Do you use terms of endearment to mock me? If I'm just a mad man raving to a ghost, then I'm afraid you won't get much satisfaction haunting me.
You read it! You don't like that I included you? I never thought-
If I had known, I would have sent you a signed copy.
[Deflecting is easier than facing the maelstrom of emotions threatening to pull him down into the depths at the simple realization that Nicki read his story.]
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And do please tell me you won't be writing a new narrative for publication that includes me in it. Your first book was more than enough.
[Yeah, but he was in line to buy the first copy, wasn't he?]
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You read it! You don't like that I included you? I never thought-
If I had known, I would have sent you a signed copy.
[Deflecting is easier than facing the maelstrom of emotions threatening to pull him down into the depths at the simple realization that Nicki read his story.]