“Yeah,” I said.

We both sat quiet for a while. I knew he wanted to try to get me to open up more about all this, but he knew I didn’t want to talk about it. His fatherly looks weren’t just because he looked the part, but because he really did have that kind of relationship with me. At least in his mind anyway. It was-

“You know our school is probably going to lose that millage coming this November?” Alan broke the silence.

“What’s that money supposed to be for?” I asked.

“Probably to fund another study to show just how bad things are,” Alan said sarcastically before taking a sip of coffee, “it’s always baffled me that they complain about this stuff so mu...

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