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    “Great, I will do it when we are done here. Now, the barbed wire around the cow pasture has seen better days. While we are in town, can we stop and pick more up or would you rather me change it to wood, since there is quite a bit stacked in the barn. I can use the same posts that are there.”
    “Which do you feel would be better for the cows in the long run?”
    “Definitely the wood,” he said.
    “Okay, then feel free to change it out.”
    “I will do that.”
    We finished our lunches. He got up and left the house. I emptied the dishwasher and put our lunch and breakfast dishes in. Going back upstairs to finish my work, I decided that a cold shower was necessary after staring at him shirtless for the past half an hour. I finished my work. I went down stairs. I heard the shower running at the back of the house. Looking down the hallway, I could see the bathroom door open. The shower turned off. I went halfway up the stairs. He came out of the bathroom in just a towel.
    “I will be right out,” he said.
    “Okay, I will be on the porch.”
    Five minutes later he came out on the porch. “Sorry about that,” he said. “I thought you were still going to be a few minutes.”
    “That is okay. Are you ready to go?”
    “Yes,” he said. He opened the driver side door of my truck. I climbed in, placing the stack of papers between us.
    “What is it that you do with these papers?”
    “I transcribe them for the two doctors in town. You know Doctor Russell and his son?”
    “Yes, he was or still is my doctor if I need one.”
    “Mine, too, he has been since we moved here. He is a wonderful person.”
    “I agree,” he said. “I can’t believe you can actually read his handwriting, though.”
    “Yes,” I laughed. “I think all doctor’s have to have horrible handwriting just to pass medical school.”
    “He wrote me a prescription one time for an ear infection and poor Mr. Talbot, down at the pharmacy, had to call him in order to figure it out what it was, because it was written so bad.”
    “Oh my God, that is pretty bad. He must have been in a rush or having a bad day that day.”
    “I don’t know, but that was definitely the highlight of my day that day.”
    I giggled as we pulled up to the office. “I will be right out.”
    “Okay,” he said.
    I went into the office with my files in hand. Doctor Russell was looking out the window.
    “Hi, doc,” I said. “Here is last week’s work. I have come to get the ones for this week.”
    “Hi, Claire,” he said. “How are you this afternoon?”
    “I am good,” I said.
    “Good to hear,” he said. “Is that Joshua in your truck?”
    “Yes, it is. He is now working for me as of yesterday.”
    “I thought he was working for the Everett’s.”
    “He was, but Bob did not have enough for him to do, so he sent him to my farm, because he knew I no longer had any help.”
    “Well that is good then. He is a hard worker and will have your farm in tip top shape in no time.”
    “I can tell it is what he loves to do.”
    “Yes, it is,” he said handing me the new set of files. “Here is this week’s work and here is your pay.”
    “Thank you. I will see you next week. Have a wonderful week.”
    “Thank you, Claire. You do so as well and tell Joshua I said hello.”
    “I will do that.” I left the office and climbed back in the truck. “Doctor Russell says hello.”
    Joshua smile and waved at the doctor, who was still looking out the window. The doctor waved back. We drove to the general store. Getting out of the truck, we were being stared at. I went to town once a week for a supply of groceries, but was never stared at before. Josh opted to push the cart while I put things in it. We first went to the pasta isle, where I grabbed two boxes of elbow pasta. Putting them in the cart, I placed my hand on the edge of the cart and started to pull it, forgetting that Josh was pushing it.
    “Sorry,” I said looking back at him. “I have gotten so