“What’s that?” Cash asks as he bumps down from the sidewalk and accelerates as he turns onto Main. “What’s what?” “That smile. You smiled.” Yeah, I guess I did. “Granger,” I say as an explanation. Cash chuckles. “Flowers make you frown, but my slobbery mutt makes you smile?” “I guess so.” Cash grins. “If you roll down the window, he’ll stick his head out, and his ears’ll blow in the wind. He loves it.” I push the button. Granger rises, pokes his long snout out of the cab, and howls for joy as his ears take flight. It’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. I stroke his back, and his tail thwaps the
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