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“I will agree on one condition,” he said.
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“What’s that?”
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“Even though I might not exercise the option, I reserve 4
the right to ask you one question for every three you ask 5
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“Deal,” I said.
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you believe my answer, then I won’t be punished because 10
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questions that would be fair. I agreed with his reserva-15
tions. I believed that if I couldn’t ask the question, then I 16
didn’t deserve an answer. “Okay. I’ll be specific and I will 17
say why I don’t believe something.”
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serious. I can’t even begin to explain how I felt.
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