After Susan left, Michael gets up and folding his paper places a tip on the table. He puts his sunglasses on and steps out into a bright morning. Walking to his truck he spots a piece of paper. Lifting the wiper up he collects the paper and opens it up.
Reading the contents on it, Susan wrote down the time she got off work. Michael smiling climbs up into the cab of his truck, closing the door. Putting on his seatbelt, he pushes the clutch in, cranks the engine and let's it sit idling. Thinking about her makes him more curious than before. He reaches for the gearshift and puts into drive.
As he pulls out a car suddenly honks at him. Startled, he slams on the brakes as the car keeps going. He looks both ways and proceeds to turn left on Main street.
As he approaches an intersection, the light staying green allows him time to make it.
Finally, after a 15 minute drive home, he stops to get his mail. Looking through it, it's just an ad for a local grocery store.
Pulling up to his house, he gets out of the truck and his dog a German Shepherd, named Rex barks and comes running. Michael waits as Rex stands up trying to lick his face. He rubs Rex on the head and pats him, Rex then barks and runs off. Michael grabs his keys and walks to the door unlocking it, tosses the mail in the trash. He looks up at the clock on the wall.
He thinks about going back outside and do some yard work to pass the time. So he goes into his bedroom and changes into his work attire. He goes back to the shed and opens the doors and smells oil and gasoline. He gets up on the lawnmower,cranking it. Backing out into the driveway, he puts the mower into drive.
3 hours later he stops for a water break seeing it's late afternoon. He's feeling hungry so he does into the kitchen and makes himself a plate of food. Sitting down he eats his meal and thinking about soon starts daydreaming. He comes back to his senses and washing his plate, decides he needs to take a nap. He goes to the couch and strecthed out falls asleep fast.
Waking up 2 hours later feeling groggy goes and makes some coffee. He goes into the bathroom and does his thing, washes his hands, wiping them on the towel. As he makes his way back to the kitchen the coffee beeps and he grabs his cup filling it up. Pouring to much it spills onto the floor, "shit". Cleaning up the spill he sips his coffee looking out the window.
He sees the sun start to go down and laying his cup on the counter. Pulls out his phone and dials a number. " Hello? "
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