Sarah pushed past the hall door. With a soft chuckle. "I thought I asked you to call me Sarah." The formality reminded her too much of what was lost. Her hands settled on her lower back once the one left the knob.
"Sorry, I made the mistake of sitting down to put on shoes, kind of got stuck." But she'd managed to get out, obviously. The great dog, twice the size of a Saint Bernard, bounded in the room after. Though he stopped and cocked his head at the poked in head.