"I'll take her out for her next run."

Leon pulled at Molly's collar and tugged her off the bench and onto the ground. As soon as he let go, Molly took that as a sign to hop up onto Leon's lap. He just gave the dog a sort of deadpan stare for a moment, then shook his head.

"Just made a couple of phone calls." There was a rather long pause before he added. "Spoke to my sister...

"Erin says 'hi', by the way."