"You two are an amazing pair. I'll bet that you weren't even thinking you had to play along to humour your poor crazy daughter."
"No, you're right. Justine and I already decided that she wasn't crazy."
"You had a conversation with your eleven-year daughter about her level of sanity?"
Patrick stared down into his cup.
"She brought it up."
Lee coughed on her coffee and turned red. She waved off Patrick's concern and regained control.
"I knew there was a reason I liked this family." She looked at her coffee cup. "I better leave this alone. This stuff is dangerous." She looked at him and Patrick thought there was a subtle shift in her eyes.
"You have all day, right? Let's go to the zoo."
"I haven't been to the zoo since Justine and I went with Wanda and the twerp."
"The twerp?"
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