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Just as he reached Noah’s, he got a call froht approached rapidly, he hardly went a day without hearing from Andy anymore But the last couple of days Andy had been so busy in New York that he’d only gotten the few texts fro the dates of his appearances It was refreshing Tooout of his car "What’s up, Andy?"

"I finally got a chance to watch the coverage of Frisco You looked good, but what the hell’s with this Nellie chick?" The hu her out to be soot that, you knohen I talked to her on the phone But I thought ht? Noah’s wife’s friend?"

"Yeah, sa more

"I heard what she did at the press conference Laid the lan for the Abel roll his eyes, wondering if there’d be any point to this anytiot of the two of you at the airport She looks a lot different than I re her or what? They’re already speculating"

"That’s none of your business," Abel said, getting out of the car, feeling evenme? You know I don’t talk about that kind of shit"

"Because I got the feeling she didn’t like me very much That alone was kind of a turn on, and when I heard what she did at the press conference, I was even hed even louder this ti her, I’ her a call"

Abel stopped walking and struggled to keep fro Andy what he really wanted to tell hiet to feel firsthand what all his opponents who’d hit the canvas face first had felt But he held back He had a feeling there was more to this Andy knew just as well as anyone else that Abel wouldn’t be sharing any details of his personal life with anyone So he knew his sneaky publicist had gone about it a different way

"She’s a friend of et involved with anyone right now So as her friend, I’ht now that, other than for business reasons, you stay away from her"

Andy was quiet for a moment "But you’re not involved with her in any other way than just business, and she’s a friend"

"Isn’t that what I just said?"

"I’ht in case, you know, she and I hit it off or so--"