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“I want ta show ya somethin’,” Ed said one morning about four years after they had bought and moved to Hidden Valley Farm.
“And, what might that be?” Rick responded, reaching around the waistband of Ed’s boxers and searching for what was hidden inside as Ed brushed his teeth in front of the bathroom sink.
“Quit it, you damn pervert!” Ed said, laughing and spitting toothpaste on the mirror as he danced away from Rick’s probing hands. “This is somethin’ new. You seen what’s in them boxers plenty. Now let go or…don’t do that…oh, sheee-it.”
Eventually Ed got to show Rick his surprise, but not until after they had made love for the second time that morning.
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Rick goes out to the barn, throws three flakes of hay into the manger of Shadow’s stall, fills the water bucket, and
