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"Did they think I would throw a tantrum?"

"Baby, you’re not the tantru type"

I looked at hirinned "They knew you wanted privacy They didn’t want you to feel like they chased us down But it was getting a bit ridiculous, so it’s good Christopher gave thee"

I waved at our side of street "How many of these houses do you own?"

"We own, and all of the else?"

"We also own the woods directly behind us"

Those woods extended for quite a while There used to be a huge golf course and a shopping center behind us, but trees and brush had sed it long ago "How many acres?"

"Five hundred and twelve"

I openedit the Five Hundred Acre Wood," Curran said

My mouth finally worked "How much did you?"

"Threeto clear it, but the trees there seeic Every tirow back in weeks, which is perfect for us Once we allow the woods to develop, the groill self-regulate"

"Is this e’re out of money?"

"Yes" He set"

I laughed quietly Somehow it all completely made sense

"I did tell you about the woods On three different occasions"

No, he didn’t "I don’t re of February, I told you that I was thinking of buying a little extra land with our house"

I had no recollection of that conversation Also, a little extra land meant another acre Not a forest five times the one Pooh Bear lived in "What did I say back?"

"You said, ‘You want to talk about this now?’ And then you said, ‘Can’t you just bite him in half?’"