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“The Hollywood sign?”

“You’ll be able to see that from the Griffith Observatory”

“And the stars on the sidewalk—”

“The Walk of Fa et excited

“Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Mullholland Drive… I guess we don’t have time to tour any celebrity homes…”

“The Hollywood sights are pretty close together We’ll be right in the middle of it tomorrow The beaches are probably too far for this trip”

Ithe back of mine “We’ll have to come back”

My breath catches at his words Have we reached the point offuture plans?

“Okay” The word comes out on a breath

“We have offices out here now We’re going to have to make an effort to be on the west coast more often”

Oh, right Duh, Rocky Cool your over-active iination

He looks out the , and I feel like a naive little girl This actually is a business trip We have clients here we need to meet with and solidify our relationships This isn’t a sex trip to LA as he so delicately put it back at the office

The car pulls up in front of the Ritz Carlton, passing the Grammy Museum and the Staples Center on the hich I excitedly point out I step out, looking all the way up to the sky before Patton drags e-stone lobby

It’s bright and open, and elegantly dressed couples ht tees with flip flops walking from the bar to the elevators I wait by the complimentary cucumber water while Patton checks us in

“They’re sending up our luggage” He takes my hand