Exaggeration Or Fabrication

She had on a gray shawl, but I recognized her I told my friend Dawn. “I used to have a gray shawl,” Dawn replied. It was wool and itchy. She had left it in several restaurants, and her mother-in-law stole it. My daughter is the leader of four girl scout troops, I informed her. “I was in a girl scout troop once, but then we moved. I was angry with my parents for moving me; I was about six.” I did not bother to tell her that when you are six, you are a brownie, You are not yet a Girl Scout. I was wondering if this was an exaggeration or a fabrication. My husband has been awake since three this morning, I told her. “I have been awake since midnight,” she informed me. “I wish I had only been awake since three a.m.” One of my friend’s daughter was killed in a hit-in-run I told her. “I was killed in a hit-and-run,” she replied. “In another lifetime”.