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"No"

"The tooth fairy?"

"No"

"That's a start" She sighed "Geezus Pete, no wonder you're a walking bowl of spaghetti" At the tree line between her yard and the cemetery Shannie put an arm around me My knees weakened "Did you ask your dad?"

"No," I lied

"Why not?"

"I'm too embarrassed," I blushed

"You're too embarrassed to ask your own father?"

"I don't know," I answeredhiht it up," she said

"Just drop it," I mumbled

"What do you think he would say?"

"I don't know"

"Yes you do"

"No I don't"

"Yes you do," Shannie insisted

"No I don't"