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Previously onChesapeake Shores.

Scary spider!

So, what's going onwith you and Trace?

I've had enough of you!

Are you stalking me?

When do theywant us out there??

Soon as we can go!

You are going to Nashvile! That's so exciting!

What??

Why didn't anybody...

tell me??

I'm surprised to seeyou here without your...

significant other.

Abby's at work.

I was thinking of Lee.

♪*scoffs*♪

Have fun in Nashville!

Wow...

this is looking amazing.

Yeah, it's almost there.

I'd really like to be donebefore I head to Nashville.

Right.

I'd really like to be donebeThat's gonna be very...e.

exciting.

Thanks for this.

No problem.

You get to record arecord instead of have one.

Yeah, it's a step up.

And you're re-recordingyour single, too?

The record company reallyseems to be behind it, so...

it's a good sign.

And, then what?

And then hopefullythey release it.

AndAnd then?at?

And then we'll see.

You're okay withall this, right?

Yeah, yeah of course.

You're okay withI mean it's all so--

Abby...

You're okay withWe're gonna be fine.

Okay?

You're okay withWe'I'm starving.ine.

♪ The miles aregetting longer, it seems ♪

♪ The closerI get to you ♪

♪ So I'm going home, tothe place where I belong ♪

♪ Where your love hasalways been enough for me ♪

♪ I'm not running from ♪

♪ No, I think yougot me all wrong ♪

♪ I don't regret this lifeyou chose for me ♪

♪ I said these places andthese faces are getting old ♪

♪ So I'm going home ♪

♪ I♪ I'm going home ♪andthese faces are getting old ♪

Aye, here she comes,the little leprechaun

with her potfull of gold!

Freshly baked MorningSunrise Muffins from Chef David.

Apparently, mycook loves to cook.

So weird, right?

Mmm, I've said it before,I will say it again:

David is the best baker...

Outside of ourfamily, of course.

Nice catch, Connor.

Well it's true.family, of course.

All right girls,finish up your breakfast

so we're notlate for school.

Hey, why don't youdo that at the library?

Or the firehouse?

Do they have a Dalmatian?

Uh...

Do theI don't know,atian?I guess so.

All right.

Hey Jess, how'severything at the B&B,

is it all backto normal?

It's not the B&B, it isnow the Inn at Eagle Point.

People are actuallybooking online

and I have guests fromall over the place.

It's kind of awesome.

That's great.Okay, bye.

Bye.

Bye darling!

It's Always Caroline.

A timeless storyof everlasting love.

An epic tale of longing,faith, and triumph.

Is this thing any good?of everlasting love.

-It's amazing.-It's garbage.

Jacob meets Carolinewhen they're kids,

and then she moves away

and he spends eternitysearching for her.

It's a Bree's Must Read.

Bree's right, it's garbagebut I loved the book.

Bree Elizabeth O'Brien?

Did he justmiddle name her?

He did.

- Sally's?- Sally's.

Oh yeah.

I'm buying.

I'm making breakfast!Pancakes!

You bought a bookstore?

Uh no, I didn'tbuy a bookstore,

I took over the lease.

Is there a problem?buy a bookstore,

No, it's just thatyou're a writer, Bree.

You should be writing.

Well, I can do both.

I just worry thatyou can do both well.

Well I can, and I will.

Okay, all right, good.

Well IThat's good.will.

You want some pancakes?

Uh-huh...

Willie, Waylon,Kristofferson, and Cash?

Yup, this iswhere they first

got together andrecorded Highwayman.

People saidit was amazing.

But after they left,

when the sessionwas over, poof!

The tapes disappeared.

Huh, guess that's why

they call itthe lost studio.

Studio 17, it's ascountry as it gets.

You can feel the music

coming out ofthe walls, y'know?

Yeah, prettyintimidating.

Yeah.

Mark? Mark Hall?

The Mark Hall?

First off, it's just Mark,and the honor's mine.

I saw both your shows atthe Bluebird last year,

and I caught a set inAtlanta a while back.

Think it wasour shows atat the Gilbert.st year,

Yeah, it was.

Think it wasour shows atat the GilbertYou remember that?

It's not often avenue loses power

and you play trueacoustic for 20 minutes.

I don't think theaudience took a breath.

That was a prettyspecial night.

You also hadthat bass player.

I see him at the Palaceevery now and then

working the boards.

John Rawl?

Yeah he'spretty good, too.

Yeah, he is.

Like I said, I've had myeye on you for a while.

But you weren't ready.

But your new stuff...

I'd love to helpyou with it.

Wait?You're producing us?

One of the nice thingsabout having my own label

is I get to cherry pickwhich artists I produce

and which I farmoff to employees.

Wow!

I don't know what to say.

Well, how about we just getstarted and you sing instead?

Heck yeah!

Yes sir!

Let's do this.

Dad hasn't used amiddle name in what,

six months?

I know, he wason a streak.

It's too bad.

So how's work going?

Work, let's see.

I've spent the last two weeksresearching the history

of an obscure tortfrom the 18th century,

which was only slightlymore interesting

than researching aminority opinion

from the Supreme Courtfrom the 19th century.

Why don't youjust quit?

from the Supreme CourtfromI don't know.tury.

Some part of me just wantsto make it to the present day.

froThat and I don'turtfrowant Dad to useury.

my middle nameduring breakfast.

Whoa.

Twelve o'clock.

No no, not your twelve.

My twelve, your six.

What was that?

What? It's whatI always do.

It's not that you do it,it's how you do it.

It's weird.

That's weird?

Weird, orIt's weweirdly effective?

-Hi.-Hey.

I noticed you doing whateveryou were doing at me.

Yeah.

And I was so flattered.

Out of all the women here,you would make the effort

to get to know me,to understand me,

and then decideyou like me enough

to acknowledge who Ireally am by doing that.

I don't thinkthat she liked it.

Me neither.

I'm sorry thatI didn't call.

Yeah, I was alittle surprised.

Wait?

You two know each other?

We've met a few times.

You still haven'tpaid your fine.

I didn't know that youwere serious about...

I will pay the fine.

Okay.

Are you serious bro?

You had her numberand you didn't call?

Didn't thinkI was ready.

You had her numberand yoWhy not? call?

Ah!

Georgia, right,of course.

Well, if you'restill not ready, I am.

Georgia, right,She hates you.course.

Well, if you'reEverybody hates me....

at first.

Or at second, if you'reat third...ody hates me....

All right, thank you.

It's quite ironic.

I'm a writer who refusedto be rewritten by a hack,

and now I'm making money,selling a hack writer.

I loved it.

Especially the ending,money,it's so romantic.ck writer.

Yeah, if by romantic youmean on-the-nose dialogue,

soapy and overwritten...

Exactly,it's wonderful.

Your dad was not happy

when he found outabout this, was he?

Worse, he wasdisappointed.

I always hated it when Mickveered into disappointment.

He just doesn't seemto think I can do both.

So, what do you think?

Well, you knowwhat I think?

I think that you are old enoughto make your own decisions.

He just doesn't know whatthis place has meant to me.

Writing is a bigpart of my life--

He just doesn't know whatthis And the bookstore? me.

It's a big partof my life, too.

I always wanted to have athplace where people could.

get together and read booksand talk about books--

And have reading groups.

A reading group!

That is a great idea, Bree.

I love reading groups.

Okay, reading groups.

Oh yeah!

We could do FaulknerOkayand Hemingwayups.

and Fitzgerald and Joyce...

Dead, dead,dead dead dead.

What?

I don't know ifyou realize this,

but every time you talkabout your favorite authors,

I don't know ifthey're always dead!

It's depressing!

I don't know ifShe has a point.ys dead!

Okay, all right.

Who would you suggest?

Simon Atwater.

Yes!

I don't think so.

One, he's living, big plus.

And two, have youseen the jacket cover?

He's seriously hot.

And British.

No, it's ahorrible idea.

It's one thingto sell the book,

it's anotherto glorify it.

Do you know how manypeople would come, Bree?

Well, I'm excited.We're doing this, right?

We are notdoing this, no.

Great, so that's a yes.

Just leaveeverything to me.

I'll do the poster,everything.

I'm so goingto regret this.

No you're not.

Okay, beforewe get started,

I have to remindyou for the purpose

of this conversation,I work for Matt Fox.

All right.

And as his consultant,II have to tell you.

that all thenumbers make sense,

we are already beingthreatened with lawsuits

and communityaction groups,

which are goingto delay the project.

Thomas is justtrying to scare you.

He's not going to get theenvironmentalists on board.

The project makestoo much sense.

Then tell me whyare you doing this?

Because there are alot of other projects

you could be working on.

Because this is the projectI want to be working on now.

Simple as that?

Sometimes honey, businessjust isn't that complicated.

Seems like these days,everything is complicated.

What's going on?

Oh, I don't wantto talk about it.

WhAll right...n?

I'm just...

worried about Trace.

He seems to be doing great.

Yeah...

that's not whatI'm worried about.

I know.

I'm sorry.

♪ When I see yourface oh memories ♪

♪ come crashingthrough these walls ♪

♪ here comesthe free fall ♪

♪ Here comes the free fall ♪

♪ here comesthe free fall ♪Kill it.

♪ HYou wanna start again?l ♪

No, I'm gonnalet 'em finish.

I don't knowwhat's wrong.

Something is.

Yeah.

♪ Didn't think I'dsee you here tonight ♪

I think we got it.

Thanks guys,see you tomorrow.

Send me the recordings.

Okay.

You think that was okay?

From what I hear,Hall is a perfectionist.

So, if he saidhe got it...

I'm still tryingto figure out

if you're here togive me good news.

That my brother is no longerdeveloping the property.

Well, that is notfor me to say.

I work for Matt Fox.

How's that working for you?

The man's responsible for

turning Americainto a parking lot.

Well, parking lot or not,

what I would like to knowis why are you doing this?

My law firm protects theenvironment, it's what I do.

You're giving awayland that you own.

My lIt's called nots theenvirbeing a hypocrite.I do.

You're giving awayOkay, then why now?

MIf you weren't tryingheento take this land away,do.

Dad never would'vewanted to build on it.

Are you telling me thateentoas a representativey,do.

of Matt Fox or asewanMick's daughter?it.

Because those are twovery different things.

What happenedbetween you two?

What happens in allfamilies at some point,

they break apart.

Time, distance, lives...

eventually everyone'sperfect little world cracks.

It doesn't haveto be like that.

No, but itusually goes there.

IDid that feelestrange to you?.

What, that Hall didn't say

a single word aboutthe performance?

Yeah.

I would've taken anything.

Good, bad, whatever.

We don't want to hearbad, not from Mark Hall.

Y'know, it is nice beingback in Nashville with you.

Yeah.

Y'know, I never really thoughtbaI'd be doing this again,.

at least not here.

Here is home.

At least it is for me.

Maybe for you again someday.

Did you hear whatHall said about John?

That he was a prettygood bass player.

No, that he was workingthe boards at the Palace.

Remember how we used to dreamabout getting called on stage,

a hit record, everyoneknowing our names.

Think they'd call us up?

We should go.

Yeah, we could go by.

Yeah.

Someone's signing up, look!

Best book club ever.

For a book thatis barely a book.

Five people in five minutes!

Wine & Simon!

Spend an eveningwith Simon Atwater

reading It'sAlways Caroline.

Wine & Simon, it rhymes.

reading It'sAlwaJess...line.

What did you do?

reading It'sI'm getting people to sign up.

By promising them anevening with Simon Atwater?

We don't have aI'm gettSimon Atwater.sign up.

Yet.

We don't have aIWe don't Simon Atwater yet.p.

But we will,because he's in town.

Well, actually,he's in Baltimore.

On a national booktour, which means

he's going to DC immediatelyafter he finishes.

Right, so we show up,tell him our plan,

he's goinvite him toediatelyChesapeake Shores.

That is crazy.

So crazy itjust might work?

No, just crazy,like insane crazy.

Okay well it's gettingpeople through the door.

Angry and upset people,Jess I'm going to be run

out of business beforeI even have a business.

I'm sorry.

ouI just think if wereask him, he'll say yes.

Or he'll call the cops.

Maybe both.

Where'd you get that photo?

I found it in a boxof files from the Trust.

My Dad didn't wantto talk about it.

I'm guessing he wouldn't.

My Dad didn't wantIt was from the late 70's,

we were at a smalltravelling fair in Harpswell,

just before I left town.

wHe did say thatlltravellhe wasn't happy.swell,

I wasn't either.

As I recall,your grandpa

had just yelled athim about something.

Dad said that he was the one whowas always getting in trouble,

you were Grandpa's favorite.

No, I was Mom's favorite.

Pop didn't knowyou what to do with me,rite.

so he just left me alone.

But not your dad.

He went after him man,it was brutal,

nonstop, screamingBall night long..

So you had it easy?

No, I was ignored.

Hey.

I called you but did you sendme straight to voicemail?

You miss the first window,you don't get a second one.

Well I know, butI didn't realize

there was an expirationdate on dialing.

Well I know, butFor me, there is.

I was wondering if I might beable to take you out for coffee.

So your friend cansmile at me again?

I wasThat was my brotherht beableand no, it'd be just me.fee.

So, like a date?

Not like, it would prettymuch be an actual date.

How do you know we'd evenhave anything in common?

Maybe I'm not your typeand maybe you're not mine.

Isn't that the pointof me asking you out?

Am I missing something here?

Only if you tell mewhy you didn't call.

Timing.

That's it?

That's all I'mgoing to tell you,

at least for now.

So if I reallywant to know?

Dinner.

Tomorrow night.

Meet me here.

Nice crowd tonight.

Yeah...

I'll be right back.

You okay?

Gotta talk to him atsome point, right?

Buy you another round?

I heard you wereback in town,

got yourselfa new deal.

Yeah we did.

Look John, you knowif this happens,

and we get going, I wantyou back in the band...

What?

Like everything that happeneddoesn't matter anymore?

Look man, I'moffering you the job

because you're the bestbass player I know.

But if you want tothrow it all away,

that's on you.

Yeah, it is.

I hope you got everythingyou wanted, Trace.

Thank you!

Next up, two of my favoritesinger-songwriters:

Trace Riley andLeigh Corley.

[Applause]

Hey would you guysmind sitting in for one?

Sure!

Right on.

How's everybodydoing tonight?

It's great to be backhere at the Palace.

This is our oldstomping grounds,

so we're gonna play you whatwe hope to be our new single.

This is our oldIt's called Free Fall.

♪ Didn't think I'dsee you here tonight ♪

♪ but I guess I reallyshould have known ♪

♪ Someone else isliving in your light ♪

♪ ♪ and I'm standinglyshin the shadow ♪ ♪

♪ Well I guess I wentand let things fall away ♪

♪ Thought I gave the chanceto talk it out some day ♪

♪ And I promised you thatI was gonna change ♪

♪ Thought I gave the chanceto♪ But it's too late ♪ ♪

♪ You met somebody now ♪

♪ I bet he's prettygood for you ♪

♪ I thought I'dknow somehow ♪

♪ ♪ How to handletyfalling through ♪

♪ But when Isee your face ♪

♪ Old memories come crashingthrough these walls ♪

♪ Here comesthe free fall ♪

Hey, you home?

I am home.

Want some wine?

Oh, yes please.

How were Caitlynand Carrie?

The girls werewonderful, as always.

I just put them to bed.

I thought I wouldbe home much sooner.

Boys are morecomplicated, aren't they?

That is anunderstatement.

Hey I found this oldpicture of you and Dad

and Thomas in yourearly 20's, I think.

Were they close back then?

and Thomas in youreaThomas and Mick?k.

Were thInseparable.k then?

Different.

Thomas alwayswanted to be like Mick.

But he wasn't.

So what happened?

Time...

jealousy...

I don't know.

Thomas said thatdistance played a part.

You can't always be withthe people you love, Abby.

Dad?

Hey!

Hi.

Trace has done a great jobwith this place, hasn't he?

What's going on?

I need you to tell me whathappened between you and Thomas.

Why do you want to know?

I needI don't, but Ie whathappenthink Matt Fox does.homas.

Well, when Dad died,

Thomas and I eachreceived half the trust,

but Charles, your grandfather,made me the trustee.

So you control everything?

That's what yourgrandfather decided.

Must've made Thomas furious.

I don't know what he was,but since the funeral

it's never been the same.

What changed?

I think...

everything.

He blames me for...

everything.

♪ You met somebody now ♪

♪ I bet he's prettygood for you ♪

♪ I thought I'dknow somehow ♪

♪ How to handlefalling through ♪

Cut, let's try that again.

It's sounding flatguys, emotionless.

Again from thefirst chorus.

All right, you good?

Again from thefirsYeah.rus.

One, two, three, four.

♪ You met somebody now ♪

♪ I bet he'spretty good for-- ♪

I'm coming out.

Cut it back toprthe third bar.- ♪

I'mYou okay?ut.

Yeah, I'm fine.

Are you guys here?I'You with me?.

I don't understand.

This is not karaokenight at the local bar

and you get points justfor singing the notes.

You gotta feel it.

I thought we were.

You might be,but no one else is.

Again!

Two, three.

♪ You met somebody now,I bet he's pretty good-- ♪

Wrong! Let's try it again!

Mr. Hall, Mark,no offense,

but you gotta let us knowwhat you're not hearing.

You're singing, butI'm not hearing the love,

the longing.

You're singing, butI'm not hearing the song.

Let's go again.

Okay, what'rewe gonna say?

I think I'll start byblaming everything on you,

Okay, what'reand then I'll beg.

Blame it on me?It's your fault.

Exactly, but one of us is gonnalook silly and you're cuter.

You know what?

This is by far one ofyour worst ideas ever.

Which is why it will work!

When Kevin told you that,

he was just trying tomake you feel better.

Okay there he is,here we go.

he wHe's even more tosmug looking in person.

By smug, I thinkyou mean hot.

Let's do this.

Hi Simon, we are huge fansof It's Always Caroline,

well, actuallyonly one of us is,

Hi Simon, we are huge fansbut that's not important...

Mr. Atwater?

Hi, I'm Bree O'Brien andthis is my sister, Jess.

So Bree owns Wordplay,which is a bookstore

in Chesapeake Shores andshe's hosting a book club

for you to readIt's Always Caroline

and we, thought, Ithought maybe you could

come by and reada few excerpts?

I mean you don't have to,but it's already sold out,

and it's kind of my fault.

What, I thought youwere going to blame me?

I thought I did.

What, I thought youwereWait, I didn't? me?

I'm freaking out!

Anyway, the point is, mysister has a new bookstore.

You opened a bookstore?

Anyway, the point is, mysiThat's very impressive.e.

She's a writer, butshe's kind of a book snob.

She wanted a place that...

So what do you thinkof my book, Bree?

Oh, well...

it's a page turner.

Oh.

In a good way.

It's like, it'sinteresting...

Are you implyingI'm a hack?

It's like, it'sinNo! What?...

No no.

It's like, it'sUnless you say so...

So you're sayingyou hated it?

INo, I really,sUreally, really.....

Hated it?

INo, I really,sUrealLoved it!y.....

Favorite new book,by far...

Okay, thanks so much.

That did not go well.

No, it did not.

That did Hi. go well.

Hi, perfect timing.

So, where doThayou want to go?ll.

I was thinking wecould eat here.

Hey, Army,you made it!

Isn't it a bit... crowded?

Well a bit, butit's my night

to cook for everyone, so...

Which makes it mynight, too, I guess.

And if we have enough totalk about cooking dinner,

I'll even let you hangout and help eat it.

Considering my abilitiestalk in the kitchen,inner,

this might be a mistake.

I saw you roasting marshmallows,it looked like you had chops.

Any reason why we'rehere making dinner?

I saw you These guys,rshmallows,itthey're like my brothers,s.

so you gotta getthrough them first.

They're pretty picky.

I get it, myfamily is, too.

They didn't likeyou not calling.

Yeah well they're reallygonna not like my cooking.

I think we just found ourfirst thing in common...

Yeah well they're reallygonna nWhat's that?ooking.

They hate how I cook, too.

[Fire bell ringing]

Nice first date.

It was a disaster.ringing]

We didn't get through afull take on a single song.

Is he going to try andpaste one together?

Hopefully he can put somethingtogether after 45 takes, right?

It's gonna be all right.

Hey Leigh...

Thank you.

For what?

For pushing toget us into a room

where we can getyelled at for ten hours?

No, so we can get yelled at forten hours doing what we love.

And hopefully cut arecord we'll be proud of.

Yeah.

There's nottoo many people

who would understandthat, are there?

There's not.

[Cell phone ringing]

Hey Abby.

Nothing much.

You have no idea how happyI am to hear your voice.

Yeah, me too.

So, how's it going?

Well, it's a lot harderthan I thought it would be.

But I think we'regetting some good stuff

and we're rightback at it tomorrow.

Sounds great.

And then...?

Well, considering theway things are going,

I'm not exactly sure...

WelWell, you let meewaknow how it goes.,

Yeah, umm...

I'll talk to youtomorrow then.

Good night.

I'll talk to youWhat's up Ryan?

You ready to try again?

Sure...

Look, I want toapologize for yesterday.

I spent all nightlistening to the tracks,

and I think I figuredout what the problem is.

I'm sure if you justtold me what to do...

The problemisn't with you, Trace.

Your singing is great,

but I'm not hearingwho you're singing to.

Two microphonesfacing one another.

You're both inyour own space.

Now, when we playfthe tracks again,.

I want you to think about whoyou want more than anything.

Sing the song for her.

All right...

One, two, three, four...

♪ Didn't think I'dsee you here tonight ♪

♪ But I guess I reallyshould've known ♪

♪ Someone else isdliving in your light ♪

♪ And I'm standingin the shadow ♪

♪ Well I guess I wentand let things fall away ♪

Pull down, Leigh.

♪ Thought I'd get the chanceto talk it out someday ♪

♪ And I promised youthat I was gonna change ♪

♪ But it's too late ♪

♪ You met somebody now ♪

♪ I bet he's prettygood for you ♪

♪ I thought I'dknow somehow ♪

♪ ♪ How to handletyfalling through ♪

I don't like talkingill about the dead

because they're not hereto defend themselves.

Especially mybeloved Charles,

but there's days I'd liketo shake my fist at him.

Because he left mewith this mess there.

but tI don't think heliketo meant to, do you?him.

The thing is, Megan...

he saw himself in Mick.

So he knew how tohandle Mick: tough and--

Loud.

Yes!

But he didn't knowhow to talk to Thomas,

so they didn't.

Sad.

Thomas and Mickand me, remember?

We used to be so close.

Oh yes.

Half the time, people didn'teven know who I was dating.

We were always together.

Well, you'd think they'd beable to handle this, but...

Wenow I'm not so sure.r.

They start to have aconversation about the weather

and it turnsWeninto a hurricane.e.r.

TAren't you the oneacothat always says that lifeer

has a way ofworking itself out

the way it's supposed to?

Darling maybe I do,

but this time Ithink I'm going

to have to giveDit a little nudge.

Watch out boys!

I should have stuckgivewith dead authors. nudge.

Shakespeare wouldnever tell me no.

I should havI'm terribly sorry,with dead auit was all my fault.

Yeah, it is.

No, no.

You are supposed to say youboth share responsibility.

Well, I'm sorry but thisis actually all her fault.

And Dad might be right,maybe opening

this bookstore wasa terrible idea.

No, this was a great idea.

Bree, this is whatyou should be doing.

This is where you belong.

Oh yeah, this iswhere you'll find me

right in thatcorner over there

when it is revealedwthat Simon Atwatere

was never booked for areading in Chesapeake Shores.

when it is revealedAnd I hate his writing.

Yeah, you'vementioned that.

Well I'm sorry,I'm just trying

to make myselfmefeel better..

Well, it'lljust be us three.

On the run.

Chased down by hundredsof women with pitchforks.ree.

Good times.

CExcept I won't be hereobecause I have to work..ree.

You can't leaveme with her.

Sorry...

Good luck!

Remember when we usedto lie to Mom and Dad

and tell them wewere getting along,

just so we could getout of the house?

After all these years,not much has changed.

Why, you thinkI'd lie to you now?

I think you're Dad,you'll do what you need to do.

This isn't business, Thomas.

What is it then?

This You're my family.homas.

That's easy for youto say, you had one.

What do you mean by that?

That's easy for youtoYou had it all.ne.

And you had it easy.

Well, maybe Ididn't want it easy.

You sure didn't want my life.

And you couldn'thave handled mine.

This is gonnabe a long walk.

Oh, boy...

Hi.

So, have youmade a decision?

I have.

And did you thinkabout it carefully?

I did.

And so...?

And so if Matt Fox chooses tomove forward with this project,

he's going to betaking a huge risk.

It is likely that ThomasO'Brien will be able

to legally change thestatus of the property

and Matt Fox willhave wasted his time,

money, and energyon the development.

and Matt Fox willhWell thank you Abby,

I appreciateyour honesty.

And since my job isto make an evaluation

and consider therisks and rewards,

Anwhile there is astosignificant upsiden

there is a tremendousamount of risk.

So what did you decide?

thI'm going to tellusMatt Fox to move forward.

I'm going to tell himthat as an employee

of Capital Management,I think that

it is a risky butsolid investment.

of Mostly because Int,believe that in the end,

you're going to dothe right thing.

of Mostly because Int,I'm terribly sorry-- no.

My sister is an idiot-- no.

Honey?

Yeah?

It's time.

No!

I think we should run away.

You... zip it!

Okay.

Hello everybody.

I know you're all veryeager to meet Simon Atwater,

and I hate to--

Leave you waitingany longer.

Please welcome,Simon Atwater.

[Applause]

Thank you.

Thank you very much,thank you.

Every time I'vecalled myself a hack,

everyone corrects me,except for you.

That's a first.

Okay...

Good afternoon.

I'd like to readyou an excerpt

from It's Always Caroline,Chapter 12.

Yesterday, I met someone whoreminded me of this passage.

fromI had grown wearyline,after years of searching

for that unattainableconfirmation that she exists.

fromThe feisty, forceline,afto be reckoned with,ng

not easily fooled...Caroline.

The woman whowon't fall for anything,

sees through me to thepoint where I am invisible.

And that's whatmakes her beautiful.

♪ You met somebody now ♪

♪ I bet he'spretty good for you ♪

I don't understand,♪where's Leigh on this?♪

Look Trace, welove this album,

and we want to getbehind it 100%,

but we only want you.

So what're you saying?

We're saying we wantbuyou as a solo actu.

and we'll honoryour record deal

providing you recordthe songs alone with us.

Leigh and I are writingpartners, okay?l

She co-wrote mostof these songs.

LeiAnd you still areingwriting partners,

but Leigh doesn'tbelong on stage,

LeiAnd you still areingat least not with you.

Maybe KAP Records shouldfind me another producer.

I am KAP Records.

Look, you're still partners,you're still writing together,

but these songs needto be sung by you.

Trace...

I've been doingthis for over 25 years

and I know what Ihear and what I don't.

I'm not comfortablethis fwith this. years

Most aren't at first,but you'll come around.

Trace, you won'tget another shot...