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chapter

1 all

right okay chapter

2

and got it chapter

3 chapter 4 compare

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done feels like enough work for

today the unexpected success of the book

series has captivated Millions worldwide

but as fans eagerly wait the final

installment of the moonlight magic

Trilogy the question Still Remains just

who is Georgina cartwell who indeed

while the ya fantasy author has has won

numerous awards for her first two novels

she has never made a public appearance

prompting speculation that Georgina

cartwell May in fact be a pen

name hold on this just in breaking news

Georgina Cardwell has announced on

social media that she is two weeks away

from completing her third

novel no no that's right the third and

final book of the moonlight magic

Trilogy will be delivered to its

publisher in two weeks you heard it here

first folks in other Entertainment News

Hollywood okay okay okay all right first

of all it's my social media account and

who said anything about 2

weeks no I didn't read the contract okay

Shanna I think yes I yeah I I know how

you get when I use your first name of

course I'm almost done I'm like this

close I'm just saying can you maybe buy

me an extra month or two I mean isn't

that what agents are for okay forget it

forget it forget I asked stupid Mel

actually I just had a great idea and I

think I'm going to go right okay love

you

bye where are all the blue

ones

hey sorry my flight got delayed oh there

was this B baby screaming the whole way

like

right Melissa I'm on the

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patio I'm home hi hi hey okay did you

know there's like 45% less blue ones in

this bag we're being scammed by big

candy can you believe that I thought you

said you were going to be doing some

riding this weekend oh yes I did say

that and I wasn't lying but you know I

need some unstructured free time s let

my creativity run wild I mean how else

am I supposed to figure out what

happened on Ariel's Journey or the night

of the dark tide if I'm just sitting

behind a disc so you figured it out then

no that was just that was an

example do not make that face I'm not

making a face you are you are making

that face you're making that face you

make when you're going to say something

serious I think I need some space from

us is this a

breakup

why it's just we're supposed to be this

power couple you know and lately I've

been feeling like I'm in this

relationship all by myself Jonathan that

that's just not true babe most days you

don't even get out of bed you you don't

work I mean you definitely don't write I

mean I get home from a business trip and

you can't even ask me how it went or say

hi you know you're right you're right

and I'm I'm sorry I was just distracted

but I want to know what's going on at

the

bank you don't work at a bank no no you

don't work at a bank I know you don't

work at a bank at the hedge fund tell me

what's going on at the hedge fund it's

commercial real estate investment I told

you a 100 times Jonathan that's like

almost exactly the same

thing okay fine

just don't do this don't throw away what

we have we're like peanut butter and

bacon nobody likes peanut butter and

bacon I love you really I do I just I

can't I can't do do us

anymore I'm

sorry you going to be

okay why wouldn't I be I a grown woman

get on the door no that is not real Jack

would be like move over there's plenty

of room for us both on the door we're

supposed to be a power

couple get up Jack get

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up

hello my

lovely how are you

Suzanna it's after 5 dear I'm off the

clock great sorry Mom hi what are you

doing here a mother's job is never done

and neither is an

agents not following well honey I saw

that what's his name broke up with you

who who who said anything who said any

no one said anything I saw that you

posted posted song lyricss online I just

feel like Beyonce gets me I know I read

your post but regardless he's gone

you're heartbroken look at me we have a

deadline to

meet okay okay I just I kind of feel

like my grief outweighs the whole career

thing right now I think you're wrong

because darling you signed a contract a

contract that will allow a publisher to

seek damages if deadlines are not met

okay so we pay a little fine sure you

can pay your little fine of a million

what that's what I thought so if you

would like to keep your house from being

repossessed I suggest you go upstairs

and start packing because I booked us on

a 10-day writing

Retreat think of it as the mother

daughter trip we've never

taken okay so you and me together on

vacation you know how I feel about

rhetorical

questions don't like them so go upstairs

start packing and put on some deodorant

please Mom

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I'm

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fine

really an olive

Farm why not like a private library or

something darling your final book is set

in a magical forest so this is your

inspiration okay now where is my cell

phone service darling don't Dole Under

the Sun be a nightmare for your forehead

wrinkles my forehead

what welcome to the Babbling Brook Farm

checking in I'm guessing yes the the

name is d e e let's see D so you've got

one Deluxe suite and one basic room

perfect we'll just need a card on record

I know is this Made of Stone slate

actually tell the B help to bring the

bags up to the room thank

you your room is upstairs on the left

darling we have a tasting tonight 7:00

and do not be late oh and wear that cute

top mommy packed for you uh

oh

yeah we don't have a bill out yeah sorry

she is a

lot oh is that the um it's the first Mo

Night Magic Book I'm rereading it I know

it's ya but Georgina Carwell is just on

another level you just get completely

sucked into her world you know yeah yeah

I know I I wish I could get sucked into

a fantasy world right

now I could probably upgrade your room I

mean it's not like we have many guests

staying here right now really yeah oh

thank you I'm Colleen by the way

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hi

correct yeah 458

pages okay thanks so much bye-bye H

sorry I am late I was on the phone with

a publisher oh were you working on

extending the deadline darling it's

dinner time mommy's off the clock okay

fine let's get this wine tasting started

huh I could use a couple hours to turn

my brain off uh garon ah

yes hello and welcome to the Babbling

Brook Farm my name is Ben pulley I am

the owner but I'm also going to be your

guide on your journey through the

wonderful world of olive

oil oh uh what happened to the wine

tasting this is an olive oil tasting

right an olive

farm right yeah no I I I know it's an

Olive Farm thank you I'm so sorry you

have to forgive my daughter a recent

breakup has seemed to have scrambled her

brain darling please continue right well

this is olive oil number one olive oil

number one that's some creative branding

it is a cold press extra virgin olive

oil that is derived from Mission olives

which are in fact the most popular of

the California varieties so we tend to

plant AR pinoa and froo varieties around

all of the mission trees to give them

that extra punch come springtime okay

can we just um try the

now Charlie let the man talk the

difficult part is getting the pH levels

of the soil just right cuz you're

dealing with slightly basic slightly

alkaline levels I do actually have a

saying to help remember if you're eight

and above easy up brv if you're 7.5 or

down turn that ship around wow okay I'm

sorry but I am way too hungry Melissa uh

ma' that's uh that's that's

balsamic vinegar on your

bread would you like any olive oil on

your next bite I'm good thank you Mom

has been great wait

always

B darling Mommy needs pages in the

morning okay

mhm

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Charming okay

you can do this Mel all you have to do

is

write the

beginning

started at the

beginning with a

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prerequisite

excuse me is this seat taken uh yes my

husband is actually he must be bringing

your wedding

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gream well spotted you just earned

yourself a

seat all right I will humor you since

you are sitting there staring at me what

is it that you do Sergio Sergio is that

the measure of a man the title on his a

business card is that a

deflection I have done many things seen

the world owned businesses now I'm just

enjoying the Twilight of my youth I hate

to break it to you but I think your

youth is um far behind you or sitting

right in front of

me

that is the start of my

workday pleasure to meet you Sergio I

did not manage to catch your name I

didn't throw

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it how is it oh the good news is it's

not all of not good news is no absence

of bad news my friend yeah and there's

bad news Olive flies have gotten into

the

crop Kao I knew they would return yeah I

think we're going to have to harvest the

olives early this year any idea how to

hold them off until then as I told your

parents a fight against the Flies is a

fight against time but I know to make

traps all I need is some milk some

anchois some urine right I can help you

with the first two but how about the

capitalist Banker Mr Bena I mean earlier

Harvest means less oil means less money

he is coming next week and we just have

to convince him to refinance the loan or

otherwise the Flies they will

win

yeah

hi sorry oh my God I I was I was just

going to see if you'd see my mom

anywhere were you writing something no

no yes I mean okay so my college doesn't

have a creative writing major which is

what I really want to do so I'm trying

to write some short stories in my free

time but like it's super frustrating

because I feel like there's this giant

Gap in quality between what I like to

read what I actually write does that

make sense yeah no totally makes sense I

mean you either feel like an idiot or a

complete fraud and then you start going

down the rabbit hole of will anyone

actually even read this I know right

wait so you're a writer

too uh yes but um I'm really more of a

reader if you want someone to give you

notes I'm happy to give it a read if

you're

interested definitely

interested I knew it wasn't very good

well no no no no no don't get me wrong

it's a good sentence it just gets kind

of lost every paragraph should have one

core sentence that drives the whole

thing you're really good at this like

professional level good at this yes she

is if only she would just apply herself

oh hi Mom how are you oh I am 12 minutes

behind schedule thanks to you right got

it got it got it got it got it um hey

look I really really like your style so

as soon as you have a short that you're

proud of just let me know I'll

definitely give it a wreath can I give

you one now yeah of course

Melissa okay I have a mother daughter

work thing um but can I leave it here

and I'll grab it later and I'll read it

as soon as I can yeah thank thank you of

course let's go I'm

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coming oh Melissa you said you wanted

Pages I'm sorry it's my fault I should

have specified I wanted quality pages

okay they're not that bad I feel like

they're not that bad mom mom Momom don't

put on your AG

glass ariela wondered what she would

have for breakfast who cares the Elvin

pastries looked delicious their dough

perfectly crisp flaking at even the

slightest touch but she would be a fool

to ignore the warm welcome of the lumber

porridge you go unlike this for six

seven pages okay I just felt like maybe

if I Rift a little bit an actual story

would start flowing let me be frank as

your agent you have N9 days and zero

viable words and both of our careers

writing on the outcome of this so if I

were you I would start writing and I

would start riding fast okay Mom it's

just it's not that easy all right I'm

I'm really trying to be the person you

want me to be but I I'm just not one of

those people who can wake up and sit

down and start working and with the

breakup and the pressure of this

deadline I just I really don't think I

ever will

be well then we will just find somebody

who is meet me at the patio in 1

hour what are you doing what I do best

deal Making Mr py

don't want to know oh Mr pulley Mr

pulley Miss D

um how can I help I have a business

proposition for you do you remember my

daughter vinegar girl yeah vinegar girl

she needs help finish in a manuscript

about a magical forest the problem is

she's a bit lazy wholly unorganized and

and all around unpleasant yes I remember

well just so you know between us she's

the best selling author like best she is

MHM

what makes you think that I could help

her well I can see that you are

meticulous and you are process driven in

essence you are everything that she's

not and you happen to know something

about trees you do know this is an Olive

Grove not a magical forest I know that

Mel doesn't she hasn't been out a place

like this ever besides I think you two

have some real

chemistry regardless my offer still

stands you help her finish her

manuscript and in exchange we will use

her influencer status to help give this

place a much needed PR maybe you even

pull it out of whatever downward spiral

it's currently in the farm is doing just

fine thank you please I'm an agent I can

practically smell the financial

desperation desperation doesn't smell

really huh oh I think it might smell

like y it smells like moldy

olives

deal nope NOP no no no no no no no Mom

no no no no I'm sorry no offense to you

but no reject M are you done good cuz I

want you to think very carefully about

what you're going to say next because

Ben here agreed graciously to help you

he is detailed he is ordered and he

happens to know something about trees so

all you have to do is post something

nice about his farm agreed good I'll

leave it to you too to make a schedule

great

okay um so we don't really need to do

this it's actually not that bad of an

idea it's literally the worst idea I

mean how are you supposed to help me

write you're a farmer you're not a

writer and in case you haven't noticed

my entire life is writing on this book

yeah and so is my entire

Farm I'm going to level with you do I

want to be doing this no but right

now I'm desperate and everything I've

done up until this point has clearly not

been working and it seems like the same

is true for

you look I'm am not going to teach you

how to write you already know how to do

that but what I can teach you how to do

is sit down and focus because that is

the one thing in my life that I am

actually good at do you think you can

help me write 100,000 words in 9

days that's 11,000 words a day if we

have you writing from 9 to 5 that's just

a little over 1300 words an hour and yes

I do think I can help you reach

that or we both crash and burn in the

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process

fine it's

deal let's get started okay this doesn't

really even make any sense it makes all

the I don't understand why we actually

have to go to my

roomes okay can you just slow down

first we don't really need to do this

right to figure out a solution I first

have to diagnose the problem and that

means seeing your work

environment maybe we do it a different

day another day like one of the nine

that you have left okay fine fine fine

fine fine fine it's just I I haven't

really had a chance to unpack it's not

the best time right now and

EXC I haven't had any time

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to how did

you why uh part of the creative

process okay so I had a bit of a

meltdown last night tried to write

something half decent and by the end I

wanted to curl up and die in a blanket

for well no it's actually more like a

blanket maum okay either way this has to

go it has cathedral

ceilings serious yeah

wow okay but I will do it okay that's

you seriously yes Goodbye old

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friend you're

monster okay what now let's

begin so it's called automatic writing

in the olden days spiritual mediums

would utilize this technique to try to

speak to the Dead they thought anything

they wrote down while wearing the

blindfold was coming from a nearby

spirit so um you want me to talk to

ghosts now right blindfold back on

please the blindfold lets you block out

external stimuli and access your

subconscious if you're having writer

block this will let you bypass any

conscious objections you're just going

to write whatever comes down to your

fingertips got it got it got it got it

got it okay

so help uhh little help is it over here

no it's right in front of you so I just

write anything anything at

all okay so we need

oh I'm so sorry I'm okay

okay it's okay good you okay

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yeah

darling how's it going ah well I've

written zero words and I nearly killed a

man so what do you think I think you're

finally learning what it's like to be a

woman in the Workforce Now sit down and

do try to enjoy a meal with

Mommy so how's it

going it is going horribly he is an

annoying know-it-all it's all about

productivity this and efficiency that

and it's not helping I was actually

talking about your

breakup oh I just we don't normally talk

about that kind of thing darling mommy's

off the clock we can talk mother or

daughter things so tell me are you

finally over what's his

name okay what is your deal with

Jonathan he was a nice

guy please Melissa he wanted a status

symbol and when he found out he got a

DIY project he left wow okay so um are

you saying that I need to be fixed I'm

saying that oh here he

comes look away look away

is that the guy you told me about um sir

hi would you like to join us who could

turn down such beautiful

company what are you doing oh you can

play this game

MH

thought I'd find you

here is there cheese in this a that's a

nice way to say thank you I

just thank you so how's the yeld this

year not great Olive flies got into the

crop which means moldy olives yeah hey

dude technically half this Farm is mine

I do know how things work so what are we

going to do well we're either going to

harvest early or wait and see if the

Flies spread to all the trees either way

not going to be producing a lot of oil

this

year hey remember that time Dad forgot

he left half the Harvest in The Loft and

all the olives started decomposing yeah

and all the moldy oil started dripping

from the flood boards dude it actually

got in my hair so gross point is no

matter how bad things get around here

you'll never run this place worse than

him famous less words Colleen come on I

believe in you you can do this

so there I was staring into the belly of

the Beast the Lion's Jaws opened wide

its teeth sharp and white it slowly

sticks its tongue out I felt death

approaching and

then it licked me oh it licked you with

a tongue like sandpaper if raised by

humans lions are actually quite friendly

but that is the joy in life no to be

almost m to death by an exotic animal no

finding love and compassion in the most

unexpected of

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places another bottle for the table

please actually you know I think that

I'm

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good okay all right uh mom I'm going to

go I'm going to go right I will see you

in the morning and Sergio very nice to

meet you

shall we move on to the Pinon

Noir I was actually thinking we should

move on to

dessert this isn't

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working one more try

ariela's journey into the forest was a

journey into the

unknown

and by all

accounts she should have been

terrified and she

was but she knew she wasn't

making the journey

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alone

this Iceberg ship is

sinking what is that good

morning rise and

shine give me that it wasn't that bad

all right maybe I went a little bit

overpoured but you do know that waking

up early is part of being productive

it's about keeping his schedule come on

we can get

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breakfast it's

free

really like actual words yes like actual

bifi a lot of words wow I thought that

the the blindfold thing was literally

the dumbest thing I've ever heard okay a

little harsh okay but it worked it did

it really worked well that's great we

just need to keep the words flowing make

sure your mind is in the optimal

creative state optimal what now have you

heard of the gut mind connection it's

the belief that not only can your brain

influence your stomach but actually your

stomach can influence your

brain okay um so you want to make me

more productive by controlling what I

eat

exactly do women like

you H

hi and for

you um Ben question do I look like a

Victorian Street wave to

you no no no so why are you feeding me

GRL okay first off this is not GRL this

is called biofuel and it is

nutritionally complete no no no no no no

no no do not lie to me that that is SLO

okay and I'm not going to eat it but I

am going to order the waffles don't

don't don't don't order the waffles

please I'm so I'm so sorry do you mind

if I send this back and get the waffles

instead oh thank you oh and can I have

ice cream on top of

it I feel sick if only there was a

readily available explanation for that I

could be lactose

intolerant I could be let's just get

started

presenting the idea Matrix a trademarked

workflow solution that breaks down the

writing process into 42 kpis let's say

you want to map the progress of one of

your side characters the first thing

you're going to do is select one of the

25 structural functions and then cross

reference that with one of the seven

main character archetypes that's going

to be denoted right here by the red

string but do notuse that with the blue

string because the blue string is how

you make

Ben do you want me to explain the

structural functions again no this is

this is insane it's like the Zodiac

Killer tried his handed arts and crafts

oh maybe you just don't understand it

because this is a logical step no no no

no no no no no that is not going to help

me right because you've been so good at

that before my

methods can I see that for a second

sure

great it's not like I spent all night

making this for

you Ben

can

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oh dear if you're going to comment on my

appearance please don't even bother okay

I look how I feel and I feel like a

human dumpster fire oh I believe this is

what the kids refer to as a hot

mess it's actually pretty good I know

you didn't get your witty jeans from

your father so where are mommy's Pages

desk

desk let's

see

okay okay well honey the quality is good

but the quantity I know I didn't write

today Melissa don't give me that face

Mom okay I felt like I had it yesterday

like the words were just just flowing

out of me and then today with this whole

stupid bulletin board thing I just I

feel like a

fake honey you are not a fake you are

Georgina cartwell exactly she speaks

fluent French and vacations in marsai

and I can't even roll my RS I am just

Mel the girl who apparently can't write

anymore and just lashes out on anyone

who tries to help her I understand

now this this is all about Ben let me

tell you a secret honey conflict isn't

always bad pressure isn't always bad

that's how diamonds are formed and steel

is forged and it's exactly how I got you

extra percentage on your

residuals I thought you threatened to

sue my point exactly conflict now look I

know that you don't think your

arrangement with Ben is working but

these pages right here are proof of just

the opposite so I need you to get up and

go make up with Ben because the clock is

ticking go

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out please don't tell me you're making

another org chart what no

this actually can I have your

advice it's like some psychotic AI tried

to create a moonlight magic fanfiction

what is this this is

forel the woman with a terrifying

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mother she's Georgina cartwell what do

not mess with me are you serious that's

Georgina sh her mom is terrifying and

she's definitely going to sue me for

telling

you are you helping you know who finish

her last

book answer the question yes yes okay I

am going to help her finish the book

she's going to promote the farm and we

hopefully won't go bankrupt but every

time I try to actually help I just mess

it

up okay Real Talk

dude this isn't how creative people work

there's no formula for inspiration okay

if you want to inspire an artist you

need to get them out into the world have

them explore live a little and by live a

little you mean oh you're so useless

okay here these are her first two books

the final one will be set in a magical

forest we have 396 olive trees outside

if you want to inspire her to write

start there think you can manage yeah

yeah I can manage that and read the

books dude come on this isn't Amateur

hour this is Georgina freaking Carwell

okay

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thanks

huh not

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bad oh

no I don't know what I was

expecting oh wait man

hang on I just have my retainer

in hey I'm really sorry okay I I know

you were just trying to help and I

trashed your Bal and board cuz I don't

know I think it made me feel a anxious

I'm supposed to be This brilliant writer

right and I was just standing there

thinking oh is this how you're supposed

to do it have I been doing it wrong this

whole time and I don't know I think I

just kind of snapped wasn't cool

honestly I totally deserved it I don't

know why I tried to break down the

writing process into 42 kpis yeah I

still don't know what that means oh it's

a key per you know what forget about it

they don't

matter they

don't you know what instead of forcing

you to write today let's go outside see

if inspiration strikes you that

way

okay so so we're hanging milk cartons on

the trees because it why uh there's no

actual milk in them they're flly traps

ah oh I'm sorry what is that it smells

like a public toilet best to not get

into that okay how about you take those

trees over there and I'll get the ones

here okay I can hang it anywhere right

yeah anywhere you find just like that

seeo why don't you just use pesticides I

me isn't that what most farmers do yeah

my parents use pesticides but it's

pretty hard on the on the trees and even

harder on the wallets really yeah every

time it rains you have to reapply all

the pesticide and it adds up pretty

quick all right done with your tree over

there done super easy good cuz we've got

386 more

traps

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what okay I'm done done and I need

shade up

why is this shade so bad you have to

trim the branches in the center of the

tree that way more light can hit the

branches beneath it the more light that

hits the tree overall the more olives it

produces you know you're kind of a

know-it-all has anyone ever told you

that before pretty much my entire

life water yes thank

you you know what's actually crazy is I

I'm kind of having fun sweating my butt

off

really of course now I get Ser

this what's wrong just a email from

Susanna apparently the times is doing a

article on the cultural impact of the

moonlight magic series it's great isn't

that a good thing yeah yeah I

guess it's just I spend all my time

trying to write this book you know I

would love to go one full day without

having to think about Miss Regina

cartwell

all right I've got an idea how about

today we completely forget about the

book and go somewhere

fun I think Suzanna would have an

aneurism I won't tell if you

want okay yeah okay um let me get a few

things together and then meet me back at

the barn in like 20 minutes okay okay

yeah

great

wait there's a

barn wow okay so we are going full horse

and plow with

this okay okay so what are we going to

do first are are we going to churn some

butter um or milk a cow this is an olive

Farm remember we grow olives then why

have the

barn what you have

horses it's literally on the front page

of the welcome packet nobody reads those

hi first time in a stable how can you

tell well let me introduce you to your

first horse

then this is Spencer basically the

golden retriever of ponies and he is

going to be your horse for the

day my my what yeah you're going to be

riding oh no no I'm not going to I don't

need to I don't need to actually right

don't you want to know what it's like to

ride a real

horse what didn't ariela say that there

is nothing more freeing than riding a

horse with the wind at your back oh

you've read my books yeah stayed up all

night reading them but seriously what

happened on the night of dark tide I

don't know everyone keeps asking me that

like I know the

answer you'll figure it

out so want to see if ariela was

right

here you go that's good all right you

can ease up on the rains a bit yeah but

how do I drive her or I mean steer steer

you uh you ride a

horse and just feel it in your leg just

feel it in your thighs just give a

squeeze the direction you want to go and

Spencer's a good horse he'll know what

to do okay yeah all right I'm doing it

yeah that's it all right you ready for

something a little more

advanced Advan meaning meaning a can't

cancer like faster yeah just a little

bit no no no I would literally

die okay this is where we sto good

job good

girl what are they eating uh vetch it's

a type of wild be top soil erosion is a

big problem for Farmers out here

overworking the land disrupts the soil

structure one big rain and half your top

soils rushing down river to avoid that

we've been trying to let the farm grow

wild

plus

vetch adds nitrogen back into the soil

his flowers are pretty to look at too

you are just a giant nerd aren't

you massive huge

nerd okay I have the best idea um here

you got this right okay thanks yeah just

hold that okay thank you all right come

on

guys who

Mel where are you going come on hurry

up

Mel where are you

going who whoa whoa it's warm enough are

you crazy you just have to

jump get in I I did bring a swimsuit you

don't need one just get in we're being

spontaneous okay uh on the count of

three 1 two 2 and A2 three okay okay go

that

one that was great did you

did you do know I had actual activities

planned for today that didn't involve

jumping into the Arctic water okay it

was first of all baling blop form yeah

and second of all you had fun don't even

pretend like you didn't okay so what is

this all for uh these are from Colleen I

thought it wouldd be a good idea to do

one of those painting sessions where you

paint what inspires you you know help

you see the enchanted forest for the

trees M I see what you did

there okay let F here you

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go

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we are terrible painters no they're not

that

bad okay fine they are not great but art

is not about being good or bad it is it

is about expressing yourself and

wrangling with the University to distill

one essential truth even if it's only

true for you I mean here look look at

this Olive that you were making and I

mean really look at it now tell me that

you weren't trying to capture one

specific emotion when you made it I was

trying to paint a man's Neo Olive but it

kind of looks like a hairy

lemon I hate you so much right now

really yeah because I was about to see

if you wanted anything to

eat I take it all

back here try this it will blow your

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mind no way right what is in that Olive

preserves with lemon and ginger it's a

old Family Recipe super easy but super

delicious so

good so how long has your family had

this Farm three generations but my mom

and dad did their best to try to make it

too they weren't weren't exactly in tune

with the

land or the business for that matter is

is that why you started the resort yeah

olive trees Take 5 years to get healthy

again and so I thought I could Stave off

the impending Financial Doom by opening

up the resort little that I know that

nature would have other

ideas honestly I have no idea what I'm

going to do the Flies are eating into

the crops and the

profits and if I can't convince the

lenders to refinance the loan next week

I I could lose all this

jeez I I had no idea that's so serious I

no I'm I'm sorry no no no no look this

Farm is beautiful these olives are

insane all you really need to do is show

people how incredible this place is you

know use a little creativity give them

the old razzled

Dazzle you're right I'm doomed no no no

okay close your eyes okay now I want you

to take a bite but before you do I want

you to think about everything you love

about this place everything you saw in

it as a kid and then I want you to take

that emotion and try and distill it into

the description of the olive oil okay

yeah I I can do that ready one two 3

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woo it tastes like early season calam

okay um yes but now more of the flavor

and the feeling behind it

yeah

okay it's kind of

earthy like a warm summer rain yes oh

but also rich like like brown butter yes

yes exactly you're doing it see I told

you you just need a little

creativity you can do this I know you

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can I feel bad leaving them are you sure

they're okay in here for themselves I've

got something for

them

music even horses need something to help

them sleep that's

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fair hey can I ask you

something

sure it's not just the breakup is it why

you're not writing the

book I mean your ex broke up with you

last week and you've spent what the last

2 years writing the

book a little

more so what's going

on I don't

know it's like I created Georgina

cartwell to be this impossibly perfect

version of

myself right like she's sophisticated

and she travels the world and makes it

look

easy and every time I sit down to write

this book I just feel like people are

going to finally see through it all you

know they're going to see me for who I

really

am just

Mel what's so great about Georgina

cartwell anyway oh really what's so

great about her I mean to me she's stuck

up and pretentious but you Mel you're

amazing you're spontaneous and funny

and you're

brilliant

you not Trina

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carbo what are you doing I'm asking you

something I would never asked Regina

Carwell Melissa D would you like to

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dance

okay

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didn't think you were a dam I I still

don't think that I am so you

know you might be the last person in the

world I would have thought could damn

that would make two of

us you know what you should do you

should throw a party no like a festival

do I look like a party kind of guy I I

am serious okay just hear me out you can

make a whole event out of it you could

invite the bankers to come and impress

them and you know show them how truly

magical this place can be

that's actually not a bad idea if we

picked the olives early before the Flies

got to them we could use this year's

Harvest and put it on the taable call it

a Harvest Festival to sell tickets and

if we said Georgina cartwell was going

to be there people would definitely come

yeah we we could that she's making a big

announcement about her final book that

would mean telling the world that you're

Georgina

cartwell I maybe I'm siake of her

getting all the credit what's so great

about your Gina cartwell anyway

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right um I should I should go um uhuh I

should go um right right now I'm going

I'm going to write right now but you

understood so I will see you tomorrow

yeah I'll I'll

see you

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tomorrow okay let's

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right so this will be the main area for

the festival and I was thinking that we

could do maybe a half dozen High toop

tables here where people could set their

drinks down and then in the back we'll

bring some chairs so we can you going to

write this down when you say Festival do

you mean like a giant party or your

skepticism is duly noted sorry but you

weren't exactly Mr Life of the Party in

high school okay then help me out here

Colleen with the festival come on it is

a good idea we're going to pick the

olives early and then wow the bankers

with some good food and

wine it was Mel's idea it's such a good

idea I love it okay now write this down

we're going to have tables there Buffet

is going to be back

here and through the fog and the Mist

she saw the blood red moon rise over the

black and sea and whether this was a

dream or a memory she knew one thing for

certain this was the night of the dark

[Applause]

tide it's true where I'm from you can

see the ocean from your doorstep so blue

it's like a liquid Sapphire you could

come visit if you like are you inviting

me on another vacation a vacation

maybe yes or maybe something a little

more hey

guys well hi impeccable timing

dear

oh um sorry I just I thought you were on

the clock cuz you know know it's 1:30 no

it is not 1 it is 1:30 yeah I guess time

escaped me a beautiful

thing we could just finish this

later

pages okay

okay see what do we have

here I like him I think he's a good

influence on

you darling please I'm trying to focus

on the

pros wait did you figure out what

happens the night of the dark tide I did

did mhm it just came to me last night

okay every hundred years the blood red

Moon Rises creating this massive

ecological disaster and millions and

millions of little bugs rise from the

ocean floor and they start consuming

anything that produces Magic including

the enchant the Enchanted Forest spoiler

alert darling I haven't got got that far

yet I'm sorry I'm just excited on a

different note though why don't you join

us for dinner tonight I thought you two

have been enjoying your date nights we

have but I miss you at the dinner

table hey invite Ben make a double date

Ben yes no no would you even want to do

that regardless I will see you two at

dinner

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hello oh hey what is this place welcome

to the front

Toyo means all press in Italian ah how

does it work this bad boy oh please

don't say that oh uh well this is a

milling machine back in the olden days

they would use these giant millstones

but they couldn't regulate the

temperature if the olives get about 26°

then it ruins the flavor o uh speaking

of flavor I have something I want to

show

you olive oil number one Spring Garden a

light delicate olive oil with floral

notes that reminds you of the sun

dappling over the

trees wanted to try a little rebranding

before the festival you know give the

bankers a little AR razzled Dazzle The

Branding is

perfect

hey um random question and totally no

pressure to say yes but um would you

want to join me and Susanna D her new

bow for dinner tonight like a sort of

double date thing no no no no it's not a

double date it's it's more like a a

mother daughter

Italian you can just say no

yes really yeah sounds fun okay um okay

so I'll meet you in the lobby at 7:00

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perfect do you hear that sound Mr Ben is

the sound of cupid zero and youve been

hit no nobody has been hit and then

shouldn't you be out harvesting the

olives so I take lunch big whoop but

tell me my friend what would you wear

for uh your big date it's not a date I

think you need help picking outfit and

Alexi is just the

man what do you think about

shambre well

Lissa Jonathan wow you you look

incredible so what are you doing here

what am I doing here what are you doing

here I'm on a writing Retreat I mean

what are you doing at my client's

Farm your client remember commercial

real

estate the firm is interested in lending

to this distressed Olive Farm and the

business model really isn't great they

got low margins and a lot of tax

problems so I've got to go there on

Thursday really but hey I can get you

some olive oil from the Babbling Brooks

Farm if you

want oh could you get me one of those

little novelty shot glasses from the

airport

though yeah it's uh pretty weird us

meeting here huh yeah Jonathan you broke

up with me after 3 years together it

feels a lot worse than

weird yeah that's fair

hey when I came home that day I panicked

and and I hurt you and Mel I'm I'm

really sorry about that because I never

wanted to do that you know what it in

all fairness I was spiraling pretty hard

really I I don't blame you looks like

you seem to have pulled yourself out of

that I'm proud of you really or are you

all dressed to go to

dinner Oh

Susanna you know what why don't I tag

along you could take it as me sing the

proverbial Olive

Branch it's definitely a date it's not a

date then why are you wearing that

because Alexi wanted to play America's

Next Top

Model hi hey I'm so so so sorry I'm late

um something came up and I just no

worries I'm just glad you're

here Ben buddy how you doing um Jonathan

came up he is um my ex your ex your ex

is my banker small world

right hey you coming to dinner with

us

starving hi Mrs D it's been too long

bring it in Chan hi forgot you were

Huger great

okay Jonathan pleasure meet you hello my

name is Sergio Sergio is that a

Romanesco accent that I'm hearing yes

very impressive so you're Comm did you

take him back on right away I've spent a

lot of time in ital all right set

everyone s please ah right uh oh oh oh

Ben please you take the seat you're the

guest thanks man don't you take it I'll

just grab a

chair great

so they wanted a 100 million I said we

won't do more than 80 close the deal

made

partner excuse me could we uh get

another bottle of the Cabernet sing Yom

for the table please thank you and uh

could I get a

tonic water Jonathan it's such a shock

to see you here oh believe me Mrs D I'm

just as shocked as you are but Ben and I

have been doing business for quite a

while I wouldn't say why

oh come on don't be modest Ben it's been

3 years our company lent Ben the money

to U turn the farm around but that

Harvest Festival that I'm hearing about

I like that that's a good

idea but really what I'm most impressed

with is Mel she told me she's on track

to finish her book and of course I

always knew she was

brilliant to the triumphant return of

Georgina cart well she's not Jina a

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cartwell I mean obviously she

is I

uh

um so sorry everyone excuse

me um he's probably just under a lot of

stress with the Harvest Festival I'm

just going to go check on him

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quickly

hey hey so what was that

about it's just when were you going to

tell

me tell you what exactly I don't know

that your ex-boyfriend is my banker

technically he works in commercial real

estate okay I still don't know the

difference why does it matter what does

it matter that you're cavorting with the

Enemy okay cheap

shot why do you care who I

date

Ben what is going on just talk to me

nothing

honestly I'm

fine just stressed I'm stressed about

you finishing the book I'm stressed

about the festival I'm I'm stressed

about getting the Georgina cartwell seal

of

approval so you're worried about

Georgina cartwell no no

yes I don't know I

festival's coming up and you're so close

to finishing but I don't want to lose my

farm just because you can't live up to

being Georgina

cartwell wow I um you know I expected

this from Susanna not from

you yeah I actually thought that you saw

me for me but apparently you just see

Georgina cartwell too well guess what

Ben I don't need anyone else in my life

trying to manage

her

Mel

wait

um yeah sorry um something came up with

the festival so Ben had to leave well um

not to be a stick in the mud but sergeon

and I can't stay for dessert either

why we're going for a a

walk just

go good night Charlie Jonathan good

night

hey you

okay yeah yeah why yeah face I'm not I'm

not making a

face look I don't want to be too forward

but can I walk you back to your room

make sure you're

okay

yeah yeah that's

um

i' like

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that so it's

me why are you making the face the face

yeah the face you make when you're about

to tell me to take out the

recycling don't worry I'm not not going

to ask you to take out the

recycling but I am wondering if you

would be willing to give us another shot

look I I I know I hurt you before but

Mel you were really

spiraling I mean we were supposed to be

like this power couple and instead you

were being crushed by the weight of this

book and it felt like it took all my

energy to keep you together okay it

wasn't that bad you once walked around

the house with a mint stuck to your

sweatpants for 2

days oh that was a

lollipop okay a lollipop then look I am

not proud of what I did I was drowning

and I was desperate for air and instead

of talking to you about it I took the

coward's way out and I broke up with you

and I'm sorry for that and if you'd be

willing to forgive me and if you'd be

willing to take me back I promise I'll

never abandon you

again you know why don't we just start

with you coming in and watching a bad

romcom but you can't

stay

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okay

oh it's

disgusting where I'm from they put

Bankers in

jail effective system

really jail would be a kindness yeah oh

I can't take this anymore where are you

going I'm going slap some sense into my

brother

seriously dude what

what do you have something you want to

say yes I have something I want to say I

am this close this close to becoming

sisters with a famous author and you're

here building a cheap table I'm setting

up for the festival the festival that's

going to determine whether or not we

keep this farm so yes I'm building a

table oh you're like the worst parts of

mom and dad glued together Mel is back

together with that offbrand Kendall is

that what you want and don't give me the

whole oh I'm Ben I have no emotions

shtick because that's ridiculous you

know what's ridiculous all of this I

hate to break it to you Colleen but life

isn't like one of your stories there are

no Heroes there are no magic potions and

while we're being perfectly honest there

is no such thing as true

love I was stupid to think that there

ever could have been anything between

Queen Mel and

I but that's the real world it's about

time you start living in

it fine build your stupid table see what

I

care so are they good well I don't have

a problem with them

no okay why do I feel like there's a

butt coming but there could be a

potential problem with your shall we say

recreational activities you talking

about Jonathan this is purely purely

professional but Jonathan has not been a

good influence on you in the past he's

going to be a terrible influence on you

again in the future that's great mom

thank you thank you so much for joining

the long list of people who think they

know what's best for me Melissa I am

your agent that is my job to tell you

what is best yeah you are also my mom

and maybe for once you can talk to me

like I'm your daughter like you actually

care about me and not not argina

cartwell but me okay you're being a

little

dramatic when have you actually ever

been there for me I'm serious Mom it is

no wonder I've spent my entire childhood

racing off into fantasy

worlds Melissa I seriously you're

seriously going to take that no go ahead

take your next

meeting I was going to send it to voice

M

Melissa babe what's wrong what nothing

okay can everyone just give me like a

little bit of space okay backing up

backing I'm Sor I'm I'm really sorry I

just I just had a fight with Susanna

like worse than

usual well you want me to put a movie on

maybe see if I could get us a tub of ice

cream from somewhere

no no I I still have like a fifth of the

book to write and 2 days to do it so I

really need to focus no distraction

ractions including me I'm not trying to

be mean but I have a word count to hit

no no no I I get it you're a strong

independent

woman I didn't mean that

sarcastically I I like the new M

really I'm still the same

me hey look I I promise we can we can

watch a movie before

bed

a little

help hey man need a hand no actually

it's hey do you know how many times I

helped Melissa move don't worry I got

this all right where are we going with

these just follow

me

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all right so what's the plan man are we

going to like set them up around the

table or

we all right can we get real for a

second what do you mean I mean can we

talk about why you've been acting so

weird lately this Harvest Festival it's

it's a cute idea really but it is

stressing you out man and what for is it

really going to make a difference to

your bottom line is it going to improve

sales is it going to impress me so much

I go back to my boss and tell him to

reapproved loan that was the plan okay

it's it's not a bad plan don't get me

wrong but an easier plan a better plan

sell the

land take the check man your margins are

awful and the work it's it's

backbreaking not to mention your product

is at the whim of a million little

beetles flies sure why worry about all

of that sell the farm man take the money

the land will still be here it's just

going to have a bunch of little houses

and condos on it I'm going to go grab

some more chairs you think about it

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okay

what we build by calling pulley I like

that she hid from her work but not

because the work was difficult she was a

sculptor and she loved nothing more than

putting her chisel to Stone transforming

rock into living Effigy that was the

easy part the hard part was what would

happen when she finished when she would

stare at the Stony face of her creation

and see herself reflected in its

Alabaster

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eyes

couldn't sleep either couldn't sleep

couldn't

work all I could do is think about what

you said to

me Mom I listen I am not mad I'm not mad

at

all join

me you know you know what's sad I can't

remember the last time I properly sat

down to look at the

stars all this running around

distracting myself with work with all

this Beauties right in front of me and

all I had to do was look

up not really talking about this guy are

we you know you got your writing jeans

for me

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right Melissa

I am so

sorry I have been a terrible mother and

I have not been there for you this I

mean this whole on the clock off the

clock rule was just it's ridiculous it's

not like I can turn off being a mother

like the notifications on my phone I am

so sorry Mom look you really don't need

to apologize I shouldn't have freaked

out on you

and you have been a good mom yes you

have mostly It's just sometimes I wish

maybe you were a little less

harsh that is

fair that is

fair when I was young I spent so much

time feeling lost and I did not want

that for you so I pushed you and I I

pushed you too hard no I did and I am

sorry for that as well I mean honestly

sometimes I need some

direction okay let me

is that referencing Ben or Jonathan by

chance honestly I don't know maybe both

here's what I do know I have spent the

last 30 years trying to manage your life

and I think it's high time I let you

make your own

decisions

besides you're the

writer you know how to end your own love

story I like the star thing

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better so this is where Mr Ben is

hiding I'm worried about you my friend

you don't seem well yeah what tipped it

off you're eating cake you don't eat

cake

come the festival is starting soon and

we have work to do we need

you what's the point I feel like the

olives in there brushed and ground up

squeezed and blood dry man olives who

cares about such things in the end

everything needs love Alexi I messed up

I don't deserve your help and I

definitely don't deserve

mou well luckily for you I wasn't

talking about the love between a man and

a

woman come follow

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me what are we doing here

Alexi look up my friend you'll

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see how did you by driving all night to

the closest 24-hour print

shop

Colleen I am so sorry about the other

day I I was angry and I lashed out and I

didn't mean any of it okay whatever I

didn't realize how much Mel meant to me

and how much losing her was going to

hurt but in the process I almost lost

something even more special my sister

and I don't ever want that to happen

again okay Ben shut up we don't have

time for this dude I know you're twisted

up about Mel literally everyone knows

but right now we're 3 hours away from

the start of the festival and we have to

get this place ready it doesn't matter

if we get the recommendation from

Georgina cartwell or not we can do this

without her but first we have to finish

setting up we need

you okay okay uh we're going to need

flower arrangements for all of the

tables uh Alexi I need you to get roses

from the garden and Olive branches from

The Grove Colleen go get cows partially

anywhere you can find it got it okay all

right we got this people let's

go I was thinking we could jet home

after this little Shin dig you sure you

don't want to come

mhm

babe what's wrong I'm almost done and I

just need to figure out how it ends all

right well that shouldn't be too hard

you're Georgina

cartwell but I'm not you get that

right I I am like the sculptor in

Colleen's story I am too scared to make

anything out of fear that people will

actually see me for who I really am not

Georgina cartwell Jonathan we were

together 3 years I was crushed under the

weight of Georgina for 3 years how could

you not see that no I I I had

okay do you even want me for

me I can't do this where are you going I

am the author of my life and I'm

choosing how my love story

ends okay sorry uh well first I do have

to finish that chapter and then put on a

dress and and then I'm choosing how my

love story

ends

I think you're going to need to make a

speech about Mel a speech why because I

know what happens when you disappoint a

fandom trust me I want to handle this

carefully it can't be that bad can

it just let them down gently try

starting with a

joke a

joke

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right fancy seeing you

here so I've been thinking I'm going to

wind down my work with my daughter and

I'm not going to be your agent anymore

and I'm just going to be her mom maybe

take on smaller clients

and but I thought maybe between that big

change I would um I don't know go

somewhere you know without my phone or

pages I should go

somewhere that I could just pick

flowers and um you know enjoy the

moments as they

come it just so

happens I know of an achingly beautiful

little village in

Tusan you

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do excuse me uh excuse

me excuse me everyone hi I am Ben py the

owner of Babbling Brook

Farm I don't know if you guys have been

following the news recently but it it

turns out the dairy cows they're about

to go on strike refusing to make any

more milk yeah I don't know about you

guys but I think it's utter

nonsense what he's

funny

um stupid

shoes uh okay so before we kick off this

Harvest Festival I have a quick

announcement to make about our guest of

honor Georgina

cartwell right um actually miss cartwell

is not going to make it

today look I'm sorry I know I know I

know it's okay no stop it's it's fun

stop stop stop stop

stopit stop stop stop no what are you

doing here sorry I know that this is

definitely not the right time but I just

I needed to let you know that Jonathan

and I broke up oh and that your sister

is a stupidly good writer like

annoyingly good and that I think I

really really like

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you okay that felt

good

okay wish me luck good luck everyone hi

sorry um I have an announcement to make

Georgina cartwell is

dead oh no no no no no no not like that

not like that um oh you don't need to

film this really what I meant is

Georgina cartwell never

existed she was the messed up projection

of a slightly lazy slightly insecure

writer uh me Melissa

D but Ben made me realize is

that I don't need to be afraid to show

the world who I really

am which brings me to my

second second second announcement which

is that the third and final book of the

moonlight magic Trilogy was completed

during my stay here at the Babbling

Brook

Farm and I will be publishing it under

my real

name thank you for your time oh oh oh

and the name was Melissa d d e e that's

my daughter wo thanks

[Applause]

Mom

okay seriously calling you are an

insanely talented writer oh I'm so

processing the fact that

Georgina no that Melissa D likes my work

are you kidding I love it I mean

seriously I think maybe one more draft

and then you're definitely going to get

it

publish although you are going to need a

really good Agent I am so proud of

you okay Mom I want you to meet Colleen

this is Ben's sister nice to meet you

nice to meet you Colleen also happens to

have a killer short story that I think

you love well that's quite a

recommendation actually I am considering

taking on smaller clients these

days mhm I would love to read what you

have yeah that'd be wonderful tomorrow I

can email them to you I have at least

like five short stories ready to

go I was a lot like you when I was

younger I I can't believe that no really

when I was a young man my father died

and left my family with nothing but a

fishing boat I was told we would not

make it but I

persisted because when you love

something it is worth fighting

for

so if you're looking for funding look no

further I will not tear down your trees

I will not put up houses I will invest

in your

future knowing full well that good

results are the product of

time and

discipline I don't know what to say then

say

nothing and enjoy the

moment

hey I liked your speech yeah I was

pretty high on ad

I'm scared that if I stopped talking

that people might start

laughing

um you go

first I'm so sorry I'm sorry about

everything that I

said I don't care about Georgina

cartwell at

all I care about

you well um I don't know if you've heard

but but geina Carell's dead yeah

apparently I killed

her would you like to

dance with you

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always

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