The police rushed in and arrested him.
They pulled out hundreds of grams of cocaine wrapped in a bag from under the bed and suitcase.

Mark screamed:

“No! I’m being framed!”

But the security camera in the house – which I had turned on since the afternoon – recorded him hiding the bag of powder.

He was handcuffed and dragged away.

I just stood there watching, holding Max in my arms, tears falling without saying a word.

Three months later, my lawyer sent me a letter from Mark in prison:

“I was lured into transporting illegal goods. I’m sorry. If it weren’t for Max, I would have taken the goods abroad – I would have died or never come back. Thank you… and the dog that saved me.”

I read the letter, my heart filled with emotion.

The bite on my wedding day, which I thought was a bad omen, turned out to be a blessing.

If it weren’t for Max, I would have married a criminal – and been dragged into the quagmire for the rest of my life.

Now, Max and I live in the suburbs of San Diego.
Every afternoon, when the sun shines through the trees, Max lies in my lap, his gentle eyes quietly looking into the distance.

I gently stroke his head and whisper,

“Thank you, Max. You saved me, saved my life.”

He gently licks the small scar on my hand where my wedding ring used to be.
A tear falls from my eye, but it is a tear of gratitude.

Life sometimes disguises blessings as disasters.
If Max hadn’t bitten the groom that day, I might have had the last name of a criminal.
And so, in this city full of lies, I still have the most loyal “hero” in my life – not a human, but a dog that was once considered crazy.