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salt and vinegar crisps that he had put into

his left side jacket pocket before he had

got onto the bus but had completely

forgotten about due to his thoughts of

Anouska.

“Thank you,” said the old man, who took

it, opened the packet and quickly started

consuming its contents, with old smiling

wrinkles appearing upon his cheeks.

Sam patted the head of the dog gently,

smiled back at the man, stood up and

walked back home.

-

After Sam had eventually shoved the

front door of the house inwards - still stiff

due to the recent restoration of the building

- had climbed up the new pristine steel

staircase onto the first floor, he unlocked