I felt satisfied and nodded. “I sense that this place is positive. It’s just what we were hoping for.” We had no idea that our amiable neighbors would actually be so bothersome. A few months after we moved here, we finally got to glimpse their true faces. Bernard used to work from home until he was hired for this fantastic position at a nearby company.He chose to accept that job offer, so I had to get up early to get ready for breakfast and bid him farewell. I started waking up at 5:30 a.m. after he joined. I would get ready and begin making his breakfast. I would prepare myself a hot cup of coffee to start the day after eating breakfast with him. Bernard would then give me a brief farewell kiss. I would go outside with my coffee and follow him to retrieve the newspaper from our front step. I would see
Jerry then. Jerry had a routine where he would get dressed up every morning and walk out of his house toward his beautiful BMW. But he never shirked from his criticism of our yard. “Ezra, good morning.” he would say. “That uneven patch of two millimeters of grass is still there. When will you make that correction?” I would grit my teeth and tighten my grip on my coffee mug.“Good morning, Jerry. We will shortly get to it. Then he would look at my mug, wrinkled nose to nose. < Is it the same inexpensive coffee? You ought to invest in a higher-quality brand.
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