Do you know why I kept saying the best song was ‘Space Oddity’?” Vanessa asks.
“Because of your favorite part.”
"When he says, ‘Tell my wife I love her very much . . .’ ” Vanessa says.
“And then he says, ‘She knows,’ ” Joan says.
“Yeah,” Vanessa says. “That’s it. That’s the best part of that song. But do you think she knows? Do you really think she knows?”
“She knows,” Joan says. “She absolutely knows.”
“Okay,” Vanessa says. “I can live with that.”
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