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At first, I thought it was a coffee shop, until I spotted the large screens blaring a soccer game, license plates on the walls, and the line of car seats that were used as bar stools It turned out the zany sports bar actually did have breakfast, though, so I sat and tore into a s and chili on flour tortillas

After breakfast, I walked back toward a Hertz I had spotted near the hotel and rented a car Staying off the highways, I drove around aimlessly at first, then headed inland, east up Santa Monica Boulevard When I got to Beverly Hills, I hooked a left and somehow found myself on a twisty road called Coldwater Canyon Drive I took it north, lass houses up and down the slopes of the Hollywood Hills

I ht after a while onto iconic Mulholland Drive, then another onto Laurel Canyon Boulevard When I caarage and parked and walked around

I did the full tourist tour I stopped at the TCL Chinese Theatre first and looked around, s down at Old Hollywood’s hand- and footprints I found the Walk of Fame, and when I cahed as I snapped a pic of it for Mary Catherine, who couldn’t get enough of the King Then I bought some postcards for the kids and, for ten bucks, had my picture taken with a Jack Sparrow pirate look-alike alking around

I texted the pictures to Mary Catherine:

Justover to Tooing?

She texted back:

Not as good as yours, apparently, Mr Movie Star Don’t let all that fao to your head ?

I texted back, for some unknown reason,

But you’ll always be my number-one fan, won’t you?

Actually, I did knoas reat relationship Mary Catherine and I had had up until pretty recently

I knew I’d probably pushed it when she didn’t text back Thenthe car

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was Mary Catherine’s reply

CHAPTER 59