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Reluctantly, she moved toward

the gate with me. Cashmere started

breathing excitedly. “Good boy,

Cashmere,” I said.

I kept talking to him as we moved

closer, keeping Hannah close beside

me with my arm around her. His

whinnying subsided, though he

breathed strong breaths. When we

were close enough, he shoved his

nose into Hannah’s chest, as if trying

to hug her with his head. This scared

Hannah, and she backed up. “He’s

trying to shove me away.”

“No, he’s not,” I said. “He’s

trying to tell you he likes you. It’s

almost like he thinks he knows you

already. Kind of like he did when I

first met him.”

I reached my hand out and petted

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