Chapter 7 – The First lie

Friday, August 28 | 75 days until the conference | 168 registrationsThe night after Catja’s presentation, Victor dreamt a lot. About grumpy guinea pigs attending his conference and proceeding to tweet about ant burgers. And about Pooky, whom he really needed to take to the vet, especially now his photos could be viewed across the world.            The first thing he did the following morning, was drive over to the Happy Vets. Bea Goffer, the doctor on call, welcomed him warmly at the emergency consultation hour and gave Pooky a vitamin C-shot. Victor would have to return with Pooky every Monday, for a few weeks in a row, and everything would be fine. He also needed to switch to different food, because the homemade mix he fed Pooky at the moment was lacking in vitamins. He bought guinea pig power food from PetFoodies. Relieved, he drove the little animal back to the office. He had the impression it was already a little more lively. This evening, he would take Pooky home, so as to keep an eye on him over the weekend and supplement his meals. His wife would like that, too. Denise was just as much of an animal lover as he was.  Catja and Casper were busy as bees. They were setting up advertising campaigns, placing messages on several platforms and collecting funny videos for the NatSoRoPro YouTube channel. Silly animal sounds rang through the office at regular intervals, increasingly improving Victor’s mood. .....----Written by Gerrit Heijkoop & Paula Vos Narrated by Kevin Stillwell