Night Owls

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

“I can believe that I’m going to meet my biological mother”. Jerry said. The woman was reading a book.

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

A puppy with brown fur greeted the woman and jerry. The puppy licked their face. The dog name was lucky