Then he dropped his attention to the notebook still in his hands and began to furiously scribble something inside before handing it back to me a minute or so later. “What do you say?” he asked with a smirk. I glanced down at the page and choked out a laugh. In neat capital letters were the words: SHANNON LIKE THE RIVER. WILL YOU PLEASE BE MY FRIEND? Two hand-drawn boxes were sketched below the writing. One box had a yes over it, and the other had a no. The yes box had a smiley face. The no box had a sad face. At the bottom of the page were the words: SIGNED BY alongside a slightly crooked line
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