that gentle heartbeat against his own was the truest medicine of all. 
