“She pulls away, pats me on the shoulder with three mini-pats, like those used to pet reptiles.”
“My dad kept giving me "love pats." Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are administered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.”
“Is this a good time to pat your shoulder?”
“Piper patted his shoulder. “Trust me, Valdez. Beautiful people never lie.”
“I could practically hear the unspoken ‘good girl’ accompanied by a pat and scratch behind my ears like I was his obedient pet.”
“hi, puppy."she's not a puppy. She's a girl," Nancy's mother says.Nancy pats me and says, "Good puppy. Nice puppy." When he mother bends down to pull her away, she wraps both arms around my legs and wails. "No! My puppy!”