Alaska is coming soon. I promise. In the meantime:
Yesterday morning Cordelia and I are walking down to the beach with me carrying my surfboards over my shoulder. The strap to one of them unhooked and the board dropped to the ground with a thud, leaving me, obviously, concerned. This is the exchange that followed:
JVL: I hope my board isn't broken.
CML: It isn't. I promise.
JVL: Well, we won't know until we get to the beach and take it out of the bag.
CML: Dad, I promise it's not broken. And have I ever broken a promise to you?
JVL: Actually, I'm afraid you have broken some promises in the past.
CML: Well sometimes I have to break my promises to you. And sometimes I have to lie to you. But this isn't one of those times. This time, you can trust me.
It was all so believable and earnest. But then, the best sociopaths always are.
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