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2024-10-29 19:42:56The moment Nick walked outside to move her car Cheyenne looked at the two dogs and patted her legs telling them to come here. They both looked at the door before cautiously walking forward a step. Cheyenne laughed, "come on before he comes back."
When Nick walked back in he shook his head. Cheyenne was still on the couch but now had a dog on either side of her laying down with their head on her lap. Both dogs avoided looking up at him. "I leave you alone for 5 minutes and you already have my dogs doing things they know better than."
Cheyenne petted them, "I don't know what you're talking about."
As he walked closer to the couch he had to laugh as both dogs turned their heads away from him as if to say if they couldn't see him he wouldn't be able to see them. "Why do I feel as if you're going to come to turn my life upside down and leave me to pick up the mess?"
Looking up as he sat down beside her she shrugged, "I'm not trying to. I just like animals and
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