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Deanne brought up the list of those owing tuition, but

she did not find any name matching what the man had

given her for his daughter. Deanne informed him of that.

He seemed quite relieved. “You know,” he laughed,

“I was sure I had paid it, yet she told me I needed to send

her a check for the whole amount because I hadn’t. I am

always very careful to make sure I keep up on the bills she

says I owe. I just couldn’t imagine that I had let something

like tuition get clear to the middle of the semester and not

be paid.

“You know,” he joked, “I kind of think my daughter

is a bit absentminded. I swear I end up paying twice for

half of the things she owes. She can’t seem to remember

from one minute to the next what I’ve paid, and what I

haven’t. It seems like every time I turn around she is

asking for me to pay for something I have already paid.

“Why, last year, I could swear I already paid the

$2000 for her housing. But I couldn’t find any records, so

I wrote another check. You know, if she were my age, I

would think she had dementia or something.”

He laughed and laughed at that. He continued to

joke about it for a while. Finally, he decided it was time to

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