Neighborhood Kids
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It was the neighborhood kids. They looked at him with puppy-dog eyes. They begged him to let him use their pool one more time. It was summer, and they needed a place to splash. Jim really did care. He felt sorry for them.
But he knew he couldn’t relent, so he apologized and said no before shutting the door. But he had no idea that would only make things worse.
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