[Not sure if there’s a plot twist coming. I’ll just watch for now.]
Renee Jennings: "You want me to ask the Pomeranian what your fiancé does when he takes him out, is that right?"
"Yes." Reina Vance nodded. "Also, my days off are different from my fiancé’s. I want to know if he’s been bringing girls home when I’m not around. Otherwise, there’s no way a press-on nail would have shown up in our apartment."
Renee Jennings: "Have you talked about this with your fiancé?"
Reina Vance: "I have. He said he has no idea why something like that would be in the apartment and told me to stop being so paranoid all the time. We just had a huge fight about it right before this."
That explained why she had been crying so wretchedly when the call connected.
"I understand," Renee Jennings said softly. "But what if it turns out you’ve misunderstood your fiancé? What will you do then?"
Reina Vance hesitated. "I... I’ll apologize to him and ask for his forgiveness."
"Okay," Renee Jennings said. "Call the Pomeranian over."
Reina Vance turned, and a fluffy white ball appeared in her arms. "His name is Mantou."
"Hello, Mantou." Renee Jennings spoke in a slow, gentle tone. "Your owners were just fighting, weren’t they?"
"WOOF? Why are you asking about that?" Mantou seemed to be a wary little dog.
Renee Jennings smiled. "Didn’t you hear? Your owner asked me to."
"WOOF WOOF!" Mantou glanced at Reina Vance, a look of disdain crossing his fluffy face. "Rain is always so paranoid."
Renee Jennings: "..."
’What is happening now?’
"Mantou, what do you two do for fun when your male owner takes you downstairs?"
"WOOF~ Play on the computer."
"Play on the computer?" Renee Jennings blinked, asking in confusion, "You just watch him play on the computer?"
"WOOF WOOF WOOF!" Mantou shook his head as he explained, "Of course not! I don’t understand that high-tech stuff. I play with my buddies there."
"And where is it that you play?"
"WOOF! The internet cafe!"
Renee Jennings continued asking, "And what does the man of the house do at home on Rain’s days off?"
Mantou: "WOOF! Plays on the computer!"
Renee Jennings: "..."
She pressed her lips together. "Does he play on the computer by himself?"
"WOOF WOOF WOOF~" Mantou said. "Of course he plays by himself! I don’t know how to use a computer. My big brother always says it would be great if I did."
Renee Jennings relayed Mantou’s answers. "Rain, you may have really misunderstood your fiancé."