Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone," her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ring. "Where've you been, what've you been up to?"
"Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend, he was a Personification of the Sydney Tar Ponds, sort of my imaginary friend?" Mandy asked.
"No, what in the name of god are you on about?" her mom sighed in exasperation.
"Remember? Only I could see him, but he was real and he was my best friend when I was eighteen?" Mandy insisted.
"No, I don't remember Alecto Sydney Steele at all," said her mom all too quickly.
"Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend, he was a Personification of the Sydney Tar Ponds, sort of my imaginary friend?" Mandy asked.
"No, what in the name of god are you on about?" her mom sighed in exasperation.
"Remember? Only I could see him, but he was real and he was my best friend when I was eighteen?" Mandy insisted.
"No, I don't remember Alecto Sydney Steele at all," said her mom all too quickly.
( Rebecca McNutt )
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