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“There’s a boy in a blue coat staring at our house”
As I peered through our front window, I called out to my wife about the child that appeared to be fixated on our front door. It was a little creepy.
“He’s just standing there, staring,” I said.
Karen strolled over to the curtains to investigate with me.
“That’s Samuel”, she replied. “He’s autistic. He’s fascinated by the numbers on houses.”
Karen’s a teacher, and Samuel, apparently, is one of the students in her school. She said that he walks around the neighborhood like that every afternoon.
Samuel moved on to another house. I saw his father following behind him in the distance.
The boy looked so peaceful.
I wanted to be that peaceful.
