Jess, this story is better than any New Yorker magazine story I've ever seen.
This: The dog can’t look me in the eye. I wonder whether he’s more ashamed of his broken body or his breaking my promise. I want to tell him it isn’t his fault, that I should never have claimed he could keep her safe. That the broken promise was mine even if I used him in the making of it.

But there's more. Every line. EVERYTHING - line after marvelous line -
You are waaaay bigger than Steemit, Jess.
And better than The New Yorker.
Congratulations on being Curied - next, you belong on the Best Seller list!