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But then Quentin spread the news he wasn’t expecting anybody to show up to work the next day until after lunch That gave rab a few extra hours of rest and be freshened up and ready to go Which etting into a deep conversation with Gus Freeman about the company’s social media and my approach To say I was surprised at how interested he seemed to be would be an understatement For all the resistance his oldest son showed, this man was fascinated and ready to be a part of the process He listened towith the company, showed estions from a fan’s perspective

Those were possibly the ht what he had to offer would be pretty much the same as what Quentin and I had already talked about But I quickly learned that while Quentin’s insights were valuable,from the place of the owner of the company There was a business slant to theh deeply involved in the company, was technically retired He didn’t spend nearly as much time around the complex as his wife and sons and didn’t have the kind of stakes Quentin did He was still very s through those eyes It helped ure out what pictures, videos, and captions to use to appeal to the full deraphic

Which, of course, meant I went from one beer to two, bottoering at the bar far later than I expected to be The nu on my phone read two-thirty when I finally stumbled into my apartment A key that already tended to be a bit sticky and te and exhaustion, but I finally ed to wrestle the door open andto the floor and peeled offlad for the rideshare Minnie had arranged to bringto have to shell out the cash and listening to a driver make aard sot me back to the apartht

Right up there with figuring out who the hell was sleeping on my couch

I crossed the dark living room toward the lump covered withwhether I should be afraid or not when I got close enough to realize it was , but he didn’t need to We had always been close, and anytiot a chance to spend ti there with no sign of his wife anywhere, but there would be plenty of tiet to the bottoet to sleep

Turning around, I started away fro to be as quiet as I could Unfortunately, Brandon hadn’t picked up e of sixteen and his shoes were tossed in theover them woke him up, and his head popped up fro short of dazed and confused

“Merry? Is that you?” he asked

“Yep,” I said

“What’s going on?” he asked, shifting to get up “Are you okay?”

“Shh Go back to sleep I’ to crash for a bit See you in a few hours,” I replied

My brother nodded and curled further down into the couch, pulling the blanket up over his head I was still curious about the whole situation as Ifro e out of my clothes, I toppled into bed

I woke up the nextto bed without bothering to go through any of the nightti, I rolled over and tried to pry open eyes glued together by old lance at the clock beside my bed told me it was nine That was plenty of sleep for et the remnants of the day before off, I’d feel much better