That’s when I began to panic.
“MAX?” I called his name again, but there was no sign of him.
Where could he have gone? I thought. Did he run off? Get scared? Is he okay?
A woman in a park, thinking | Source: Midjourney
People were watching me as I circled around the usual path we took. I was looking like a frantic mother searching for a lost child, but I didn’t care about anything at that point. I just wanted him to return safely.
After fifteen minutes of my solo search operation, I spotted him near the bushes. I swear I had checked that area thrice during the last few minutes but hadn’t seen him there.