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untangling the leash from her toned legs.
     
    “Wow, she looks dangerous.”
     
    Tanya giggled and brushed a long strand of hair from her mouth. “She likes to think she is.”
     
    “Looks like she’s been working out.”
     
    Tanya laughed harder, making her boobs bounce. “She keeps me in shape, that’s for sure.” Tanya bent over and pet Chloe on her furry head. “Don’t you, girl?” Chloe licked her lips and returned her attention to Boomer.
     
    “Hi Chloe,” Stu said in a high-pitched voice, bending over to pet her. Chloe viciously snapped at his fingers. “Holy crap!” he yelled, pulling his hand back as the dog charged him, barking like hell.
     
    Tanya yanked on the leash, her face folding. “Chloe no! Oh my God, did she get you?” she asked, covering her mouth and trying not to laugh.
     
    Stu studied his fingers and exhaled a relieved breath. “No, but that was a close one.”
     
    “That is a bad girl!” she scolded, glaring at the dog. Chloe stopped barking and sat in the sand, watching Boomer sniff the water now up to his belly. “I’m sorry; she’s not very good with strangers yet.”
     
    “Man, you need to get her to the Dog Whisperer or something. That guy will have Chloe doing dishes in an apron before you know it.”
     
    Tanya chuckled, squinting at him with beautiful brown eyes that reflected the bright sun in the western sky. “Now that would be a trick! She’s only two, so I guess it’s not too late to teach her some new ones. How old is Boomer?”
     
    “He’s six, going on three,” he smiled. “He’s a big baby but he’s a really good dog.” Stu took a deep breath of the fresh country air and trailed off into an awkward silence. Small lake waves lapped at the shoreline while his mind worked double-time, trying to scrape together something witty to say before she told him to have a nice day and went on her way.
     
    “I think I saw you two out here last Friday about this time.”
     
    His heart skipped a beat. “Yeah, we were out here on Friday,” he said, shocked that he had not only missed this brunette beauty, but that she remembered him as well.
     
    The wind gently tugged on her long hair, making her look like she was posing for a swimsuit catalog. “It’s so beautiful out here,” she smiled, gazing across the placid water.
     
    Stu turned to the small lake he had grown up fishing and swimming in, along with everyone else in town. It definitely held a certain charm but one he had come to take for granted.
     
    “We just moved here last week.”
     
    His eyes jerked back to Tanya, who was smiling at Chloe. Stu’s blood began pumping louder in his ears. It was a Christmas miracle come early, or late. Regardless, God had given him first crack at a new transplant to town and he would not let God down. “Oh yeah? Where from?”
     
    “Rochester, Minnesota.”
     
    “Rochester? Wow, you lose a bet or something?”
     
    Her sweet laugh lit up his world. “No, I just took the Operations Manager position at the Clear Channel cluster here in town.”
     
    He paused. “The radio stations?”
     
    She nodded, pulling more hair from her tanned face.
     
    “That’s great. Congratulations.”
     
    “Thank you, I really like it here. The people are so nice.”
     
    He nodded. “They really are. All twenty-seven of em .”
     
    A short giggle escaped her full red lips. “Oh come on, it’s not that bad. Are you from here?”
     
    “Born and raised.”
     
    “So what do you do for fun around here anyway? Other than come out to the lake.”
     
    Bells and whistles started going off in his mind like he had just hit the big one on a million dollar slot inside Caesar’s Palace. “Well to be honest, there’s so much to do around here,” he embellished. “And I’d hate to see you get lost in our sprawling metropolis .” Stu took a quick breath as she smiled bashfully in the setting sun. “Maybe I could take you on a personal tour…this weekend. If you’re