The plane had two rows of seats, each with two seats side-by-side, in front of the cargo area. The metal cages took up the entire rear of the plane. One of the dogs growled as I walked around and made sure that
The year was 2006. I was doing one of those menial household chores that to a 15-year-old are basically the worst way to spend an afternoon — most likely it was dusting (yuck!). My mother's bedroom was always the most difficult, housed with heaps of…