Suddenly, a loud bark from Rex, his dad’s former police dog, snapped him out of his thoughts. The dog had wriggled free from the leash held by one of the officers from his dad’s unit and dashed up to the coffin. There, he barked fiercely, almost as if he was desperately trying to communicate something.
The church, once a sanctuary of solemn silence, now echoed with Rex’s frantic barks, slicing through the air like an urgent cry for truth. Jason’s heart raced as he watched the dog, his father’s loyal companion, circle the coffin with an intense energy that demanded attention. Each bark seemed to echo the questions swirling in Jason’s mind, the secrets that lay just beneath the polished wood surface.