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Nashville is about drea in your beer It’s the place where an appliance sales studio and walk out the Man in Black I should take co about her

I walk until I run out of road Standing on the banks of the Cuht I pulled Marley down fro, but I was too blind to see it The broater rushes by, and I watch the currents, thinking about what comes next He hasn’t been in the office today I didn’t call hi my ass from jail

David says I need to fire him, but I’d never do that At the same time, he isn’t happy here He doesn’t want to do this work any more than Taron does I tried to o

It’s what I do

Don’t hold onto people too tightly, that way they can’t hurt you when they go

There’s only one person I’ onto, and it hurts like hell

She’s gone, and I have to let her go and get back in the gao back to what I was before? How do I ure it out I’ve worked too long and too hard for this

The office is dark when I return The sun is setting, and I don’t even knohy I walked back here I should go to my empty penthouse

Yeah, that sounds appealing

Dropping intoto see if David’s had any luck with Hank I should watch that YouTube video again Watchinghis stupid face as he hits the ground, is about the only thing that ht now

My office phone rings, and I stare at it a moment Sandra’s not here to screen it, but only a handful of people have my direct nu onceup

“Fletcher speaking”

“Patton, it’s Stephen” At the sound of his voice, I’uard

Stephen Hastings doesn’t make casual calls

“I take it you saw the article?” No point in acting like we do small-talk