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Chapter 2

He met the neighborhood in pieces, the way you always do.

The couple next door — the Hendersons, mid-sixties, Tom and Linda — came over the second morning with a plate of brownies. Tom shook his hand firmly and said, “Welcome aboard,” which Ethan appreciated for its unambiguous simplicity. Linda looked at Ranger with the careful neutrality of a woman who’d done her research.

“Is he friendly?”

“To people he trusts.”

“How does he decide who to trust?”

Ethan thought about it. “He watches first. Then he decides.”

Linda nodded slowly, as if this were a reasonable policy. “Smart dog.”