Coming Home

Prologue
Leaves drifted off the trees in an array of colours.

One car drove slowly along the road, scattering leaves.

A man got out of the car, dressed in a brown coat and black pants, then opened the backseat door.

"C'mere boy."

A border collie jumped out of the car.

The man clipped a leash onto the dog's collar and tugged. The collie looked at him with large green eyes.

"Come on."

The border collie padded alongside the man's legs and they headed into the woods.

The man arrived, deep in the woods, to a large tree, old and covered in moss. He tied the end of the leash around a branch, then quickly left.

The collie's barks resounded through the trees, scared and alone.

The man got into his car and drove away, kicking up the steadily falling leaves, but he still heard the noise in his head.