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to
the street. How did that look to her new neighbor? He looked at her and she
crossed the street... almost as bad as almost calling the cops on him on his
first night in his new house. By the time Sarah got back, showered, and
dressed, she heard the sound of live music playing. Apparently the new neighbor
had a little band. It was the final straw for Sarah to just give up and go to
the office. There was always work to do there. People to see, animals to help,
paperwork to sift through, and employees to deal with. Her staff was small,
consisting of only four extra people, but sometimes that was more than enough
for Sarah to handle.
    When Sarah came through
the backdoor she saw Linda in a white coat, reading something.
    “Hey Linda,” she said.
    “Sarah? What are you
doing here?”
    “Just stopping by.”
    “It’s one in the
afternoon. I’m here until six, you know that, right?”
    “I know,” Sarah said and
smiled.
    They each took turns
working a longer day in the middle of the week. It helped to break up the
schedule and gave them each some extra time off. The practice had grown but
Sarah didn’t want it to become too big. She liked getting to know all the
people and animals, but she liked having freedom too. Plus, she didn’t
necessarily need the money to survive. It was fun for Sarah. The one thing her
grandmother told her as a young girl was to find something she loved and do it
forever.
    “Everything okay here?”
Sarah asked.
    “Always,” Linda said.
“The little kid, Stevie, has another iguana out there. If you want...”
    “No, I’m just popping
in,” Sarah said.
    Linda frowned. Even
though Linda was muscular and strong from an intense exercise routine she kept,
reptiles bothered her. She was able to mask it in front of patients, but she
confessed her secret fear to Sarah during the interview process.
    “You’ll be fine,” Sarah
said.
    “You know they have tails
like razors?” Linda asked. “They could slice you open...”
    “Wear gloves,” Sarah
started to laugh.
    “Not fair.”
    Sarah gave a wave and
went into her office. She sat behind her desk and looked at the pictures on her
desk.
    What the hell am I doing
here?
    The question posed itself
and so did the answer. Sarah was there to avoid her new neighbor. She’d only
seen the man twice - once in the dark, once at his front door, but why did it
matter? She felt threatened by him for some reason. Maybe it was because there
wasn’t many men her age in her close neighborhood and the ones that were near
her age were already happily married with a family of their own.
    Sarah made it all of ten
minutes before calling Susie. She offered to treat lunch but Susie couldn’t.
The baby had just gone down for a nap.
    Of course.
    Sarah went through emails
and then the papers on her desk. She found a note and saw that she had a
meeting with the accountant in a few weeks. Usually she would scramble the week
before the meeting to get all the necessary documentation together, but right
now seemed like a good time to do it.
    Three hours later she
emerged from her office caught up, but unsatisfied. She thought about Molly
half the time, wondering if she was sitting alone, barking at all the music
being played. Sarah snuck out without saying goodbye to anyone and drove home.
She opened the door to find Molly on the couch, in her usual spot, waiting.
They had their normal greeting and Sarah offered Molly a treat as a little
peace offering before grabbing her leash for a walk. She planned on going to
the alley to see what exactly was going on behind her house and she hoped
having Molly with her would help to ease her nerves and maybe send a message to
her new neighbor. Her
handsome neighbor. Even though Molly was pound for pound a happy,
lick-your-face, smiling all the time kind of dog, maybe Molly would growl. She used
to growl at old Mr. Henders all the time, so maybe she’d growl at this new,
loud neighbor.
    “Ready?” Sarah asked as
Molly sat the front