German Shepherd Points a Police Officer Dad to His Daughter Eating Soil — The Freaking Truth the Dog Found Buried Beneath the Roses Made Him Sick to His Core... CHAPTER 1: The Taste of Earth The fog in Cedar Mill doesn’t just sit; it swallows you. It was 6:00 AM. The air smelled of damp pine and wet earth, a smell that usually brought me peace. This was my grandfather’s land. The farmhouse had stood here for eighty years, weathering storms, droughts, and grief. I stood on the porch, gripping a m