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rica Walch
s, about to impart
to the newest
wn’s elected body.
for foot stompean,
and?” she
is, as politely as
can and be the
, drawing that
y that felt like he
several options but
cision not to share
It just is.”
her one year in the
onths as a selectman,
she had learned to wait for
Fred to come out with whatever it
was he was going to say. Prompting
him to continue just made him
terser. She practiced the calming
breath she had learned in a yoga
class back in Connecticut.
“Take our state motto,” he finally
continued.
“Freedom and Unity?” she asked.
“Yep.”
She waited.
“It’s not freedom or unity.”
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