The Underdog Awakens

Summary

At three years old, my brain was flooded with a wave of memories. My overbearing older brother, Leo, was one of the female protagonist’s simps. Ever since he met her, he’d completely neglected me, his little sister. After the nanny locked me in the dark closet for the nineteenth time, I squeezed through a doggy door and crawled to my next-door neighbor’s house.

I deliberately showed him the bruises on my wrist, looking pitifully up at him. “Damien, my brother doesn’t want me anymore. Can you take me in?”

My neighbor coughed, then the next day, he went to a parent-teacher conference. I narrowed my eyes, thinking, Now, my brother won’t be beyond saving. Because Damien, the villain, was a professional dog trainer, specializing in simps!