A lie
Of course, all of this was a lie, but after she repeated it over and over again, slowly, Jeremy began to believe the story. He didn’t want the dog to die in the house, also, he knew how much Carolyn loved that dog, and he wanted her to stay there with him.
He thought long and hard about what to do. He didn’t want to wait and see if the dog would die, and he couldn’t risk calling Carolyn on her bluff. He knew that he was really left with no other choice but to take the dog to the veterinarian’s office alone.