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Eventually the girls were so attached that they rode double on Nadine’s banana bike. Sunny weekends were filled with lying on blankets in the driveway, slathered with baby oil. When Chris’s brother Paul was out on dates, the two girls shut themselves in his room and listened to his records, playing Chris’s favorite album, Rush 2112.

“Basically, we were just a couple of girls messing around and getting into trouble,” Nadine said. “We figured it would keep us from getting into trouble later. Whenever Chris got in hot water, I’d knock on her bedroom window and give her a Tab.”

By the time they hit high school at Appleton East, the girls had expanded their list of activities. Chris joined the tennis and softball teams, took up playing flute in the marching band, and sported a classic eighties short haircut that was so uneven on the sides that she earned the nickname “Little Spike.” Hanging out with Nadine’s family gave Chris the chance to experience opportunities she wasn’t getting at home. Her family took the occasional trip up to remote northern Wisconsin, but many of Chris’s big adventures were with Nadine and her parents, who were still in their thirties.