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The Young Woman Thought Out Loud

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The sky was painted a light blue, with streaks of white cirrus clouds stretching across the horizon. Bees buzzed around the newly planted tulips in the yard of the house with the blue roof at the end of the street. The recently painted blue roof was decorated with small yellow birds, and one smaller blue bird, perching on its gutters. The yard had been freshly mowed in the wee hours of the morning. A large Golden Retriever sat on the front porch gently tied around the Doric column near the steps. A few older women jogged by the house.
“I’m so glad we finally have some normal neighbors on this street,” the older woman in the green pullover said.
“It certainly doesn’t hurt that he’s good-looking either,” the young woman in the expensive name brand shoes giggled.
“Such a polite young man that Mr. Anderson,” the older woman said.
“I wonder if he’s got himself a woman yet,” the young woman thought out loud.
“You shouldn’t wonder such things,” the older woman said, “It’s none of our business what that man does with his spare time.”
The two women took another moment to admire the well maintained house, at that moment a man in a blue button down shirt opened the freshly painted white door. He walked towards the dog at the the foot of the porch. He stared at the dog, his eyes full of admiration. Then he slowly crouched down towards the dog 's collar, as if to soak in the moment.
The dog felt the tight clutch of the man’s hand, and seemed as though to say, with its eyes, “Too tight

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