Mike’s Clever Suggestion
Mike approached Karen with a fresh perspective, suggesting they examine the connections between all the families Rufus had refused to go home with. “Maybe there’s something linking them together,” he said thoughtfully, and Karen immediately saw the sense in his idea. They realized there could be a hidden pattern they had overlooked, a thread connecting each adopter that explained Rufus’s choices. Energized by this new line of thinking, they prepared to dig deeper, determined to uncover what subtle detail or common factor might reveal why Rufus consistently turned certain people away.
Mike’s Clever Suggestion
Foreshadowing Unnoticed
As Karen and Mike reflected on past visitors, a new possibility began to take shape: Rufus’s behavior might have been sending them clues all along, hints they had simply failed to notice. Each rejection could have been a signal pointing to something important, something they had overlooked in their rush to find him a home. The thought weighed heavily on Karen, troubling her, because it suggested that the answers had been in front of them the whole time. Perhaps a bigger picture existed, one she had yet to fully recognize or interpret.
Foreshadowing Unnoticed
