Hanging out with Paddy over the next week was at once exhilarating and frustrating, exhausting and fun. Paddy’s friends hadn’t been exaggerating. The big guy really did think he was a chivalrous knight whose main role in life was to save people from the evils that were out there. Paddy’s definition of people included animals, hence his volunteering work at the shelter. Bernie Shaw, who ran the shelter and was its resident veterinarian, and Genevieve, who was the mainstay of the administration, repaid Paddy’s work with the animals with meals, and occasionally gifts of clothing, and most importantly as far as Paddy was concerned, books.
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