I cracked a smile, “Afriendship? I know I can treat people a bit strange, but I’m not a sociopath.”

“A bit strange is an understatement,” Alan laughed, “I still remember you as a little girl. You used to argue with your mom about how best to raise children. You’d argue with me about the meaning of Cat in the Hat. You were always such a smart kid.”

“I still contend you were both wrong,” I joked.

“Maybe we were,” Alan said, “but what adult is gonna take that from a kid?” he laughed, “I still remember one time talking with your mom while you were drawing those weird pictures and you just out of the blue ask for us to bring you to Cairo because there was something you wante...

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