Dog is sick
Carolyn made up a lie and said that they needed to take her dog to the veterinarian’s office. At first, Jeremy wasn’t buying that story at all. He didn’t understand why on earth would they need to take the dog to the veterinarian’s office at this time. She thought quickly and gave him an answer.
She told him that the dog had been feeling sick the last few days and she was giving him medicine. Now she doesn’t have any left, and she needs to go to the veterinarian to get some more. She stressed that it was a matter of life or death because the medicine was to prevent an internal infection.