Chapter 14 Safe Haven Animal Shelter
Raven's POV
It was lunchtime at school, and Damian had just walked into the library like he usually did.
"Hey there, Damian", I greeted.
"Hey", Damain greeted, before sitting down next to me.
"I'm glad that you're here", I revealed. "I wanted to ask you something."
"Which is", Damian asked.
"I need to do community service for a project", I revealed. "And I was wondering if you knew any places I could volunteer at?"
"If you want, you could volunteer at the animal shelter I volunteer at", Damian suggested, taking me by surprise.
"You volunteer at an animal shelter", I asked.
"I'll take you there after school."
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After the school day had ended, Damian and I walked out of the building; where Alfred was waiting for him in his usual spot.
"Good afternoon, Master Damian", he greeted, before turning to look at me. "And good afternoon to you as well, Ms Roth."
"Hello Alfred", I greeted nervously.
"Alfred, Raven needs to do community service for an assignment", Damain revealed. "Could you please drop us off at the Safe Haven Animal Shelter?"
"But of course", Alfred replied, before opening the car door. "Right this way, Ms Roth."
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We had arrived outside of a building which had a sign that said 'Safe Haven Animal Shelter' in front of it.
"I have some errands to run", Alfred revealed. "I'll come to pick you two up once I'm done."
"Okay. Thank you, Alfred", Damian said, before turning to face me. "Come on. Let's go inside."
With this, Damian and I walked into the building. When we entered the reception, I spotted a middle-aged man sitting behind the front desk.
"Damain", he said happily when she saw him. "Well isn't this a lovely surprise? What brings you here?"
"Good afternoon, Mr Brown", Damian greeted the man, before gesturing to me. "This is Rachel Roth. She needs to do community service for a school assignment, so I suggested that she do it here."
"That's wonderful", Mr Brown said.
Then, he walked around the counter and up to me.
"It's very nice to meet you, Rachel", he greeted, before holding out his hand. "My name is Josh Brown. I'm the owner of the Safe Haven Animal Shelter. It's very nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you too, Mr Brown", I greeted, before taking his hand and shaking it.
Then, I took a closer look at him, and realised that I had seen him before.
"Wait a minute", I started. "Mr Brown, do you perhaps know a woman named Linda Brown?"
"That's my wife", Mr Brown revealed happily. "How do you know her, dear?"
"I work at her bookstore", I revealed.
"Oh", Mr Brown said in realisation. "So you must be the Rachel that Linda has told me about?"
"I am", I revealed. "When I saw you just now, I realised that I've seen a picture of you on her desk before."
"I see", Mr Brown said. "Well then, it's very lovely to meet you, Rachel. I'd be more than happy to let you volunteer here."
"Thank you very much, Mr Brown", I said.
"Now then", Mr Brown started. "Why don't I show you around the place?"