Kendall decided to take the stairs, while we loaded up in the elevator....me, Landen, Jillian..... where's Leila???? The buttons on the elevator were already pushed, and by the time we realized Leila was on the other side of the closed door it was too late. The elevator began to move. I was still holding the leash. We all began to freak out! Literally!!!! We did not know what to do.... we had pushed every button we could trying to stop the elevator. NO LUCK. With the leash in my hand, the grip became tighter and tighter, pulling my hand closer to the floor with the pull of the cord - until, my hand came crashing back - the leash had broke. We finally reached the second floor and Kendall had heard all of the commotion. She started down the stairs and I followed. The entire way down, I was so nervous as to what we would find. Would she be caught, injured, choked???? When we turned the corner, she was not there. Fortunately, there were movers in the garage, and they were able to explain to us with hand motioning that Leila had run off. By the time we hit our road, there was no sign of her. Kendall was still in the lead, and luckily spotted her jotting in and out of traffic, as our road is very busy during that time of day, with cars, people, and bikes. Kendall thought it looked like Leila was following someone. But thankfully Kendall was able to catch up to her and scoop her up. If we were just a few seconds behind, and she took a turn, we would not know where to look. I have never seen Leila shake so much. We all came back to our place, and sat down all together loving on Leila, and taking many deep breaths.
It is hard to even revisit this day, but one that we just wanted to journal. We feel so immensely grateful that Leila was not injured and that we found her safe and sound. WE LOVE YOU LEILA.
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