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"Eva knew this might be

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the last time she saw him...

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The last time she saw

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the man
who had stolen her heart."

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Oh, Eva, you're killing me.

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Ah! Gabriel August.

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I've already
pre-ordered my copy.

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I know! I set aside
that whole weekend

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just to read it.

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I'm almost as excited
about the new book

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as I am about seeing his face.

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I bet he's so handsome.

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I can't do it.

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I can't let the world know
that I'm Gabriel August.

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It's part of the deal, Liam.

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You knew that when you signed.

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Yeah, but I never thought
the first book

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would actually be successful.

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I did!

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Didn't I tell you it
would be a best-seller?

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I just assumed you were
being nice.

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I've known you
since you were born.

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I don't need to make nice.

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You can't stay
anonymous forever.

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Readers form connections
with the books they love.

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They want a relationship
with the author.

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You're a success, Liam!

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Why can't you embrace it?

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Oh, speaking of which,

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the manuscript
for your next book is due,

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and I haven't seen any chapters.

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Oh...

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I've written plenty of chapters,
and then...

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Promptly
thrown them in the trash.

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Well,

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you are gonna have to find
the inspiration somewhere,

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because you still owe
Harris-Kingsfield two books.

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You're sure there's no way
we can just get 'em

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to postpone the whole
Gabriel August reveal?

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It's been almost impossible
holding them off this long.

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It's time.

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Why don't you go up to the cabin

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in Portland
for a couple of weeks?

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And I'll see if I can
get the reveal moved out there.

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You wrote first star of evening
there in less than a month.

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I wrote it as a joke.

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You wrote it because
Katherine broke your heart.

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Portland has always been
a great place

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for you to get
your center again.

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Just like it was
for your parents.

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I remember when your mom told me

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they were buying
a place up there.

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I thought they were crazy.

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So far from everything.

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But it became
their little hideaway.

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Get out of town for a while.

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Clear your head.

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And get ready for
the best chapter of your life.

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The next one
is gonna be a great one.

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This will serve
as the final boarding call

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for flight 782 to Denver,

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and continuing on to Portland.

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I'm here!

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- Welcome aboard.
- Sorry.

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Here, I'll take your bag.

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That cab driver dropped
me off at the wrong terminal.

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I can barely walk in heels,
much less run.

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1-c,
right up here in first class.

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Are you sure?

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Your upgrade went through.

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You're kidding.
That never happens.

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Must be your lucky day.

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Thank you.

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- Hi.
- Hello.

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First class.

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I feel so special.

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They'll even bring you
a glass of champagne,

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if you want.

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No. No.
I... I shouldn't.

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Well, maybe just one.

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But I have lots of work to do,

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so I won't...
Don't worry,

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I won't be talking your
ear off the whole time.

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Do you live in New York?

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No, I'm heading home.
Portland.

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I was just in the city
for a couple of job interviews.

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Ah. I hope they went well.

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We'll see.

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Everybody was really nice.

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Maybe too nice.

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I... it's just so hard to know
what people are really thinking.

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I wish they would just
say what they mean.

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Things would be
so much easier that way.

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Not always.
Sometimes the truth hurts.

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Hurts a lot less than lies.

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Sounds like the voice
of experience talking.

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That obvious?

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Champagne?

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Two.

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Definitely.

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To a great flight.

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With lots of fabulous legroom.

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You seem very focused.

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Is it good?

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It wants to be.

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If that makes any sense.

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The new Gabriel August?

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Thought that book wasn't out.

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Mm. I got
an advance copy.

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You read Gabriel August?

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No, but I've heard of him.

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Yeah, you don't...
You don't really seem

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like his typical demographic.

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So you don't like this one?

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No. I... I do.

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It's just his first book,

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first star of evening,

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was so good.

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Really?

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I... I think the first novel
was such a success

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because it was just so honest.

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You really felt like
you knew those characters.

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Sounds like
I should give it a read.

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Absolutely.

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Just... maybe skip this one.

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It's a little disappointing.

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It doesn't feel real.

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It's like...

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He took the first book
and stuck it in a blender

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and mixed it up and
put a new title on it.

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Oh! That's harsh.

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I guess.

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I just...

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I hate to see such potential
go to waste.

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Have you heard about this?

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He has this whole
marketing gimmick.

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He's very mysterious.

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It's a little ridiculous.

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You think it's a gimmick?

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What else could it be?

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I'm sure he has his reasons.

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Whatever it is,
I guess it's working,

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because along with
every other woman in America,

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I am actually curious
to find out who he really is.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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the captain has begun
our descent into Portland,

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and we'll be landing shortly.

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Well...

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This has ruined me.

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I don't think
I can go back to coach.

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I'm going to finish.

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Hey!

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Hey there.

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You look like you're in a hurry.

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Staff meeting at work.
I'm barely gonna make it.

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Do you want me
to help you with your bag?

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Looks like you're the one
that could use the help.

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Oh...

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Sorry. I gotta run.

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It was really nice meeting you.

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Yeah. You too.

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It's not usually so jammed up

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at the taxi line.

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Just my luck.

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My boss'll kill me
if I'm late again.

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I'm happy to give you a lift.

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My mom always told me

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never to accept rides in limos

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from strangers
I met on airplanes.

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Your mom gave you
very specific advice.

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Come on. It's got just
as much legroom as first class.

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We can even split the tip,

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if that makes you feel better.

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I don't even know your name.

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Liam.

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Sophie.

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Well, I guess
we aren't strangers anymore.

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So...

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You said you live in New York?

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Mostly.

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I like spending time
in Portland, though.

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I love it here.

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What do you do?

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Um...

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Freelance project consulting.

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So, do you have
any plans for tonight?

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Uh...

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Actually, I do.

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My two best friends have
their engagement party.

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Well, they were
just friends for years.

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This whole falling-in-love thing
has kind of came out of nowhere.

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It's taken
a little getting used to.

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But it's a good thing?

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It's a great thing!

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Looks like the street's
blocked ahead.

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I can't be any later.

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The office is only
a couple of blocks away.

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I-I think I'm gonna
hoof it from here.

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Oh. Right, okay.

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Well, if you ever w...

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Right! We were
gonna split the tip.

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Oh, stop. Stop, stop.

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Stop.

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Okay, my friends
are never gonna believe

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that I got to fly in first class
and ride in a limo

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on the same day.

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Do you mind if I take a picture?

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Uh, no. Of course not.

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Thanks.

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Wait. My turn.

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Well...

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Bye, I guess.

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Thank you.

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Happy to help.

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- Bye.
- Bye.

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I'll be right back.

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How was New York?

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Actually, pretty good.

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The job interviews went well?

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A couple of the magazines
were interested.

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I'm just not sure
I want to move to New York.

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You may not have a choice.

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I don't know how long
this paper's gonna survive.

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Really? What's going on?

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Berkmann fired
four more staffers

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while you were gone.

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He keeps getting worse
instead of better.

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Sophie, who are you?

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He's cute!

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Not as cute as you, of course,

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but he's definitely hot.
Who is he?

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We sat next to each other
on the plane,

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and then he ended up
giving me a ride.

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In a limo.

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I can't believe
you rode in a car

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with a guy you just met.

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He was in first class.
How dangerous could he be?

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So when are you
gonna see him again?

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It wasn't like that.

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I don't even have his number.

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Why not?

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Are you not into
hot guys anymore?

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Okay.

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It's nice if a guy
isn't too hard on the eyes,

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but that kind of thing
being really important?

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Never again.

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I wonder why was he in a limo.

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You think he's famous,
or just rich?

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Neither.

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He was some kind of consultant.

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He's... He's just
a regular guy.

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Hey, man.

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You want to play
man coverage on the outside?

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Fine by me!

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00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:54,643
Just don't be surprised
if I shred the secondary.

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Harris?

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You mind changing that channel?

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Heads up, St. Louis!
You're next!

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00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:08,079
Come next Sunday, we own you.

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00:14:08,115 --> 00:14:09,545
There we go, eh, baby?

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Good riddance.

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00:14:11,151 --> 00:14:13,491
You were too good
for that low-life anyway.

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00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:14,990
You okay?

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Sure.

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I love seeing my ex
on TV screens

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everywhere I go.

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00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:22,431
I also love

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having the whole world know
that he cheated on me.

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But the thing that's so annoying

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00:14:27,667 --> 00:14:29,137
is that I had no idea.

271
00:14:29,169 --> 00:14:32,169
I mean,
how could I have had no clue?

272
00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:34,335
He was a sneaky rat, that's why.

273
00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,944
So what am I supposed to do?

274
00:14:35,976 --> 00:14:39,176
Just assume that every guy
I meet is lying to me?

275
00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:40,382
Not every guy,

276
00:14:40,413 --> 00:14:42,153
just most of them.

277
00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:46,252
You just gotta wait till
the right one comes along.

278
00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:49,116
Trust me, you'll meet
someone much better.

279
00:14:49,156 --> 00:14:50,456
Maybe she already has.

280
00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:52,260
"Limo guy" sounds interesting.

281
00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:54,662
Honey, that...
That's a terrible idea.

282
00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:56,664
She's just been
through a big break-up,

283
00:14:56,696 --> 00:14:58,466
a public break-up.

284
00:14:58,498 --> 00:15:00,598
She should just take her time.

285
00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:02,003
No! No way.
Sophie needs to get

286
00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:03,379
right back out there
and start dating.

287
00:15:03,403 --> 00:15:05,243
- No, she doesn't.
- Yes, she does.

288
00:15:05,272 --> 00:15:07,072
Okay. Will you two stop?

289
00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:08,037
I will be fine.

290
00:15:08,075 --> 00:15:10,305
I would've preferred not to have

291
00:15:10,343 --> 00:15:11,683
the whole world read

292
00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:13,081
about my love life

293
00:15:13,113 --> 00:15:17,353
on practically every
gossip website, but...

294
00:15:17,384 --> 00:15:19,694
That's what you get
when you date a famous person.

295
00:15:21,221 --> 00:15:23,091
I promise you, though,

296
00:15:23,123 --> 00:15:25,163
I'm totally fine.

297
00:15:25,192 --> 00:15:26,692
"Totally fine"?

298
00:15:28,628 --> 00:15:31,498
Well...

299
00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:33,501
I'm getting there.

300
00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:35,303
It's only been a few days.

301
00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:37,065
I'm really starting
to get into it, though,

302
00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:38,644
get that old
"Gabriel August" engine

303
00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:40,441
revved up and racing again.

304
00:15:40,473 --> 00:15:42,083
So it's going well?

305
00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:44,079
Absolutely. Portland
was a great idea.

306
00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:45,311
Good.

307
00:15:45,345 --> 00:15:48,415
I was starting
to worry about you.

308
00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:51,318
You haven't written a thing,
have you?

309
00:15:51,351 --> 00:15:53,321
Why do you think that?

310
00:15:53,353 --> 00:15:55,763
Because you sound
way too relaxed.

311
00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:57,558
Maybe you should
shake things up a little,

312
00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:58,560
go out with friends,

313
00:15:58,591 --> 00:16:01,191
or on a date or something.

314
00:16:01,228 --> 00:16:03,428
Well, I did meet a nice woman
on the plane.

315
00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:05,303
Perfect!
Call her up.

316
00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:06,672
I don't know her last name,

317
00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:08,369
and I have no idea
where to find her.

318
00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:11,541
Can't ever just do anything
the easy way, can you?

319
00:16:11,571 --> 00:16:13,311
Oh!

320
00:16:13,340 --> 00:16:16,080
I changed
the Gabriel August reveal

321
00:16:16,109 --> 00:16:18,079
to Jasper's bookloft
out there in Portland,

322
00:16:18,111 --> 00:16:20,511
so you won't have to fly
back to New York for it.

323
00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:22,117
So this is really happening?

324
00:16:22,149 --> 00:16:23,319
I'll be there.

325
00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:25,690
It'll be Liam and Jackie,
just like always.

326
00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:28,188
But I'll be the one up there
in front of all those people.

327
00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:29,591
I know it's gonna be hard

328
00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:31,122
for you to let go of

329
00:16:31,158 --> 00:16:32,688
this Gabriel August mystique,

330
00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:34,625
but you can't keep
leading two lives like this.

331
00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:38,371
This is a good thing.

332
00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:40,398
Have I ever steered
you wrong before?

333
00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:42,303
Is that a trick question?

334
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,395
I'll call you
when I get out there,

335
00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:47,107
and you can show me
your town, Mr. Portland.

336
00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:48,180
Is it a date?

337
00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:49,708
Yeah. It's a date.

338
00:16:49,742 --> 00:16:51,482
- Bye.
- Bye.

339
00:17:01,288 --> 00:17:02,688
Well,
as you've probably guessed,

340
00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:05,562
we got our new numbers back,
and they're not pretty.

341
00:17:05,592 --> 00:17:09,502
Circulation is down 23%
from the same time last year.

342
00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:12,329
So, going forward,
I have it from on high

343
00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:14,365
that we need to spice things up.

344
00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:16,341
I need your pieces
to jump off the page.

345
00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:17,669
Get noticed.

346
00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:19,844
If you want to do
a feel-good fluff piece

347
00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:21,212
on a pee-wee baseball team,

348
00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:22,581
scrap it and find out

349
00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:24,509
when the trail blazers
are firing their coach.

350
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:27,754
They want us to make noise,

351
00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:30,120
get retweeted or facebooked,

352
00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:32,490
or whatever
the kids are doing these days.

353
00:17:32,519 --> 00:17:34,849
Books, movies,
restaurant reviews...

354
00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,587
Nothing's just "okay" anymore.

355
00:17:36,623 --> 00:17:39,133
They're either fantastic

356
00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:40,303
or the worst thing
you've ever seen.

357
00:17:40,327 --> 00:17:41,487
I'm talking extreme opinions.

358
00:17:41,528 --> 00:17:42,858
But you don't want us

359
00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,125
to write reviews
we don't believe in, do you?

360
00:17:45,165 --> 00:17:46,795
Well, if that's what it takes,
then yeah.

361
00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:48,873
It's how we generate
web hits and subscriptions.

362
00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:52,371
Look, I don't love it,
but it's the hand we're dealt.

363
00:17:52,405 --> 00:17:53,749
All right, I'll have
new assignments

364
00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:55,443
for all of you in a few.

365
00:17:55,475 --> 00:17:56,575
Make me proud.

366
00:18:01,614 --> 00:18:02,584
Sophie.

367
00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:05,115
Got something for you
that might be interesting.

368
00:18:05,152 --> 00:18:07,852
After your little speech,
I'm almost afraid to ask.

369
00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:09,587
That review you're doing

370
00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:11,292
on Gabriel August's new book?

371
00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:13,194
I'm not gonna turn it
into a hatchet piece

372
00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:14,656
just to get more tweets.

373
00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:16,204
I've got something even better.

374
00:18:16,229 --> 00:18:18,629
I just found out that
Jasper's is hosting

375
00:18:18,665 --> 00:18:20,365
Gabriel August's
little coming-out party

376
00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,370
tomorrow night,

377
00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:22,501
right here in Portland.

378
00:18:22,535 --> 00:18:23,565
I want you to cover it.

379
00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:24,573
We'll run it with the review.

380
00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:27,874
Wait. He's revealing
his true identity here?

381
00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:29,707
Why Portland?

382
00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:31,842
It's your job to find out.

383
00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:53,674
Deep breaths.
This is a good thing.

384
00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:54,730
Once this is over,

385
00:18:54,767 --> 00:18:56,467
you can stop leading two lives.

386
00:18:56,503 --> 00:18:57,746
I'll never just be Liam Bradley.

387
00:18:57,770 --> 00:18:58,910
All everyone will care about

388
00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:00,308
is Gabriel August.

389
00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,840
That's who I'll be from now on.

390
00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:03,744
It's going to be okay.
I promise.

391
00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:05,476
And it's gonna feel so good

392
00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:07,282
to finally get this
off your chest.

393
00:19:07,314 --> 00:19:08,624
Okay, I think it's time.

394
00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:10,748
We don't want to
keep them waiting.

395
00:19:10,783 --> 00:19:12,523
I'm gonna go
and make the introduction.

396
00:19:12,552 --> 00:19:14,652
You wait here, I point to you,

397
00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:16,387
and that's it...

398
00:19:16,423 --> 00:19:17,823
And the world
meets Gabriel August

399
00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:18,927
for the first time.

400
00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:21,358
Okay. I'm as ready as I can be.

401
00:19:21,394 --> 00:19:23,334
You're gonna be great.
They're gonna love you.

402
00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:26,842
You should take
that seat in the front.

403
00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:28,736
Got it.

404
00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:37,520
If I can have your attention?

405
00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:38,914
I think you're all
about as excited

406
00:19:38,945 --> 00:19:40,305
to be here tonight as I am.

407
00:19:40,347 --> 00:19:42,317
With millions of books

408
00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:44,549
sold worldwide
over the last three years,

409
00:19:44,584 --> 00:19:47,324
Gabriel August has touched
all our hearts.

410
00:19:47,354 --> 00:19:50,224
He has made us fall in love,
and he has made us cry.

411
00:19:50,257 --> 00:19:52,557
It's my pleasure
to introduce to you

412
00:19:52,592 --> 00:19:54,992
the man behind
these incredible stories.

413
00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,397
Ladies and gentlemen...

414
00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:59,300
Please allow me to introduce
you all

415
00:19:59,332 --> 00:20:01,302
to the writer
you've come to know

416
00:20:01,334 --> 00:20:03,944
as Gabriel August.

417
00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:28,955
I had a feeling
I might find you here.

418
00:20:28,995 --> 00:20:31,555
This was always
your favorite spot to write.

419
00:20:31,598 --> 00:20:33,628
I can't fool you, can I?

420
00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:35,436
No.

421
00:20:35,468 --> 00:20:37,498
And you'd best remember that.

422
00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:39,807
Liam, what were you thinking?

423
00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:41,839
I was standing there
like an idiot,

424
00:20:41,874 --> 00:20:43,014
pointing at no one.

425
00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:44,312
I'm really sorry.

426
00:20:44,344 --> 00:20:45,984
I just... I panicked.

427
00:20:46,012 --> 00:20:47,752
Your publisher is furious.

428
00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:48,750
They're threatening

429
00:20:48,781 --> 00:20:50,659
to release your name and
information themselves.

430
00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:51,653
Well, they can't do that!

431
00:20:51,684 --> 00:20:53,954
Well, they won't, not yet.

432
00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:56,456
I told them if they did,
we'd sue them,

433
00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:58,359
and we'd make
a big, ugly public spectacle.

434
00:20:59,659 --> 00:21:02,429
You must not be
very popular over there.

435
00:21:02,462 --> 00:21:03,572
It's not my job to be popular.

436
00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:05,366
It's my job to look
after my clients,

437
00:21:05,398 --> 00:21:07,028
even the ones
that make me crazy.

438
00:21:07,066 --> 00:21:08,466
More bad news.

439
00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:09,541
Mm.

440
00:21:09,569 --> 00:21:12,869
One of the first reviews
for by the lighthouse.

441
00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:14,865
It's pretty disappointing.

442
00:21:14,907 --> 00:21:18,407
"Tepid attempts
at conveying human emotion..."

443
00:21:22,048 --> 00:21:24,048
- It's her!
- Who?

444
00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:26,453
Sophie. The girl from
the plane and limo ride.

445
00:21:26,486 --> 00:21:28,046
That's why she was
at the bookstore!

446
00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:29,487
To write about Gabriel August.

447
00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:30,622
-This is incredible.

448
00:21:30,657 --> 00:21:31,457
Incredible?
I'd hate to hear

449
00:21:31,491 --> 00:21:33,001
what you think a bad
review looks like.

450
00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:33,955
I gotta go!
We'll talk soon.

451
00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:35,403
Liam!

452
00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:36,428
I gotta find her.

453
00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,232
Liam!

454
00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:44,637
We still have to talk about
rescheduling your reveal!

455
00:21:44,671 --> 00:21:46,371
I'll call you later!

456
00:21:46,406 --> 00:21:48,906
Li...

457
00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:57,415
Sorry.

458
00:21:57,450 --> 00:21:58,720
Liam?

459
00:21:58,751 --> 00:21:59,751
Sophie!

460
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:03,860
Sorry. That...
That was totally my fault.

461
00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:04,990
No, no. It was all me.

462
00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:07,094
They need to pass a "no texting
while walking" bill,

463
00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:08,126
like New York.

464
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,830
They have those there?

465
00:22:10,897 --> 00:22:12,797
Right.

466
00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:14,872
So where're you heading
in such a rush?

467
00:22:14,901 --> 00:22:17,601
Home.
I just got off work.

468
00:22:17,637 --> 00:22:19,837
I write book reviews
for the Portland record.

469
00:22:19,872 --> 00:22:21,372
Really?

470
00:22:21,408 --> 00:22:22,438
That sounds interesting.

471
00:22:24,911 --> 00:22:28,151
Look, I realize we just met,
you know, again,

472
00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:30,420
but maybe you'd like
to grab a bite to eat sometime?

473
00:22:30,450 --> 00:22:32,520
I...

474
00:22:32,552 --> 00:22:34,452
That's really nice,

475
00:22:34,487 --> 00:22:36,117
but I have a lot of work to do.

476
00:22:36,155 --> 00:22:37,515
Aw, come on!
You eat, I eat.

477
00:22:37,557 --> 00:22:39,757
Let's eat at the same table.

478
00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,492
Persistent, aren't you?

479
00:22:41,528 --> 00:22:42,728
Well, I'm usually not,

480
00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:45,572
but it seems like
this might be worth it.

481
00:22:45,598 --> 00:22:47,498
One meal couldn't hurt, right?

482
00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:49,795
I suppose not.

483
00:22:49,836 --> 00:22:52,906
I think I'll take that as a yes.

484
00:23:18,765 --> 00:23:20,865
No way....

485
00:23:28,675 --> 00:23:30,805
So you just ran into
him on the street?

486
00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:32,553
That's, like, fate.

487
00:23:32,579 --> 00:23:34,879
Okay, don't get carried away.

488
00:23:36,683 --> 00:23:38,793
But here's the interesting part.

489
00:23:38,818 --> 00:23:40,648
His parents

490
00:23:40,687 --> 00:23:42,087
are Devon Hillman
and Helen Bradley.

491
00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:43,891
The movie stars?
You're kidding!

492
00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:45,463
- No.
- Are you sure?

493
00:23:45,492 --> 00:23:47,992
I saw a picture
of him with them.

494
00:23:48,027 --> 00:23:50,927
Well, that's why he rides
in limos and flies first class.

495
00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:52,833
His parents were celebrities.

496
00:23:52,865 --> 00:23:55,695
He was just 19 when
they died in that plane crash.

497
00:23:55,735 --> 00:23:56,695
That was so sad.

498
00:23:56,736 --> 00:23:58,666
It was awful.

499
00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:03,806
Do you think it's weird
that he didn't mention it?

500
00:24:03,843 --> 00:24:06,113
To hide something so important?

501
00:24:06,145 --> 00:24:07,575
You hardly know him.

502
00:24:07,614 --> 00:24:08,454
Why would he tell you

503
00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:09,492
the most traumatic
story of his life

504
00:24:09,516 --> 00:24:11,476
when you guys haven't even
been on a date yet?

505
00:24:11,518 --> 00:24:12,948
I know.

506
00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:14,115
You're right.

507
00:24:14,153 --> 00:24:15,823
I mean, I'm just...

508
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:17,955
You're being paranoid,
that's what.

509
00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:21,090
Not all guys are hiding
things like James.

510
00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:22,457
You need to give Liam a chance.

511
00:24:23,563 --> 00:24:24,703
Oh!

512
00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:29,666
Who's this Liam?

513
00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:31,872
The guy that Sophie's
going on a date with.

514
00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:35,014
It... it's not a date,
it's just dinner.

515
00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:36,241
Why are you holding back?

516
00:24:36,275 --> 00:24:38,505
You either like him,
or you don't.

517
00:24:38,545 --> 00:24:41,675
I-I do like him.
I just...

518
00:24:41,714 --> 00:24:43,554
I wish I knew him better.

519
00:24:43,583 --> 00:24:45,283
Hello!
That's what a date's for.

520
00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,017
To get to know somebody.

521
00:24:47,053 --> 00:24:49,023
I thought I knew James.

522
00:24:49,055 --> 00:24:50,115
I never liked that one.

523
00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:51,956
That's right.

524
00:24:51,991 --> 00:24:53,791
You didn't.

525
00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:55,203
You guys knew
there was something wrong

526
00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:56,257
before I did.

527
00:24:56,295 --> 00:24:58,525
That's how I'll know...
I'll introduce him to you,

528
00:24:58,565 --> 00:25:00,595
and you can tell me
what you think.

529
00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:02,543
You want us to crash your date?

530
00:25:02,569 --> 00:25:04,099
Brilliant, right?

531
00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:06,236
Yeah. Let me
check him out first.

532
00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:09,139
Thank you.

533
00:25:17,216 --> 00:25:19,146
Just because you don't
answer the phone

534
00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:20,915
doesn't mean I'm gonna go away.

535
00:25:20,953 --> 00:25:23,893
I honestly was not
trying to avoid you.

536
00:25:23,923 --> 00:25:25,934
Okay, maybe I was, but not
for the reason you think.

537
00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:28,158
I was actually writing today.

538
00:25:28,194 --> 00:25:29,564
That's great.

539
00:25:29,596 --> 00:25:32,226
Well, it wasn't great,

540
00:25:32,264 --> 00:25:35,074
but it was something, anyway.

541
00:25:35,101 --> 00:25:39,171
The words, they are coming.

542
00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:41,565
I don't like them
once they're on the page.

543
00:25:41,608 --> 00:25:42,918
So kind of less of
a writer's block issue,

544
00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:45,242
and more of
a heart-not-being-in-it issue?

545
00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:47,307
And don't you look dapper?

546
00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:48,876
Yeah.

547
00:25:48,915 --> 00:25:50,915
I found her. Sophie.

548
00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:53,120
We're going to dinner.

549
00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:55,192
You really like this girl,
don't you?

550
00:25:55,221 --> 00:25:57,161
I haven't seen you
like this in ages.

551
00:25:57,189 --> 00:25:58,659
Oh...

552
00:25:58,691 --> 00:26:00,591
You know, I felt something
when I met her.

553
00:26:00,627 --> 00:26:02,157
Something strange.

554
00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:03,364
She's not like other women.

555
00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:06,265
She's interesting and...

556
00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:07,768
And unique.

557
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,240
And she tells it
like it is, right?

558
00:26:09,268 --> 00:26:10,868
How did you know that?

559
00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:13,213
I know you pretty well
after all these years, honey.

560
00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:16,739
I feel nervous around her,
but it's a good nervous.

561
00:26:16,776 --> 00:26:18,206
Yeah, I'd be a bit nervous, too,

562
00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:20,684
if I was going out with somebody
who hated my book so much.

563
00:26:24,383 --> 00:26:25,893
She doesn't know?

564
00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:29,258
Ah. It really
hasn't come up yet.

565
00:26:29,288 --> 00:26:31,288
I'm going to let you get
ready for your date, Liam,

566
00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:33,893
but please be careful.

567
00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:35,996
I worry enough
about your ability

568
00:26:36,028 --> 00:26:37,828
to lead one double life.

569
00:26:37,864 --> 00:26:40,134
I don't think you have
the heart for a second.

570
00:27:00,186 --> 00:27:01,346
Hi.

571
00:27:01,387 --> 00:27:03,417
Hi. These are for you.

572
00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:07,025
Thank you.
They're beautiful.

573
00:27:07,059 --> 00:27:08,999
Come on in.

574
00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:15,943
Hi!

575
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:17,238
Um, hello.

576
00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:19,239
Uh, it was the strangest thing.

577
00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:21,371
I was getting ready, and...

578
00:27:21,407 --> 00:27:23,707
Drew and I
were in the neighborhood

579
00:27:23,743 --> 00:27:26,113
and wanted to return a book
to Sophie.

580
00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:28,145
This one.

581
00:27:29,381 --> 00:27:31,221
Where are my manners?

582
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:33,690
Um, drew and Nina, this is Liam.

583
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,690
No limo tonight?

584
00:27:35,722 --> 00:27:37,422
Uh, I have a car here in town.

585
00:27:37,456 --> 00:27:40,686
So you have a place here
and a place in New York?

586
00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:42,757
You don't really
see that very often.

587
00:27:42,795 --> 00:27:45,425
Exactly what kind of
consulting do you do?

588
00:27:45,464 --> 00:27:46,704
Drew, you don't need

589
00:27:46,733 --> 00:27:47,743
to interrogate poor Liam here.

590
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:48,427
I thought that's what

591
00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:49,467
I was supposed to do?

592
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,271
How about a glass of wine?

593
00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:54,214
Wine sounds wonderful!

594
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:55,710
And it gives us the opportunity

595
00:27:55,742 --> 00:27:56,985
to get to know a little bit more

596
00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:58,279
about Liam here.

597
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:00,680
Great!

598
00:28:02,181 --> 00:28:03,921
So how long were you in Guayana?

599
00:28:03,950 --> 00:28:06,020
I did the full
two-year volunteer rotation.

600
00:28:06,052 --> 00:28:08,052
It's really an amazing country.

601
00:28:08,087 --> 00:28:09,457
That must've been tough, though.

602
00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:11,488
Volunteering was
the hardest thing I ever did,

603
00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:12,963
but I wouldn't trade it
for anything.

604
00:28:12,992 --> 00:28:14,092
Wow.

605
00:28:14,126 --> 00:28:17,056
You're full of surprises.

606
00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:21,501
Well, this has been fun.

607
00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:24,303
We should all go out
when we have more time.

608
00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:25,914
Absolutely. And drew,
I'm going to hold you

609
00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:27,168
to your offer to play hoops.

610
00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,036
I'm no LeBron James,
but maybe a Dwayne Wade.

611
00:28:29,075 --> 00:28:30,252
All right,
but I will warn you...

612
00:28:30,276 --> 00:28:31,306
Once I lace up,

613
00:28:31,343 --> 00:28:33,913
I'm more like 6'6" with
a 40-inch vertical, so.

614
00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:36,417
Have fun tonight, kids.

615
00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:38,118
Bye!

616
00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:40,920
And thanks for, um,
bringing the book back.

617
00:28:45,357 --> 00:28:46,987
I think they liked you.

618
00:28:47,026 --> 00:28:47,986
Well, that's great,

619
00:28:48,027 --> 00:28:50,157
but they're not the ones
I'm trying to impress.

620
00:28:52,932 --> 00:28:54,302
I like you too.

621
00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:56,103
Now, that's what I like to hear.

622
00:28:57,169 --> 00:28:58,339
You ready for dinner?

623
00:28:58,370 --> 00:29:00,270
I have the perfect place.

624
00:29:00,306 --> 00:29:02,776
I was surprised.

625
00:29:02,809 --> 00:29:04,839
Nina and drew and I
have been friends forever.

626
00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:07,447
So what made them start to date?

627
00:29:07,479 --> 00:29:08,949
Actually, I think

628
00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:10,281
they'd been in love for years,

629
00:29:10,316 --> 00:29:12,076
but they were both
just so afraid

630
00:29:12,118 --> 00:29:13,388
of ruining the friendship

631
00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:15,119
that they never
gave it a chance.

632
00:29:15,154 --> 00:29:17,064
How's the cobbler?

633
00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:18,419
Mm! Wonderful, Harris.

634
00:29:18,457 --> 00:29:19,827
As always.

635
00:29:19,859 --> 00:29:22,189
Everything is delicious.

636
00:29:22,228 --> 00:29:23,328
You mean that,

637
00:29:23,362 --> 00:29:26,372
or are you just saying
what you think I want to hear?

638
00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:28,398
No, it was really good.

639
00:29:30,202 --> 00:29:32,042
Oh. Sorry.

640
00:29:32,071 --> 00:29:34,141
I've got to
take this. Work.

641
00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:47,586
So, Liam...

642
00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:49,019
You ever been married?

643
00:29:49,055 --> 00:29:50,555
Um, no.

644
00:29:50,589 --> 00:29:52,989
Why not?
Something wrong with you?

645
00:29:57,196 --> 00:30:00,826
So no alarm bells
went off for either of you?

646
00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:02,227
We loved him.

647
00:30:02,268 --> 00:30:03,368
Even drew,

648
00:30:03,402 --> 00:30:06,212
who was prepared to Duke it out
with him beforehand.

649
00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:07,538
How's dinner going?

650
00:30:07,573 --> 00:30:09,543
We're having a nice time.

651
00:30:09,575 --> 00:30:12,005
But he still hasn't
mentioned his parents,

652
00:30:12,044 --> 00:30:13,514
and he keeps
changing the subject

653
00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:15,305
every time I bring up his work.

654
00:30:15,347 --> 00:30:16,617
Give him time.

655
00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:18,948
How's it going with Harris?

656
00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:24,888
It doesn't look good.

657
00:30:24,924 --> 00:30:26,634
Maybe I shouldn't
have left him alone.

658
00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:30,328
Well, let me know how it goes,
'cause he seems really great.

659
00:30:30,362 --> 00:30:32,132
Bye.

660
00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:37,537
That's her recipe
for peach cobbler

661
00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:39,169
you're eating.

662
00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:40,282
It's the best I've ever tasted.

663
00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:41,336
Honestly.

664
00:30:41,373 --> 00:30:43,113
Am I interrupting?

665
00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:44,382
Not at all!

666
00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:46,980
Come. Sit.

667
00:30:47,013 --> 00:30:49,383
I was just telling Liam here

668
00:30:49,415 --> 00:30:50,975
the story of Lola

669
00:30:51,017 --> 00:30:53,047
and why I named the restaurant
after her.

670
00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:55,485
I thought you didn't like
to talk about that.

671
00:30:55,521 --> 00:30:57,961
Well, the story's
not for everyone,

672
00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:59,360
but Liam here

673
00:30:59,391 --> 00:31:01,031
seemed to understand.

674
00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:03,560
I'm sorry you lost her so soon.

675
00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:06,165
Well, it's better
to have loved and lost

676
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:07,628
and all that, right?

677
00:31:07,666 --> 00:31:11,196
I like to think
she's here with me every day.

678
00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:15,340
Nice to meet you, Liam.

679
00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:16,384
You too.

680
00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:20,210
The next time,

681
00:31:20,246 --> 00:31:22,376
you've got to try
the chocolate mousse.

682
00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:23,654
It's not to be missed.

683
00:31:23,682 --> 00:31:26,052
Can't wait.

684
00:31:29,588 --> 00:31:31,388
What?

685
00:31:31,423 --> 00:31:33,133
Wow.

686
00:31:33,159 --> 00:31:36,259
He must really like you
to open up about Lola.

687
00:31:36,295 --> 00:31:37,495
Is that a good thing?

688
00:31:37,529 --> 00:31:39,569
Yes.

689
00:31:39,598 --> 00:31:41,598
It's... A great thing.

690
00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:55,584
Harris actually liked him?

691
00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:57,124
Loved him.

692
00:31:57,149 --> 00:31:59,349
Sounds like he passed
your little test, right?

693
00:31:59,385 --> 00:32:00,485
With flying colors.

694
00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:02,549
But he still won't
talk about his work.

695
00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:04,258
Or his family.

696
00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:06,230
It's like he's an open book

697
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:07,558
about some things,

698
00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:10,433
and then completely
mysterious about others.

699
00:32:10,462 --> 00:32:12,502
It sounds like
problem isn't him,

700
00:32:12,531 --> 00:32:14,131
it's you.

701
00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:16,996
What are you talking about?

702
00:32:17,036 --> 00:32:18,366
I get that you have
trust issues.

703
00:32:18,404 --> 00:32:19,447
Who wouldn't in your position?

704
00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:20,641
But you need to be careful

705
00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:22,442
not to project
your stuff onto Liam.

706
00:32:22,474 --> 00:32:23,444
It's not fair.

707
00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:27,105
Okay, well, what about
just... just one more test?

708
00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:28,376
I felt so much better

709
00:32:28,414 --> 00:32:30,224
after he met you guys last night

710
00:32:30,249 --> 00:32:31,679
and you liked him.

711
00:32:31,717 --> 00:32:32,987
Sophie.

712
00:32:33,019 --> 00:32:35,289
Okay, just hear me out.

713
00:32:35,321 --> 00:32:36,761
I want to see him at work,

714
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,128
just find out what
this whole consulting thing

715
00:32:39,158 --> 00:32:40,428
is all about.

716
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:42,029
I mean, what could it hurt?

717
00:32:43,362 --> 00:32:45,362
Come on!

718
00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:59,749
Can't talk now.
Finally in the zone.

719
00:32:59,778 --> 00:33:01,523
Thrilled to hear it,
but we still need to meet

720
00:33:01,547 --> 00:33:03,477
to go over the details
of the rescheduled reveal.

721
00:33:03,515 --> 00:33:04,775
Today's not good.

722
00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:06,216
So, today at 1:00,

723
00:33:06,252 --> 00:33:07,362
at the river village restaurant,

724
00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:08,746
I've booked
a lovely outdoor table.

725
00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:10,187
You can walk over
from the Marina.

726
00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:11,266
Can't we do this
later this week?

727
00:33:11,290 --> 00:33:12,620
See you at one.

728
00:33:30,409 --> 00:33:32,579
Hey!
I was going to call you,

729
00:33:32,611 --> 00:33:34,611
but didn't want to
bother you at work.

730
00:33:34,646 --> 00:33:36,316
I was worried about
the same thing.

731
00:33:36,348 --> 00:33:38,048
I'm not interrupting, am I?

732
00:33:38,084 --> 00:33:40,554
Not at all.
Really enjoyed last night.

733
00:33:40,586 --> 00:33:41,586
Me too. I...

734
00:33:42,588 --> 00:33:43,618
What was that?

735
00:33:43,655 --> 00:33:45,115
Are you...
Are you at the Marina?

736
00:33:45,157 --> 00:33:47,087
Uh, yeah.

737
00:33:47,126 --> 00:33:49,656
I'm, uh, meeting a client at
river village restaurant at one,

738
00:33:49,695 --> 00:33:50,695
a business meeting.

739
00:33:50,729 --> 00:33:51,799
A client?

740
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:53,570
Um, that's good.

741
00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:55,099
Maybe we can figure out

742
00:33:55,134 --> 00:33:56,344
a time to see each other again.

743
00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:58,268
Yeah. I'd like that.

744
00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:01,605
Um, I've got to go.

745
00:34:02,808 --> 00:34:03,808
Bye.

746
00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:05,812
Bye.

747
00:34:10,582 --> 00:34:12,082
So I've rescheduled the reveal

748
00:34:12,118 --> 00:34:13,588
for Friday at six,

749
00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:16,089
and I will handcuff you
to me if I have to.

750
00:34:16,122 --> 00:34:17,292
It's such terrible timing.

751
00:34:17,323 --> 00:34:18,663
Sophie and I are just starting

752
00:34:18,690 --> 00:34:19,760
to get to know each other.

753
00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:21,161
You haven't told her, have you?

754
00:34:21,193 --> 00:34:22,133
Once she finds out

755
00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:23,838
I'm Gabriel August,
that's all I'll be to her.

756
00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:24,832
That's all I'll be to everybody.

757
00:34:24,863 --> 00:34:25,973
How can you know that,

758
00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:28,267
if you don't trust her enough
to tell her the truth?

759
00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,340
Well, you know how
it was with my parents.

760
00:34:30,369 --> 00:34:33,239
People treated them differently
because they were stars.

761
00:34:33,272 --> 00:34:35,172
Hi.

762
00:34:35,207 --> 00:34:37,437
Oh, no.
This is not happening.

763
00:34:37,476 --> 00:34:38,576
It's her.

764
00:34:38,610 --> 00:34:39,610
She's pretty!

765
00:34:39,645 --> 00:34:41,375
Hey.

766
00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:43,583
Sophie.
This is a surprise.

767
00:34:43,615 --> 00:34:45,545
I-I was, um...

768
00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:48,124
Covering a story
just around the corner,

769
00:34:48,154 --> 00:34:50,894
and remembered you saying
you were having lunch here, so...

770
00:34:50,922 --> 00:34:52,592
So you just stopped by?

771
00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,792
That's weird, isn't it?

772
00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:57,497
It was all very spontaneous.

773
00:34:57,529 --> 00:34:59,129
Um...

774
00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:00,595
I'll leave you to your lunch.

775
00:35:02,201 --> 00:35:03,701
- You're Jackie Billicks.
- Yes.

776
00:35:03,735 --> 00:35:04,895
The literary agent.

777
00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:07,136
Oh, um, I have to say,

778
00:35:07,173 --> 00:35:09,543
I'm not used to being recognized
outside of New York.

779
00:35:09,575 --> 00:35:12,475
I saw you speak in 2011

780
00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:14,481
at the Brooklyn
publishing symposium.

781
00:35:14,513 --> 00:35:16,523
You were so inspiring.

782
00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:17,578
Jackie,

783
00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:19,616
this is Sophie Atkinson.

784
00:35:19,651 --> 00:35:21,551
It's wonderful
to meet you, Sophie.

785
00:35:21,587 --> 00:35:24,587
I actually write book reviews
for the Portland record,

786
00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:27,493
and I probably owe you
and Gabriel August

787
00:35:27,526 --> 00:35:28,886
a bit of an apology.

788
00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:30,297
My review wasn't very favorable.

789
00:35:30,329 --> 00:35:31,659
No apology needed.

790
00:35:31,697 --> 00:35:33,497
You were just doing your job.

791
00:35:33,532 --> 00:35:36,372
I can't believe
you didn't tell me

792
00:35:36,402 --> 00:35:37,842
you knew Gabriel August's agent.

793
00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:39,869
Well, it's great to meet you.

794
00:35:39,905 --> 00:35:41,205
I'll let you two talk.

795
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,910
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

796
00:35:42,941 --> 00:35:45,581
This is just
a social call anyway.

797
00:35:45,611 --> 00:35:47,711
Please join us. Please.

798
00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:49,546
Oh...

799
00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:51,581
Thank you.

800
00:35:57,923 --> 00:36:00,533
I keep telling Gabriel
that he'll feel better

801
00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:03,199
if he tells the world who he is,

802
00:36:03,229 --> 00:36:04,729
but men, you know?

803
00:36:04,763 --> 00:36:06,533
So stubborn.

804
00:36:06,565 --> 00:36:08,425
But... but it is
really happening?

805
00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:10,667
Oh, yeah. Next Friday.

806
00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:12,702
If I have to drag him
kicking and screaming.

807
00:36:14,606 --> 00:36:16,306
Okay.

808
00:36:16,342 --> 00:36:18,312
At the risk of
sounding like a teenager,

809
00:36:18,344 --> 00:36:19,814
what is he like?

810
00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:24,220
Well, he's, uh, smart.

811
00:36:24,250 --> 00:36:25,650
Quite smart,
when he wants to be.

812
00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:28,254
He is genuinely talented,

813
00:36:28,287 --> 00:36:29,587
he's very handsome.

814
00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:34,592
He's also obstinate,
he's private to a fault,

815
00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:35,786
and sometimes he exhibits

816
00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:37,727
the same amount of
judgment as my beagle.

817
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:42,271
I felt bad,

818
00:36:42,301 --> 00:36:43,701
writing the review I did,

819
00:36:43,735 --> 00:36:46,805
but the truth is,

820
00:36:46,838 --> 00:36:50,738
I really want his next book
to be great, like the first one,

821
00:36:50,776 --> 00:36:52,936
and maybe not having secrets
will help.

822
00:36:52,978 --> 00:36:55,378
Maybe his next book
will be his masterpiece.

823
00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:56,884
I hope so, Sophie.

824
00:36:56,915 --> 00:37:00,715
Well, I've got a deadline
that needs some love.

825
00:37:00,752 --> 00:37:02,992
Jackie, I'm so glad
we got the chance to talk.

826
00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:03,821
Same here!

827
00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:04,685
And next time
you're in New York,

828
00:37:04,723 --> 00:37:06,933
give me a jingle,
we'll have lunch.

829
00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:08,728
I would love that.

830
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,530
I will see you later?

831
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:11,962
I can't wait.
I'll call you.

832
00:37:11,997 --> 00:37:13,567
Napkin...

833
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,840
Wow...

834
00:37:16,868 --> 00:37:18,598
Thanks for that, Jackie.

835
00:37:18,637 --> 00:37:20,637
You need to tell her,

836
00:37:20,672 --> 00:37:22,012
before this...

837
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,680
Whatever
this is between you two...

838
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:25,880
Goes any further.

839
00:37:25,911 --> 00:37:27,581
Well, it's easier said
than done.

840
00:37:27,613 --> 00:37:29,383
I never said
it was gonna be easy.

841
00:37:34,820 --> 00:37:37,590
It's so beautiful down here.

842
00:37:37,623 --> 00:37:39,063
I never think to do this.

843
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:41,290
I come here every sunset.

844
00:37:41,327 --> 00:37:42,827
Helps clear my head.

845
00:37:42,861 --> 00:37:44,861
It's one of my favorite things
about the city.

846
00:37:44,896 --> 00:37:46,596
Why Portland?

847
00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:48,602
I have a feeling you could be

848
00:37:48,634 --> 00:37:50,374
just about anywhere right now.

849
00:37:50,402 --> 00:37:53,042
Oh, yeah? Well, I could
ask you the same thing.

850
00:37:53,071 --> 00:37:55,541
Portland's my home.

851
00:37:55,574 --> 00:37:57,744
The truth?

852
00:37:57,776 --> 00:37:58,876
The truth.

853
00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:01,080
I spent some time here as a kid.

854
00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:03,322
Always loved it.

855
00:38:04,416 --> 00:38:05,516
What?

856
00:38:06,718 --> 00:38:09,718
Okay. I'm really bad at this,

857
00:38:09,755 --> 00:38:11,515
but I have a confession to make.

858
00:38:11,557 --> 00:38:14,357
Oh. Good confession
or bad confession?

859
00:38:14,393 --> 00:38:17,063
I actually know
who you really are.

860
00:38:18,530 --> 00:38:19,830
Oh. I see.

861
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:22,900
You're not mad at me?

862
00:38:22,934 --> 00:38:24,504
Why would I be mad?

863
00:38:24,536 --> 00:38:26,066
Because I didn't
tell you the truth.

864
00:38:26,104 --> 00:38:29,074
You're entitled to your privacy.

865
00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:31,107
I imagine growing up
with famous parents

866
00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:33,412
must have been hard.

867
00:38:33,445 --> 00:38:35,405
You meant my parents.

868
00:38:35,447 --> 00:38:36,577
Right.

869
00:38:36,615 --> 00:38:39,075
Yeah, it was complicated.

870
00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:41,417
Life in the spotlight
can be rough.

871
00:38:41,453 --> 00:38:42,653
Believe me, I know.

872
00:38:42,688 --> 00:38:43,688
Yeah?

873
00:38:43,722 --> 00:38:49,502
I had a bad experience
dating a famous person.

874
00:38:49,528 --> 00:38:51,128
Actually, we were engaged.

875
00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:52,932
It ended a few months ago.

876
00:38:52,964 --> 00:38:53,904
Engaged?

877
00:38:53,932 --> 00:38:55,872
I probably should've
mentioned it earlier.

878
00:38:55,901 --> 00:38:57,871
No, not at all.

879
00:38:57,903 --> 00:38:59,443
Were you okay?

880
00:39:00,539 --> 00:39:02,709
It was hard at first,

881
00:39:02,741 --> 00:39:04,511
but I'm much better
the last few days.

882
00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:06,583
I'm glad to hear that.

883
00:39:08,046 --> 00:39:09,416
One of the magazines

884
00:39:09,448 --> 00:39:11,448
I interviewed at in New York

885
00:39:11,483 --> 00:39:13,393
asked me to come work for them.

886
00:39:13,419 --> 00:39:15,019
That's a big change!

887
00:39:15,053 --> 00:39:17,123
Well, I may not have a choice.

888
00:39:17,155 --> 00:39:19,855
It seems like the daily's
days are numbered.

889
00:39:19,891 --> 00:39:21,891
Aw, it sounds like
a great opportunity.

890
00:39:21,927 --> 00:39:24,797
I was thinking of it
more as a huge disaster.

891
00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:26,900
I just mean, you know,
it gives you

892
00:39:26,932 --> 00:39:28,032
a chance to figure out

893
00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:29,436
what it is you
really want to do.

894
00:39:29,468 --> 00:39:31,938
Maybe make a change,
if you want.

895
00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:34,470
Sometimes I'd give anything
to just start over.

896
00:39:40,178 --> 00:39:42,178
This is me.

897
00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:43,883
You know...

898
00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:46,685
You're really easy to talk to.

899
00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:49,718
Not always, but...

900
00:39:49,755 --> 00:39:51,415
It's easy with you.

901
00:40:02,801 --> 00:40:04,201
Thank you.

902
00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:06,065
For what?

903
00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:07,814
I don't know...

904
00:40:07,839 --> 00:40:10,639
Just being Liam Bradley.

905
00:40:27,192 --> 00:40:30,202
John, if you have time,
I'd love to meet.

906
00:40:30,228 --> 00:40:31,828
I have some ideas
about a website,

907
00:40:31,863 --> 00:40:33,973
and I need some tech advice.

908
00:40:33,999 --> 00:40:35,969
Tuesday's perfect!

909
00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:37,941
See you then.

910
00:40:52,217 --> 00:40:54,517
You should come.
It's so much fun.

911
00:40:54,553 --> 00:40:55,830
I'm afraid I'm not
much of a dancer.

912
00:40:55,854 --> 00:40:57,564
Mm, I'll give you
a few pointers.

913
00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:59,989
You'll be an expert
by the end of the night.

914
00:41:00,025 --> 00:41:02,585
Remember, 8:30.

915
00:41:02,628 --> 00:41:04,528
It's called Frankfurt,
over on Burnside.

916
00:41:04,563 --> 00:41:06,603
Hope to see you there.
Nice to meet you.

917
00:41:06,632 --> 00:41:08,032
You too.

918
00:41:17,743 --> 00:41:18,983
Hey!

919
00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:20,510
Oh, hi!

920
00:41:20,546 --> 00:41:23,576
You just missed
this totally gorgeous guy.

921
00:41:23,615 --> 00:41:25,215
Did I?

922
00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:27,550
I think he liked me,
but who knows?

923
00:41:27,586 --> 00:41:29,856
It's so hard to tell sometimes.

924
00:41:29,888 --> 00:41:30,988
But I asked him out!

925
00:41:31,022 --> 00:41:32,662
Do you think
that was too forward?

926
00:41:32,691 --> 00:41:35,231
I don't know.
What did he say?

927
00:41:35,260 --> 00:41:37,130
I didn't give him
a chance to say anything.

928
00:41:37,162 --> 00:41:38,232
I hate being rejected.

929
00:41:38,263 --> 00:41:41,103
Guess I'll find out
tonight, huh?

930
00:41:41,132 --> 00:41:43,672
Come on. Berkmann'll kill us
if we're late.

931
00:41:57,583 --> 00:41:59,123
Hi.

932
00:41:59,150 --> 00:42:01,120
Uh, I...

933
00:42:01,152 --> 00:42:03,962
Wasn't sure
if you would call tonight.

934
00:42:03,989 --> 00:42:05,319
I stopped by
your office earlier.

935
00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,026
I thought you might want
to grab lunch.

936
00:42:07,058 --> 00:42:08,558
Oh yeah?

937
00:42:08,594 --> 00:42:10,604
Um, sorry I missed you.

938
00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:15,800
It sounds like
you're in the car.

939
00:42:15,834 --> 00:42:18,044
Are you going
somewhere special tonight?

940
00:42:18,069 --> 00:42:20,069
Uh, no.

941
00:42:20,105 --> 00:42:21,335
Just clearing my head.

942
00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:22,972
I'm actually way behind
on this project.

943
00:42:23,008 --> 00:42:24,318
I'll probably spend
most of the night working.

944
00:42:24,342 --> 00:42:27,852
Working?
That doesn't sound very fun.

945
00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:30,619
Yeah, not looking forward to it.

946
00:42:30,649 --> 00:42:32,093
But we're still on
for tomorrow, right?

947
00:42:32,117 --> 00:42:33,347
I guess.

948
00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:35,324
If you still want to.

949
00:42:35,353 --> 00:42:38,123
Of course I do.
I'll see you then, okay?

950
00:42:38,156 --> 00:42:40,286
Okay. Bye.

951
00:42:40,325 --> 00:42:42,025
Bye.

952
00:43:27,172 --> 00:43:29,212
Working all night, huh?

953
00:43:30,809 --> 00:43:32,279
He could've just told me.

954
00:43:32,310 --> 00:43:33,980
Sophie?

955
00:43:34,012 --> 00:43:35,412
Oh.

956
00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:37,246
You're not...

957
00:43:37,282 --> 00:43:39,122
This isn't...

958
00:43:39,150 --> 00:43:41,320
This is my friend Peter.

959
00:43:42,921 --> 00:43:43,861
What are you doing here?

960
00:43:43,889 --> 00:43:45,159
Good question.

961
00:43:52,363 --> 00:43:55,333
I felt like
the world's biggest jerk.

962
00:43:55,366 --> 00:43:57,066
I should've trusted Liam.

963
00:43:57,102 --> 00:43:59,302
You're not the world's
biggest jerk.

964
00:43:59,337 --> 00:44:02,067
I mean, there have to be
at least two bigger ones.

965
00:44:02,107 --> 00:44:03,807
You...
You were completely right.

966
00:44:03,842 --> 00:44:06,682
This was just about
me being scared.

967
00:44:06,712 --> 00:44:08,082
Hey!

968
00:44:08,113 --> 00:44:09,290
Don't beat yourself up too much.

969
00:44:09,314 --> 00:44:12,354
Nobody blames you for being
careful about who you date.

970
00:44:12,383 --> 00:44:14,753
But eventually you need
to take a leap of faith

971
00:44:14,786 --> 00:44:16,116
and jump back in.

972
00:44:16,154 --> 00:44:17,794
And that's exactly
what I'm gonna do.

973
00:44:17,823 --> 00:44:19,063
I'm seeing Liam tonight,

974
00:44:19,090 --> 00:44:21,360
I'm just going to come clean
about everything

975
00:44:21,392 --> 00:44:24,962
and tell him the truth.

976
00:44:24,996 --> 00:44:26,426
You think that's a good idea?

977
00:44:26,464 --> 00:44:28,774
What kind of relationship
can I hope to have

978
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,440
if it starts out
being dishonest?

979
00:44:30,468 --> 00:44:32,338
Are you sure
this doesn't fall into

980
00:44:32,370 --> 00:44:34,870
the "what-he-doesn't-know-
won't-hurt-him" category?

981
00:44:34,906 --> 00:44:37,106
We just don't want to see you
get hurt again.

982
00:44:37,142 --> 00:44:39,812
I need to do this.

983
00:44:39,845 --> 00:44:41,905
You have to tell her the truth.

984
00:44:41,947 --> 00:44:43,407
I am tonight.

985
00:44:43,448 --> 00:44:44,918
How are you going to do it?

986
00:44:44,950 --> 00:44:46,120
I'm taking her to the cabin.

987
00:44:46,151 --> 00:44:47,291
I'll tell her there.

988
00:44:47,318 --> 00:44:48,888
I just hope she
doesn't freak out.

989
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:49,790
I mean, if she thinks

990
00:44:49,821 --> 00:44:51,232
I've been lying to her
this whole time...

991
00:44:51,256 --> 00:44:53,116
Stop.

992
00:44:53,158 --> 00:44:55,428
Liam, you're doing
the right thing.

993
00:44:55,460 --> 00:44:57,000
Look at the bright side.

994
00:44:57,028 --> 00:44:58,998
This will make your big
reveal a whole lot easier,

995
00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:00,400
one way or another.

996
00:45:00,431 --> 00:45:02,401
And I'm proud of you
for doing that too.

997
00:45:02,433 --> 00:45:04,173
Not like I have much choice.

998
00:45:04,202 --> 00:45:05,972
Okay. Hugs.

999
00:45:06,004 --> 00:45:07,044
Like the good old days.

1000
00:45:07,072 --> 00:45:08,342
Mm.

1001
00:45:08,373 --> 00:45:10,183
I'll let you know how it goes.

1002
00:45:10,208 --> 00:45:12,138
Yeah. I'll be
thinking of you, kiddo.

1003
00:45:12,177 --> 00:45:14,277
Good luck.

1004
00:45:19,985 --> 00:45:21,915
It's so cozy.

1005
00:45:21,953 --> 00:45:23,793
Makes me want to curl up

1006
00:45:23,822 --> 00:45:26,292
with a good book
and a glass of wine.

1007
00:45:26,324 --> 00:45:30,034
I always came here
with my parents.

1008
00:45:30,061 --> 00:45:31,261
Do you have one of those spots

1009
00:45:31,296 --> 00:45:33,096
where you go to
and you just feel safe?

1010
00:45:33,131 --> 00:45:34,971
Forest park.

1011
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:38,970
There's this old wooden bridge
surrounded by trees.

1012
00:45:39,004 --> 00:45:39,914
When I get stressed,

1013
00:45:39,938 --> 00:45:42,868
I just stand there
and listen to the water,

1014
00:45:42,908 --> 00:45:45,338
and all the troubles melt away.

1015
00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:47,977
It's a magical place.

1016
00:45:48,013 --> 00:45:49,953
It sounds wonderful.

1017
00:45:49,981 --> 00:45:51,392
Everybody needs
some place to escape to.

1018
00:45:51,416 --> 00:45:53,116
Exactly.

1019
00:45:53,151 --> 00:45:55,351
That's what it's like
for me out here.

1020
00:45:55,386 --> 00:45:57,786
Dinner awaits.

1021
00:45:57,823 --> 00:46:01,293
It's beautiful!

1022
00:46:01,326 --> 00:46:04,056
I didn't realize
you were such a romantic.

1023
00:46:04,095 --> 00:46:06,225
Ah, I didn't either.

1024
00:46:09,167 --> 00:46:10,497
This is delicious.

1025
00:46:10,535 --> 00:46:12,835
Mm. I can't cook
to save my life,

1026
00:46:12,871 --> 00:46:14,871
but I am fantastic
at ordering well.

1027
00:46:17,508 --> 00:46:19,808
Uh, look, there's
something important

1028
00:46:19,845 --> 00:46:21,005
I need to tell you,

1029
00:46:21,046 --> 00:46:23,576
but I'm not really
sure how to say it.

1030
00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:25,884
More couscous?

1031
00:46:25,917 --> 00:46:27,487
I'm fine.

1032
00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:29,018
Right.
Uh, all right, uh...

1033
00:46:29,054 --> 00:46:30,564
The thing is,

1034
00:46:30,588 --> 00:46:31,988
when we first met,

1035
00:46:32,023 --> 00:46:33,933
I didn't think things
would progress so far.

1036
00:46:33,959 --> 00:46:35,329
Liam, wait.

1037
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:36,560
Before you say anything,

1038
00:46:36,594 --> 00:46:39,334
I... I have to
tell you something.

1039
00:46:39,364 --> 00:46:40,874
I...

1040
00:46:40,899 --> 00:46:43,499
Haven't been totally
honest with you.

1041
00:46:43,534 --> 00:46:44,504
You haven't?

1042
00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:46,435
Remember how I told you

1043
00:46:46,471 --> 00:46:48,511
I recently went
through a bad break-up?

1044
00:46:48,539 --> 00:46:49,951
You're getting back
together with him.

1045
00:46:49,975 --> 00:46:50,835
What?

1046
00:46:50,876 --> 00:46:51,906
No!

1047
00:46:51,943 --> 00:46:53,183
Absolutely not.

1048
00:46:53,211 --> 00:46:56,611
Never. I just...

1049
00:46:56,647 --> 00:46:58,877
The whole thing actually hit me

1050
00:46:58,917 --> 00:47:02,287
a lot harder than I admitted.

1051
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:04,460
He was a professional athlete,

1052
00:47:04,489 --> 00:47:06,959
and the break-up
was very public,

1053
00:47:06,992 --> 00:47:08,932
and...

1054
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:12,260
Pretty humiliating, honestly.

1055
00:47:12,297 --> 00:47:14,067
My terrible love life
went viral.

1056
00:47:14,099 --> 00:47:15,529
That must've been awful.

1057
00:47:15,566 --> 00:47:16,596
Yeah.

1058
00:47:16,634 --> 00:47:17,874
A word of advice...

1059
00:47:17,903 --> 00:47:19,243
Never date a famous person.

1060
00:47:19,270 --> 00:47:22,470
I won't make that mistake again.

1061
00:47:24,075 --> 00:47:28,145
The worst part,
though, was that...

1062
00:47:28,179 --> 00:47:32,149
This man that I thought I loved

1063
00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:35,223
ended up being someone
completely different

1064
00:47:35,253 --> 00:47:37,523
than I thought he was.

1065
00:47:37,555 --> 00:47:41,055
I guess I just lost
my ability to trust men.

1066
00:47:42,327 --> 00:47:45,297
And so when I met you,

1067
00:47:45,330 --> 00:47:47,000
I was like,

1068
00:47:47,032 --> 00:47:50,342
"wow, too good
to be true."

1069
00:47:50,368 --> 00:47:52,368
And so I've kind of been
giving you little tests

1070
00:47:52,403 --> 00:47:53,943
just to prove

1071
00:47:53,972 --> 00:47:56,982
that you aren't...
Too good to be true.

1072
00:47:57,008 --> 00:47:58,108
Tests?

1073
00:47:58,143 --> 00:47:59,283
Yeah.

1074
00:47:59,310 --> 00:48:01,380
This is embarrassing.

1075
00:48:01,412 --> 00:48:04,982
I... my friends
interrogating you.

1076
00:48:05,016 --> 00:48:06,516
Me dropping by during your lunch

1077
00:48:06,551 --> 00:48:07,991
with your client.

1078
00:48:08,019 --> 00:48:09,589
I kind of arranged those things

1079
00:48:09,620 --> 00:48:11,690
just to help myself make sure

1080
00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:14,692
that this was real.

1081
00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:16,685
Oh! And the girl
you met

1082
00:48:16,727 --> 00:48:18,627
in front of my office, Tabitha,

1083
00:48:18,663 --> 00:48:20,333
we actually work together,

1084
00:48:20,365 --> 00:48:23,095
and I overheard her
asking you out.

1085
00:48:24,469 --> 00:48:27,009
You're the only woman
I wanted to go out with.

1086
00:48:27,038 --> 00:48:28,338
I know that now.

1087
00:48:28,373 --> 00:48:30,313
And I should've

1088
00:48:30,341 --> 00:48:32,181
trusted it from the beginning.

1089
00:48:32,210 --> 00:48:33,510
I'm so sorry, Liam.

1090
00:48:33,544 --> 00:48:35,014
I don't know what else to say.

1091
00:48:35,046 --> 00:48:37,246
So that's it?

1092
00:48:37,282 --> 00:48:39,082
That's what you haven't
been honest about?

1093
00:48:39,117 --> 00:48:40,117
You hate me, don't you?

1094
00:48:40,151 --> 00:48:42,491
Sophie, I don't hate you.

1095
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:44,190
I'm falling in love with you.

1096
00:48:55,433 --> 00:48:59,303
Okay.

1097
00:48:59,337 --> 00:49:01,307
That went better
than I thought it would.

1098
00:49:13,784 --> 00:49:18,464
I feel so much better
having that out in the open.

1099
00:49:18,489 --> 00:49:24,459
I've been so nervous all night.

1100
00:49:24,495 --> 00:49:26,225
There was something
you wanted to say to me.

1101
00:49:26,264 --> 00:49:28,134
What? Oh. Oh, nothing.

1102
00:49:28,166 --> 00:49:29,226
Are you sure?

1103
00:49:29,267 --> 00:49:30,497
I'm so sorry.

1104
00:49:30,535 --> 00:49:32,265
I feel like I kind of
hijacked your moment.

1105
00:49:32,303 --> 00:49:34,013
Ah, it's not important.

1106
00:49:34,039 --> 00:49:35,509
More wine?

1107
00:49:36,774 --> 00:49:38,144
Please.

1108
00:49:40,778 --> 00:49:43,208
I can't wait to see
what's for dessert.

1109
00:49:53,291 --> 00:49:55,091
What was I supposed to do?

1110
00:49:55,126 --> 00:49:57,056
You were supposed to
tell her the truth.

1111
00:49:57,095 --> 00:49:58,239
Well, this athlete
she was engaged to

1112
00:49:58,263 --> 00:49:59,133
broke her heart,

1113
00:49:59,164 --> 00:50:00,241
and half the country
was talking about it.

1114
00:50:00,265 --> 00:50:02,265
She swore she'd never
date a famous person again.

1115
00:50:02,300 --> 00:50:03,370
What do you think

1116
00:50:03,401 --> 00:50:05,371
she's gonna do when
she finds out who I really am?

1117
00:50:05,403 --> 00:50:07,173
I can't just dump
all this on her.

1118
00:50:07,205 --> 00:50:08,565
You've run out of time.

1119
00:50:08,606 --> 00:50:10,036
The reveal is tomorrow night.

1120
00:50:10,075 --> 00:50:11,252
Well, then, let's postpone it.

1121
00:50:11,276 --> 00:50:12,376
We can't.

1122
00:50:12,410 --> 00:50:14,050
Get me a meeting
with the publishers.

1123
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:16,109
I'll find a way
to change their minds.

1124
00:50:16,147 --> 00:50:18,077
It won't be easy
to convince them, Liam.

1125
00:50:18,116 --> 00:50:20,116
Well, I'll find a way
to convince them.

1126
00:50:20,151 --> 00:50:21,791
I have to.

1127
00:50:23,121 --> 00:50:24,591
They can't do that.

1128
00:50:24,622 --> 00:50:26,133
Unfortunately,
the suits call the shots,

1129
00:50:26,157 --> 00:50:28,227
and they can do
whatever they want.

1130
00:50:28,259 --> 00:50:29,436
But just to cut
all the book reviews?

1131
00:50:29,460 --> 00:50:31,760
That... that doesn't
even make any sense!

1132
00:50:31,796 --> 00:50:33,726
They want more space
for video games and movies.

1133
00:50:33,764 --> 00:50:35,242
They're even making me create
a whole new section

1134
00:50:35,266 --> 00:50:36,396
on celebrity gossip.

1135
00:50:36,434 --> 00:50:39,574
Book reviews just don't
have enough juice these days.

1136
00:50:39,604 --> 00:50:41,774
Look, I've been
a team player, Phil,

1137
00:50:41,806 --> 00:50:43,406
covering music and movies,

1138
00:50:43,441 --> 00:50:45,281
whatever you needed,

1139
00:50:45,310 --> 00:50:47,510
but you know the book reviews
are what I love.

1140
00:50:47,545 --> 00:50:49,775
That's the reason
I came to the daily.

1141
00:50:49,814 --> 00:50:52,354
What can I tell you, Sophie?
It's a business.

1142
00:50:52,383 --> 00:50:55,123
Lots of people read books!

1143
00:50:55,153 --> 00:50:56,797
I mean, sure,
it's a changing industry, but...

1144
00:50:56,821 --> 00:50:58,661
No more book reviews.

1145
00:50:58,689 --> 00:51:00,629
I wish it was different.

1146
00:51:09,567 --> 00:51:12,297
Then I don't know if I can stay.

1147
00:51:16,341 --> 00:51:18,641
I need to figure out
what it is I want to do.

1148
00:51:22,647 --> 00:51:26,277
Well, that's a decision
you're gonna have to make.

1149
00:51:26,317 --> 00:51:28,587
But make it quickly.
I got a paper to run.

1150
00:51:37,162 --> 00:51:39,140
So you don't think
it's a stupid thing to do?

1151
00:51:39,164 --> 00:51:40,474
Not at all, but it's a big step.

1152
00:51:40,498 --> 00:51:42,428
I'm terrified.

1153
00:51:43,734 --> 00:51:45,704
But I think it's what I want.

1154
00:51:45,736 --> 00:51:47,336
You were right,
that's what's important.

1155
00:51:47,372 --> 00:51:49,172
Well, it sounds
like a good plan.

1156
00:51:49,207 --> 00:51:50,437
I'm gonna go with my gut.

1157
00:51:50,475 --> 00:51:52,635
I guess it worked
with you yesterday.

1158
00:51:52,677 --> 00:51:54,247
That's right.

1159
00:51:54,279 --> 00:51:55,409
Look, I-I found out

1160
00:51:55,446 --> 00:51:57,846
that I have to go to New York
for a meeting tomorrow,

1161
00:51:57,882 --> 00:51:59,860
so I'm a little frazzled.
I fly out in a couple of hours.

1162
00:51:59,884 --> 00:52:01,524
Wait. New York? Why?

1163
00:52:01,552 --> 00:52:03,622
Just a contractual thing
I need to address,

1164
00:52:03,654 --> 00:52:05,194
but I have to do it in person.

1165
00:52:05,223 --> 00:52:06,423
How long will you be gone?

1166
00:52:06,457 --> 00:52:07,701
Just overnight.
I'll be back tomorrow.

1167
00:52:07,725 --> 00:52:10,255
Well, do you think

1168
00:52:10,295 --> 00:52:12,425
you might be up for a date night
tomorrow night?

1169
00:52:12,463 --> 00:52:14,633
How about an early dinner?
Say, 5:30?

1170
00:52:14,665 --> 00:52:17,735
Sure. I'm down
for the early bird special.

1171
00:52:17,768 --> 00:52:19,598
Have a safe flight.

1172
00:52:19,637 --> 00:52:22,667
Okay. Bye.

1173
00:52:22,707 --> 00:52:24,677
Bye.

1174
00:52:26,611 --> 00:52:28,311
That sounds so romantic.

1175
00:52:28,346 --> 00:52:30,446
Dinner by candlelight?

1176
00:52:30,481 --> 00:52:32,551
Yeah. It... It was.

1177
00:52:32,583 --> 00:52:35,493
He told me he was
falling in love with me,

1178
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,420
and then we kissed.

1179
00:52:37,455 --> 00:52:39,915
Wow!

1180
00:52:39,957 --> 00:52:42,887
And you want to know
the best part?

1181
00:52:42,927 --> 00:52:44,757
I trust him.

1182
00:52:44,795 --> 00:52:45,895
Oh yeah?

1183
00:52:45,930 --> 00:52:48,900
Not a "he passed
the test" kind of trust,

1184
00:52:48,933 --> 00:52:50,743
a trust where
I want to kick myself

1185
00:52:50,768 --> 00:52:52,898
for having ever given him
a test in the first place.

1186
00:52:52,937 --> 00:52:55,467
I never thought I would

1187
00:52:55,506 --> 00:52:57,476
feel like this
about someone again,

1188
00:52:57,508 --> 00:53:00,308
but he just keeps surprising me.

1189
00:53:00,345 --> 00:53:01,845
This is so great.

1190
00:53:01,879 --> 00:53:03,809
I'm so happy for you.

1191
00:53:03,848 --> 00:53:06,648
He's on a trip
to New York for one day,

1192
00:53:06,684 --> 00:53:08,454
and I already miss him.

1193
00:53:08,486 --> 00:53:10,756
What am I in, high school?

1194
00:53:10,788 --> 00:53:12,988
You are in love.

1195
00:53:13,023 --> 00:53:14,693
Oh.

1196
00:53:14,725 --> 00:53:17,755
Okay, enough about my love life.

1197
00:53:17,795 --> 00:53:21,325
I have something
I want to show you.

1198
00:53:21,366 --> 00:53:22,826
I put it together last night,

1199
00:53:22,867 --> 00:53:25,897
and you have to promise me
that you will be nice.

1200
00:53:25,936 --> 00:53:27,936
"Rivetingreads.Com."

1201
00:53:27,972 --> 00:53:29,342
What is it?

1202
00:53:29,374 --> 00:53:31,244
My new business.

1203
00:53:31,276 --> 00:53:32,576
Your new business?

1204
00:53:32,610 --> 00:53:34,450
What about the paper?

1205
00:53:34,479 --> 00:53:37,779
Well, Liam said something
to me the other day

1206
00:53:37,815 --> 00:53:40,815
about following my dreams

1207
00:53:40,851 --> 00:53:42,291
and doing what I want to do,

1208
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:43,850
and I think this might be it.

1209
00:53:43,888 --> 00:53:46,858
This is so fantastic.

1210
00:53:46,891 --> 00:53:48,631
I have a meeting
with my editor later,

1211
00:53:48,659 --> 00:53:49,689
and then it goes live.

1212
00:53:49,727 --> 00:53:51,897
Looks like Liam's good for you.

1213
00:53:51,929 --> 00:53:54,329
Mm-hmm.

1214
00:53:56,934 --> 00:53:58,774
So how are you holding up?

1215
00:53:58,803 --> 00:54:00,003
I'm nervous.

1216
00:54:00,037 --> 00:54:01,437
Yeah, so am I.

1217
00:54:01,472 --> 00:54:03,872
You're not supposed
to admit that to me.

1218
00:54:04,775 --> 00:54:07,475
Liam, I'm not gonna
sugarcoat this.

1219
00:54:07,512 --> 00:54:08,912
These people are sharks.

1220
00:54:08,946 --> 00:54:10,416
And I don't even know

1221
00:54:10,448 --> 00:54:12,378
if they care enough
to do what you're asking.

1222
00:54:12,417 --> 00:54:14,747
So expectations are low.
All right, then.

1223
00:54:14,785 --> 00:54:18,515
Liam, Jackie.
It's great to see you both.

1224
00:54:18,556 --> 00:54:20,926
Hey, are you as excited
about the new sales as we are?

1225
00:54:20,958 --> 00:54:22,388
Um, yeah.

1226
00:54:22,427 --> 00:54:23,587
Yeah. You should be.

1227
00:54:23,628 --> 00:54:25,358
Please, have a seat.

1228
00:54:25,396 --> 00:54:26,996
So...

1229
00:54:27,031 --> 00:54:28,901
What can we do for you?

1230
00:54:28,933 --> 00:54:32,403
First off, thank you
so much for your time.

1231
00:54:32,437 --> 00:54:35,307
Anything for one
of our favorite authors.

1232
00:54:35,340 --> 00:54:38,080
I'm not so sure how to put this,

1233
00:54:38,108 --> 00:54:41,048
but for some personal reasons,
um...

1234
00:54:41,078 --> 00:54:43,078
I'm asking that you

1235
00:54:43,113 --> 00:54:47,283
reconsider having me
reveal myself as Gabriel August.

1236
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:49,949
Uh...

1237
00:54:49,987 --> 00:54:53,357
You do know the reveal
is scheduled for tonight?

1238
00:54:53,391 --> 00:54:54,391
Oh...

1239
00:54:54,425 --> 00:54:55,525
I know.

1240
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:57,860
And I'll eventually
go through with it.

1241
00:54:57,895 --> 00:55:00,055
Just not tonight.

1242
00:55:00,097 --> 00:55:01,797
I give you my word.

1243
00:55:01,832 --> 00:55:03,510
Well, we don't really
need your word, Liam.

1244
00:55:03,534 --> 00:55:06,504
We have a contract
that guarantees it.

1245
00:55:06,537 --> 00:55:07,937
Right.

1246
00:55:07,972 --> 00:55:11,682
I just need you to delay
the reveal a few more weeks.

1247
00:55:11,709 --> 00:55:13,639
Liam's not being unreasonable.

1248
00:55:13,678 --> 00:55:15,478
He's just asking for more time.

1249
00:55:15,513 --> 00:55:18,123
Jackie, he has already
canceled once.

1250
00:55:18,148 --> 00:55:20,688
This has all been timed
to the release of the new book.

1251
00:55:20,718 --> 00:55:21,895
We've built
a marketing approach,

1252
00:55:21,919 --> 00:55:25,419
not to mention a substantial
amount of effort and money,

1253
00:55:25,456 --> 00:55:27,786
around revealing
Gabriel August's identity.

1254
00:55:27,825 --> 00:55:29,825
And obviously,
once that happens,

1255
00:55:29,860 --> 00:55:32,100
the demands
on Liam's personal life

1256
00:55:32,129 --> 00:55:33,429
are going to be extreme.

1257
00:55:33,464 --> 00:55:35,734
I just need a few more weeks.

1258
00:55:35,766 --> 00:55:37,096
That's all I'm asking.

1259
00:55:40,738 --> 00:55:43,038
Liam.

1260
00:55:43,073 --> 00:55:44,143
They won't do it.

1261
00:55:44,174 --> 00:55:45,384
I'm sorry.

1262
00:55:45,410 --> 00:55:46,940
I fought for you in there,

1263
00:55:46,977 --> 00:55:48,417
but the machine
is just too far along

1264
00:55:48,446 --> 00:55:49,606
for them to stop it now.

1265
00:55:49,647 --> 00:55:51,117
The reveal is on for tonight.

1266
00:55:51,148 --> 00:55:53,378
I'm really starting
to hate Gabriel August.

1267
00:55:53,418 --> 00:55:54,648
You need to talk to Sophie.

1268
00:55:56,053 --> 00:55:58,423
I'm meeting her for dinner
tonight at 5:30.

1269
00:55:58,456 --> 00:55:59,816
That'll be cutting it close.

1270
00:55:59,857 --> 00:56:01,957
- We'll make it.
- Okay.

1271
00:56:05,029 --> 00:56:06,529
Okay, so are we clear

1272
00:56:06,564 --> 00:56:07,874
on the plan for later tonight?

1273
00:56:07,898 --> 00:56:09,498
Jasper's bookloft, 7:30.

1274
00:56:09,534 --> 00:56:10,844
Actually, make it 7:00,

1275
00:56:10,868 --> 00:56:12,668
so my blood pressure
doesn't get too high.

1276
00:56:12,703 --> 00:56:13,843
I'll be there.

1277
00:56:13,871 --> 00:56:15,541
Bad news?

1278
00:56:15,573 --> 00:56:17,418
She's got a work meeting.
She just canceled dinner.

1279
00:56:17,442 --> 00:56:18,942
- What are you gonna do?
- Find her.

1280
00:56:18,976 --> 00:56:20,887
I have to tell her before
I make the announcement.

1281
00:56:20,911 --> 00:56:22,581
It'll all be okay. Mwah!

1282
00:56:22,613 --> 00:56:25,523
You call me!
Let me know how it goes.

1283
00:56:26,751 --> 00:56:28,121
It's Sophie.

1284
00:56:28,152 --> 00:56:30,722
Tell me what's on your mind
after the tone.

1285
00:56:30,755 --> 00:56:32,185
Hey, Sophie.
I got your text.

1286
00:56:32,222 --> 00:56:35,092
I'm back in town.
I really need to talk to you.

1287
00:56:35,125 --> 00:56:36,885
Like, right away,
face-to-face,

1288
00:56:36,927 --> 00:56:39,457
so call me the second
you get this, okay?

1289
00:56:40,665 --> 00:56:42,825
I know, but if he said
it was background,

1290
00:56:42,867 --> 00:56:44,144
you got to keep
his name out of it.

1291
00:56:44,168 --> 00:56:45,598
That's journalism 101!

1292
00:56:45,636 --> 00:56:47,166
Yeah. Okay.

1293
00:56:47,204 --> 00:56:49,774
Okay, let me know
how it shakes out.

1294
00:56:49,807 --> 00:56:52,137
Sorry I couldn't
fit you in earlier.

1295
00:56:52,176 --> 00:56:54,506
I had to keep a reporter
from getting sued.

1296
00:56:54,545 --> 00:56:55,575
What's up?

1297
00:56:55,613 --> 00:56:59,083
I wanted to let you know
that today is my last day.

1298
00:57:00,885 --> 00:57:03,515
Your last day?

1299
00:57:03,554 --> 00:57:05,464
So you're leaving the paper?

1300
00:57:05,490 --> 00:57:08,590
I'm starting my own website.

1301
00:57:08,626 --> 00:57:10,626
One where I get to do

1302
00:57:10,661 --> 00:57:13,801
the kind of reviews
that I want to do.

1303
00:57:13,831 --> 00:57:16,501
Can you make a living
doing that?

1304
00:57:16,534 --> 00:57:19,774
Well, it may
take me a few months

1305
00:57:19,804 --> 00:57:23,044
to get enough advertisers,
but...

1306
00:57:23,073 --> 00:57:24,943
I'm going to give it a try.

1307
00:57:26,210 --> 00:57:28,550
Well, I hate to lose you,
Sophie,

1308
00:57:28,579 --> 00:57:30,479
but I have to admit,
I'm a little jealous.

1309
00:57:30,515 --> 00:57:32,192
Having the freedom to write
about the things you love

1310
00:57:32,216 --> 00:57:33,576
sounds like the perfect job.

1311
00:57:33,618 --> 00:57:35,088
So you're not angry?

1312
00:57:35,119 --> 00:57:39,189
I hope whatever you do next
makes you happy.

1313
00:57:41,692 --> 00:57:43,732
Thank you for everything.

1314
00:57:43,761 --> 00:57:46,061
Don't suppose I could

1315
00:57:46,096 --> 00:57:47,766
talk you into
showing your gratitude

1316
00:57:47,798 --> 00:57:48,998
by giving me an article

1317
00:57:49,033 --> 00:57:50,243
on the Gabriel August
reveal tonight?

1318
00:57:50,267 --> 00:57:52,067
I can't.

1319
00:57:52,102 --> 00:57:54,912
I'm already covering it
for my own website.

1320
00:58:00,244 --> 00:58:01,784
Call Sophie.

1321
00:58:03,180 --> 00:58:04,310
It's Sophie.

1322
00:58:04,348 --> 00:58:06,918
Tell me what's on your mind
after the tone.

1323
00:58:26,103 --> 00:58:28,013
Hey. It's Tabitha, right?

1324
00:58:28,038 --> 00:58:30,738
Oh! Hi.

1325
00:58:30,775 --> 00:58:33,535
Hey, you kind of stood me up.

1326
00:58:33,578 --> 00:58:35,689
Actually, to be fair, I never
said I was going to meet you.

1327
00:58:35,713 --> 00:58:38,183
You work with
Sophie Atkinson, right?

1328
00:58:38,215 --> 00:58:40,215
- You know Sophie?
- Yeah, is she here?

1329
00:58:40,250 --> 00:58:42,050
She was, but she just quit.

1330
00:58:42,086 --> 00:58:44,216
Cleaned out her desk
about 20 minutes ago.

1331
00:58:44,254 --> 00:58:46,064
Do you know where she went?

1332
00:58:46,090 --> 00:58:47,260
Jasper's.

1333
00:58:47,291 --> 00:58:49,931
To find out who Gabriel
August really is.

1334
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:51,900
Thanks.

1335
00:59:01,706 --> 00:59:04,236
Come on...

1336
00:59:21,859 --> 00:59:23,989
Come on.

1337
00:59:28,298 --> 00:59:29,798
No.

1338
00:59:33,871 --> 00:59:35,611
Call Jackie.

1339
00:59:37,775 --> 00:59:39,335
Where are you?

1340
00:59:39,376 --> 00:59:40,476
I'm on my way.

1341
00:59:40,510 --> 00:59:42,680
Meet me at the back door
of the bookstore in 5 minutes.

1342
00:59:42,713 --> 00:59:43,753
Okay.

1343
00:59:59,764 --> 01:00:01,004
What is going on?

1344
01:00:01,031 --> 01:00:02,201
I can't go through with it.

1345
01:00:02,232 --> 01:00:03,902
- Why?
- Because she's here.

1346
01:00:03,934 --> 01:00:05,244
Oh, you didn't tell her yet?

1347
01:00:05,269 --> 01:00:08,239
I tried. I called, I texted,
I went to her work.

1348
01:00:08,272 --> 01:00:09,272
She's out there.

1349
01:00:09,306 --> 01:00:11,336
I can't let her find out
along with everyone else.

1350
01:00:11,375 --> 01:00:13,375
Take a deep breath.
I will handle this.

1351
01:00:13,410 --> 01:00:15,380
Stay here.

1352
01:00:17,748 --> 01:00:19,418
Hello, Sophie.

1353
01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:22,149
Hi, Jackie!

1354
01:00:22,186 --> 01:00:23,986
How exciting is this?

1355
01:00:24,021 --> 01:00:25,061
Yeah, very,

1356
01:00:25,089 --> 01:00:26,289
and a little terrifying too.

1357
01:00:26,323 --> 01:00:28,663
I can imagine.

1358
01:00:28,693 --> 01:00:31,203
Is he going to show this time?

1359
01:00:31,228 --> 01:00:32,328
He's already here.

1360
01:00:32,362 --> 01:00:33,732
It's really happening, then?

1361
01:00:36,100 --> 01:00:39,100
Oh, I'm presuming you're here
to cover this for your paper?

1362
01:00:39,136 --> 01:00:40,866
Not exactly.

1363
01:00:40,905 --> 01:00:43,205
I'm not with the daily anymore.

1364
01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:44,710
I'm actually here

1365
01:00:44,742 --> 01:00:46,442
covering it for my own website,

1366
01:00:46,476 --> 01:00:48,146
which just went online.

1367
01:00:48,178 --> 01:00:49,948
Congratulations.

1368
01:00:49,980 --> 01:00:52,420
You let me know if I
can help in any way.

1369
01:00:52,449 --> 01:00:54,079
Thanks.

1370
01:00:54,118 --> 01:00:56,418
I may hold you to that.

1371
01:00:56,453 --> 01:00:58,293
In fact, um...

1372
01:00:58,322 --> 01:01:01,862
How would you like to
scoop your old paper?

1373
01:01:01,892 --> 01:01:05,332
What are we talking, exactly?

1374
01:01:05,362 --> 01:01:07,362
Um, how about

1375
01:01:07,397 --> 01:01:10,997
the first real
exclusive interview

1376
01:01:11,035 --> 01:01:13,035
with the real
Gabriel August himself?

1377
01:01:14,772 --> 01:01:16,872
Never meant to mislead you...

1378
01:01:16,907 --> 01:01:19,107
I hope that we can...

1379
01:01:20,344 --> 01:01:22,114
Liam?

1380
01:01:22,146 --> 01:01:23,346
What are you doing here?

1381
01:01:23,380 --> 01:01:25,120
Oh, my gosh. You are
not gonna believe...

1382
01:01:25,149 --> 01:01:27,449
Gabriel August
will be here any minute

1383
01:01:27,484 --> 01:01:28,854
to chat with me.

1384
01:01:28,886 --> 01:01:30,086
Jackie got me an exclusive!

1385
01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:31,720
I'll be quick.

1386
01:01:31,756 --> 01:01:33,016
I just need to say

1387
01:01:33,057 --> 01:01:35,287
what I wanted
to tell you earlier.

1388
01:01:35,325 --> 01:01:37,325
Actually, it's what
I've wanted to tell you

1389
01:01:37,361 --> 01:01:38,401
for a long time.

1390
01:01:38,428 --> 01:01:40,768
Liam, what...
What's going on?

1391
01:01:40,798 --> 01:01:42,398
You're the first thing
on my mind

1392
01:01:42,432 --> 01:01:44,802
when I wake up in the morning,

1393
01:01:44,835 --> 01:01:47,465
and the last thing I think about
when I go to sleep,

1394
01:01:47,504 --> 01:01:49,974
and you're in there
a lot in between, too.

1395
01:01:50,007 --> 01:01:53,107
So, um, although it's...

1396
01:01:53,143 --> 01:01:55,853
Way past the time
I should have told you this,

1397
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:57,880
here it goes.

1398
01:01:57,915 --> 01:01:59,475
That crowd is here for me.

1399
01:02:01,485 --> 01:02:03,785
For you?

1400
01:02:04,922 --> 01:02:06,192
I'm Gabriel August.

1401
01:02:07,792 --> 01:02:10,832
And I'm j.K. Rowling.
Nice to meet you.

1402
01:02:10,861 --> 01:02:12,973
We don't want to
keep you waiting in suspense

1403
01:02:12,997 --> 01:02:14,457
any longer.

1404
01:02:14,498 --> 01:02:16,828
Ladies and gentlemen,
in a minute,

1405
01:02:16,867 --> 01:02:19,467
it will be my pleasure
to introduce to you,

1406
01:02:19,503 --> 01:02:21,813
for the very first time,

1407
01:02:21,839 --> 01:02:24,779
the real man
behind Gabriel August.

1408
01:02:24,809 --> 01:02:26,279
I'm sorry.

1409
01:02:26,310 --> 01:02:29,050
I didn't want you
to find out this way.

1410
01:02:29,079 --> 01:02:32,179
That's crazy to hear.

1411
01:02:32,216 --> 01:02:33,276
You're serious.

1412
01:02:33,317 --> 01:02:34,987
I wanted to tell you before.

1413
01:02:35,019 --> 01:02:36,189
I should have.

1414
01:02:36,220 --> 01:02:37,790
I never meant to hurt you.

1415
01:02:37,822 --> 01:02:38,962
I promise.

1416
01:02:38,989 --> 01:02:40,000
How could I have missed this?

1417
01:02:40,024 --> 01:02:40,994
Sophie, please.

1418
01:02:41,025 --> 01:02:43,085
I can't do this.

1419
01:02:43,127 --> 01:02:44,270
No, please, just let me explain.

1420
01:02:44,294 --> 01:02:45,564
Please talk to me.

1421
01:02:45,595 --> 01:02:46,925
Wait!

1422
01:02:46,964 --> 01:02:48,974
Sophie, I love you.

1423
01:02:51,335 --> 01:02:53,195
I need to leave.

1424
01:02:53,237 --> 01:02:54,937
I wanted to tell you.
I swear.

1425
01:02:54,972 --> 01:02:57,042
Here he is... Liam Bradley!

1426
01:03:01,545 --> 01:03:04,945
I can't believe
I let this happen again.

1427
01:03:43,453 --> 01:03:49,133
♪ Seems you're a magnet
for tragedy ♪

1428
01:03:49,159 --> 01:03:52,099
♪ a vulnerable heart
that shaped who you are ♪

1429
01:03:52,129 --> 01:03:55,399
♪ a masterpiece

1430
01:03:55,432 --> 01:03:59,242
♪ cracks on the canvas
the lines on the face ♪

1431
01:03:59,269 --> 01:04:02,539
♪ the only hint

1432
01:04:02,572 --> 01:04:06,142
♪ the only trace of the hurt
that happened to you ♪

1433
01:04:08,412 --> 01:04:11,382
♪ that happened to you

1434
01:04:11,415 --> 01:04:13,245
♪ can't sleep

1435
01:04:13,283 --> 01:04:17,893
♪ can't keep him
from coming in the back door ♪

1436
01:04:17,922 --> 01:04:20,932
♪ board up the heart
and bag up the tears ♪

1437
01:04:20,958 --> 01:04:22,358
♪ and bury them

1438
01:04:24,494 --> 01:04:26,664
♪ yeah, you're walking on air

1439
01:04:26,696 --> 01:04:30,666
♪ numb to my touch

1440
01:04:30,700 --> 01:04:35,240
♪ how long have we been
in darkness? ♪

1441
01:04:52,089 --> 01:04:54,159
So, Sophie,
how are you holding up?

1442
01:04:54,191 --> 01:04:55,961
I'm fine.

1443
01:04:55,993 --> 01:04:57,263
Really.

1444
01:04:57,294 --> 01:04:58,664
So you keep saying.

1445
01:04:58,695 --> 01:05:02,225
The new website is
keeping me super busy.

1446
01:05:02,266 --> 01:05:04,296
I still can't believe
he was lying to you

1447
01:05:04,334 --> 01:05:05,504
all that time.

1448
01:05:05,535 --> 01:05:07,535
I can't believe I didn't see it.

1449
01:05:07,571 --> 01:05:11,241
I mean, I told the guy
about Lola.

1450
01:05:11,275 --> 01:05:14,105
You don't think he'll put that
in some book one day, do you?

1451
01:05:14,144 --> 01:05:16,454
He's probably forgotten
about us already.

1452
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:20,520
He's got plenty
to keep him busy these days.

1453
01:05:20,550 --> 01:05:22,320
I'm not saying
that what he did was okay,

1454
01:05:22,352 --> 01:05:25,262
but I can sort of understand it,
given the circumstances.

1455
01:05:25,289 --> 01:05:26,366
Honey, you can't be serious.

1456
01:05:26,390 --> 01:05:27,360
For all we know,

1457
01:05:27,391 --> 01:05:29,091
he was just using her
to get a good review.

1458
01:05:29,126 --> 01:05:30,486
Or maybe he wanted her

1459
01:05:30,527 --> 01:05:32,005
to get to know him
as a normal person,

1460
01:05:32,029 --> 01:05:33,699
not some celebrity author.

1461
01:05:33,730 --> 01:05:35,670
I-I don't know
what to say.

1462
01:05:35,699 --> 01:05:38,039
I really liked Liam.

1463
01:05:38,068 --> 01:05:40,368
Not too often
I'm wrong about people.

1464
01:05:40,404 --> 01:05:43,014
It's not your fault.

1465
01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:44,710
It's nobody's fault but my own.

1466
01:05:44,741 --> 01:05:48,281
I'll bring you a slice
of Lola's cobbler.

1467
01:05:48,312 --> 01:05:50,752
That always makes things
a little better.

1468
01:05:50,780 --> 01:05:52,250
Thanks.

1469
01:05:53,717 --> 01:05:55,247
Look.

1470
01:05:55,285 --> 01:05:56,985
I know it's been really rough,

1471
01:05:57,021 --> 01:05:58,561
and if I were in the same place,

1472
01:05:58,588 --> 01:06:00,388
I can't say that
I'd feel any differently,

1473
01:06:00,424 --> 01:06:02,264
but it's hard for me to believe

1474
01:06:02,292 --> 01:06:04,062
that he didn't truly
care about you.

1475
01:06:04,094 --> 01:06:08,674
I'm not sure
what to think anymore.

1476
01:06:08,698 --> 01:06:11,198
But I do know one thing.

1477
01:06:11,235 --> 01:06:13,565
I can't go back to this.

1478
01:06:18,708 --> 01:06:20,608
Whatever we had,

1479
01:06:20,644 --> 01:06:23,314
it's over now.

1480
01:07:14,398 --> 01:07:16,368
Hi.

1481
01:07:20,537 --> 01:07:23,167
I'm guessing this
isn't a coincidence.

1482
01:07:23,207 --> 01:07:25,337
Well, I remember you telling me

1483
01:07:25,375 --> 01:07:28,375
how much you love forest park.

1484
01:07:28,412 --> 01:07:30,652
That it was magical...

1485
01:07:30,680 --> 01:07:34,420
Your place to escape.

1486
01:07:34,451 --> 01:07:37,291
And... Nina told me.

1487
01:07:37,321 --> 01:07:39,291
But don't blame her.

1488
01:07:39,323 --> 01:07:41,267
I called and practically
begged her to help me out.

1489
01:07:41,291 --> 01:07:43,291
I just wanted to talk
to you before I go.

1490
01:07:43,327 --> 01:07:45,227
You're leaving?

1491
01:07:45,262 --> 01:07:46,562
Going back to New York.

1492
01:07:46,596 --> 01:07:48,126
I can't be in Portland
without you.

1493
01:07:48,165 --> 01:07:51,695
And I can't take back
being famous now.

1494
01:07:51,735 --> 01:07:53,495
But I've been
thinking a lot lately

1495
01:07:53,537 --> 01:07:56,407
about how things
went with us, and...

1496
01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:57,440
And what?

1497
01:07:57,474 --> 01:07:59,384
We both made mistakes.

1498
01:07:59,409 --> 01:08:02,849
We each came into this
a little broken in some ways.

1499
01:08:02,879 --> 01:08:04,409
But we both know

1500
01:08:04,448 --> 01:08:06,818
we've never felt this way
about anyone before.

1501
01:08:06,850 --> 01:08:09,520
If you can find
a way to forgive me,

1502
01:08:09,553 --> 01:08:11,893
I know we can work past this.

1503
01:08:11,921 --> 01:08:14,561
I do forgive you, Liam.

1504
01:08:14,591 --> 01:08:16,831
So you'll give us
another chance?

1505
01:08:20,264 --> 01:08:25,174
Part of you
belongs to the world now...

1506
01:08:25,202 --> 01:08:28,172
Whether you like it or not,

1507
01:08:28,205 --> 01:08:30,335
they're always gonna be there.

1508
01:08:30,374 --> 01:08:33,184
I did that before,

1509
01:08:33,210 --> 01:08:35,280
and you know how badly it ended.

1510
01:08:35,312 --> 01:08:37,282
I'm not him.

1511
01:08:37,314 --> 01:08:40,484
I'm Liam Bradley.

1512
01:08:40,517 --> 01:08:41,647
And I love you.

1513
01:08:41,685 --> 01:08:43,645
Don't.

1514
01:08:45,189 --> 01:08:46,359
I'm sorry.

1515
01:08:46,390 --> 01:08:48,330
I-I can't do this again.

1516
01:08:51,561 --> 01:08:54,431
On that plane when we first met,

1517
01:08:54,464 --> 01:08:56,804
you told me that
first star of evening

1518
01:08:56,833 --> 01:08:58,803
was good because it was honest.

1519
01:08:58,835 --> 01:09:01,405
I probably said a lot of things.

1520
01:09:01,438 --> 01:09:02,838
I'm sorry if I was...

1521
01:09:02,872 --> 01:09:04,942
No. No,
you were right.

1522
01:09:04,974 --> 01:09:06,584
I've spent the last few years

1523
01:09:06,610 --> 01:09:08,550
pretending that
I wasn't Gabriel August,

1524
01:09:08,578 --> 01:09:10,248
that I was better than that,

1525
01:09:10,280 --> 01:09:12,420
that I was meant
to write real novels

1526
01:09:12,449 --> 01:09:15,349
about people's real lives.

1527
01:09:15,385 --> 01:09:18,485
But what's more real than
a love story with a sad ending?

1528
01:09:22,559 --> 01:09:27,529
I should go.
I have a plane to catch.

1529
01:09:27,564 --> 01:09:28,674
Goodbye, Sophie.

1530
01:09:49,919 --> 01:09:51,859
Don't close the door!

1531
01:09:51,888 --> 01:09:53,818
I'm here.

1532
01:10:05,335 --> 01:10:08,605
One moment,
he was alone and lost...

1533
01:10:12,041 --> 01:10:14,341
And the next...

1534
01:10:14,378 --> 01:10:16,778
She was there,

1535
01:10:16,813 --> 01:10:19,823
filling the empty seat
beside him.

1536
01:10:37,601 --> 01:10:38,671
Oh, my gosh!

1537
01:10:38,702 --> 01:10:40,502
You're Gabriel August, right?

1538
01:10:40,537 --> 01:10:41,837
Close enough.

1539
01:10:41,871 --> 01:10:43,771
Do you mind
signing something for me?

1540
01:10:43,807 --> 01:10:45,007
Happy to.

1541
01:10:47,711 --> 01:10:49,811
You're gonna miss your cab.

1542
01:10:49,846 --> 01:10:53,276
Oh, there'll always be
another one.

1543
01:10:55,452 --> 01:10:56,529
I think you're gonna like it.

1544
01:10:56,553 --> 01:10:57,523
I know I do.

1545
01:10:57,554 --> 01:10:59,924
That's the first time
I've heard you say that.

1546
01:10:59,956 --> 01:11:01,886
This isn't Vienna sunset!

1547
01:11:01,925 --> 01:11:03,485
No, it isn't.

1548
01:11:03,527 --> 01:11:05,497
And you've put your
name as the author!

1549
01:11:05,529 --> 01:11:07,329
Noticed that, did you?

1550
01:11:07,364 --> 01:11:10,374
I know I'm not gonna
like the answer to this,

1551
01:11:10,400 --> 01:11:12,000
but what happened
to Vienna sunset?

1552
01:11:12,035 --> 01:11:13,035
Kindling.

1553
01:11:15,004 --> 01:11:17,974
Liam! What have you done?

1554
01:11:18,007 --> 01:11:20,477
What I should've done before,

1555
01:11:20,510 --> 01:11:23,350
written something
that's honest and real.

1556
01:11:23,380 --> 01:11:24,950
A book that I believe in,

1557
01:11:24,981 --> 01:11:27,081
one that I am proud
to put my name on.

1558
01:11:27,116 --> 01:11:29,546
So I can see we're gonna go

1559
01:11:29,586 --> 01:11:31,456
a few more rounds
with Harris-Kingsfield.

1560
01:11:31,488 --> 01:11:33,388
You up for it?

1561
01:11:33,423 --> 01:11:35,893
Ha! Nothin'
I like better.

1562
01:11:35,925 --> 01:11:37,555
I can't wait for you to read it.

1563
01:11:37,594 --> 01:11:39,734
I love seeing you like this.

1564
01:11:39,763 --> 01:11:42,003
Excited and passionate...

1565
01:11:42,031 --> 01:11:43,771
It's been a while.

1566
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:45,770
I feel great, you know?

1567
01:11:45,802 --> 01:11:47,642
Well, as great as I can.

1568
01:11:47,671 --> 01:11:48,841
I feel good about the work.

1569
01:11:48,872 --> 01:11:51,072
No word from Sophie?

1570
01:11:51,107 --> 01:11:52,707
No.

1571
01:11:52,742 --> 01:11:53,812
Well, give her time.

1572
01:11:53,843 --> 01:11:55,613
Anything's possible.

1573
01:11:55,645 --> 01:11:56,645
You really think so?

1574
01:11:56,680 --> 01:11:58,480
I do.

1575
01:11:58,515 --> 01:11:59,675
Well, I better get rolling.

1576
01:11:59,716 --> 01:12:01,846
Let me know what
you think of the book.

1577
01:12:01,885 --> 01:12:03,645
You know I will.

1578
01:12:03,687 --> 01:12:05,717
Ahh.

1579
01:12:30,714 --> 01:12:32,084
Hey, hon.

1580
01:12:32,115 --> 01:12:34,745
Cancel all
my appointments today.

1581
01:12:34,784 --> 01:12:39,064
And book me the first flight out
to Portland.

1582
01:12:39,088 --> 01:12:41,458
Oregon. Thanks.

1583
01:12:59,576 --> 01:13:01,546
I'm pretty sure the plural
of "goose" is "geese."

1584
01:13:01,578 --> 01:13:03,808
It's not gooses?

1585
01:13:05,081 --> 01:13:08,551
You'd think so, but alas.

1586
01:13:08,585 --> 01:13:09,745
You're the boss.

1587
01:13:09,786 --> 01:13:10,846
How long until

1588
01:13:10,887 --> 01:13:13,087
the broken truth chronicles
review is done?

1589
01:13:13,122 --> 01:13:15,662
Mm. You can't rush genius.

1590
01:13:15,692 --> 01:13:17,762
So how long until

1591
01:13:17,794 --> 01:13:19,934
the broken truth chronicles
review is done?

1592
01:13:25,635 --> 01:13:26,765
Jackie.

1593
01:13:26,803 --> 01:13:28,173
Hello, Sophie.

1594
01:13:28,204 --> 01:13:30,644
This is such a surprise.

1595
01:13:30,674 --> 01:13:32,444
I don't want to take up
much of your time,

1596
01:13:32,476 --> 01:13:33,806
but do you have a minute?

1597
01:13:33,843 --> 01:13:35,553
This is really impressive.

1598
01:13:35,579 --> 01:13:36,709
It's a labor of love.

1599
01:13:36,746 --> 01:13:37,823
I've been working a lot more

1600
01:13:37,847 --> 01:13:39,077
than I did at the paper,

1601
01:13:39,115 --> 01:13:41,915
but I like my boss better.

1602
01:13:42,952 --> 01:13:45,522
You okay otherwise?

1603
01:13:46,590 --> 01:13:48,930
It took a while, but...

1604
01:13:48,958 --> 01:13:50,728
I think I am now.
I feel good.

1605
01:13:50,760 --> 01:13:52,460
I'm happy for you.

1606
01:13:54,498 --> 01:13:56,768
It's great seeing you, Jackie,

1607
01:13:56,800 --> 01:13:58,900
but I am guessing
there's a reason

1608
01:13:58,935 --> 01:14:01,065
you flew all the way
out to Portland.

1609
01:14:01,104 --> 01:14:03,214
Liam is still
in love with you, Sophie.

1610
01:14:03,239 --> 01:14:07,009
Wow! You don't beat
around the bush, do you?

1611
01:14:07,043 --> 01:14:08,621
Well, I think it's best
to say what I mean,

1612
01:14:08,645 --> 01:14:10,805
and I think you, of all people,
would appreciate that.

1613
01:14:11,948 --> 01:14:13,748
Did Liam put you up to this?

1614
01:14:13,783 --> 01:14:15,303
He would kill me
if he knew I was here.

1615
01:14:17,153 --> 01:14:19,063
How's he doing?

1616
01:14:19,088 --> 01:14:20,718
Better.

1617
01:14:20,757 --> 01:14:22,627
The first few months
were difficult.

1618
01:14:22,659 --> 01:14:24,089
It was a lot to get used to.

1619
01:14:24,127 --> 01:14:25,957
I can imagine.

1620
01:14:25,995 --> 01:14:28,865
Women must've been
throwing themselves at him.

1621
01:14:28,898 --> 01:14:32,838
There was only one woman
whose opinion mattered,

1622
01:14:32,869 --> 01:14:34,939
and she wasn't in New York.

1623
01:14:34,971 --> 01:14:37,511
Why are you here, Jackie?

1624
01:14:37,541 --> 01:14:39,681
Liam misses you a lot.

1625
01:14:39,709 --> 01:14:42,709
And I'm guessing
that you miss him

1626
01:14:42,746 --> 01:14:43,846
just as much.

1627
01:14:43,880 --> 01:14:45,780
And...

1628
01:14:45,815 --> 01:14:47,215
I thought you'd
want to see this.

1629
01:14:47,250 --> 01:14:48,250
What is it?

1630
01:14:48,284 --> 01:14:50,094
His new book.

1631
01:14:50,119 --> 01:14:51,959
Really?

1632
01:14:51,988 --> 01:14:53,758
A new Gabriel August book?

1633
01:14:53,790 --> 01:14:55,630
A new Liam Bradley book.

1634
01:14:55,659 --> 01:14:57,529
The first, actually.

1635
01:14:59,696 --> 01:15:00,996
Return to forest park.

1636
01:15:01,030 --> 01:15:02,770
He took your advice,

1637
01:15:02,799 --> 01:15:04,669
he wrote something honest,

1638
01:15:04,701 --> 01:15:05,841
something he believes in.

1639
01:15:05,869 --> 01:15:08,669
His book speaks from his heart.

1640
01:15:08,705 --> 01:15:11,975
And he dedicated it to...

1641
01:15:12,008 --> 01:15:14,138
Someone very special to him.

1642
01:15:16,112 --> 01:15:18,512
Take care, Sophie.

1643
01:15:48,211 --> 01:15:53,281
We finally
put a face to Gabriel August...

1644
01:15:53,316 --> 01:15:55,046
And now you want
to kill him off?

1645
01:15:55,084 --> 01:15:57,724
Oh, I wouldn't put it
quite that way,

1646
01:15:57,754 --> 01:15:59,694
but, um, yeah,

1647
01:15:59,723 --> 01:16:01,763
that is precisely what we want.

1648
01:16:01,791 --> 01:16:03,791
The book that he was
contractually obligated

1649
01:16:03,827 --> 01:16:04,887
to give us

1650
01:16:04,928 --> 01:16:06,628
is not a Gabriel August novel.

1651
01:16:06,663 --> 01:16:09,673
Actually, if you look
at the contract closely,

1652
01:16:09,699 --> 01:16:10,499
I think you'll find

1653
01:16:10,533 --> 01:16:12,143
that Liam Bradley
owes you a new book,

1654
01:16:12,168 --> 01:16:13,638
not Gabriel August.

1655
01:16:13,670 --> 01:16:17,110
Gabriel August is Liam Bradley.

1656
01:16:17,140 --> 01:16:18,140
Liam.

1657
01:16:19,142 --> 01:16:21,082
Where's Vienna sunset?

1658
01:16:21,110 --> 01:16:23,222
The ashes might still be in
the fireplace in Portland.

1659
01:16:23,246 --> 01:16:26,276
I don't think
it's gonna do you much good.

1660
01:16:26,315 --> 01:16:28,845
But we think you are gonna love
Liam Bradley's new book.

1661
01:16:28,885 --> 01:16:31,115
Ted, I understand
this is a business,

1662
01:16:31,154 --> 01:16:34,994
and your profit
is the bottom line, correct?

1663
01:16:35,024 --> 01:16:36,694
Correct.

1664
01:16:36,726 --> 01:16:38,726
Then I hope we have
some good news for you.

1665
01:16:38,762 --> 01:16:40,762
You know I'm a fan

1666
01:16:40,797 --> 01:16:43,227
of test-marketing
my clients' new books.

1667
01:16:43,266 --> 01:16:44,866
To be perfectly blunt,

1668
01:16:44,901 --> 01:16:46,801
I found Liam's new book

1669
01:16:46,836 --> 01:16:49,366
emotional
and incredibly gripping.

1670
01:16:49,405 --> 01:16:52,835
So I commissioned
a market evaluation research,

1671
01:16:52,876 --> 01:16:54,376
and the results
are in your hands.

1672
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:59,720
It achieved the highest rating

1673
01:16:59,749 --> 01:17:02,419
of any book they've ever tested.

1674
01:17:02,451 --> 01:17:05,691
You know, market research
doesn't guarantee success.

1675
01:17:05,722 --> 01:17:07,662
It's the book business, Ted!

1676
01:17:07,691 --> 01:17:10,131
There is no guarantee
of success.

1677
01:17:10,159 --> 01:17:13,759
But this is as close as it gets.

1678
01:17:13,797 --> 01:17:16,067
It comes down to this.

1679
01:17:16,099 --> 01:17:18,129
Gabriel August
as we all knew him

1680
01:17:18,167 --> 01:17:19,267
doesn't exist anymore.

1681
01:17:19,302 --> 01:17:21,772
Liam Bradley does.

1682
01:17:21,805 --> 01:17:23,235
And to be honest,

1683
01:17:23,272 --> 01:17:25,412
I feel like
I'm just getting started.

1684
01:17:25,441 --> 01:17:27,841
I want Harris-Kingsfield
along for the ride,

1685
01:17:27,877 --> 01:17:30,447
but one way or the other...

1686
01:17:30,479 --> 01:17:32,249
I'm still moving forward.

1687
01:17:41,224 --> 01:17:43,194
I'm sorry.

1688
01:17:43,226 --> 01:17:46,096
No, it's okay.

1689
01:17:46,129 --> 01:17:47,999
I feel like it's all my fault.

1690
01:17:48,031 --> 01:17:50,901
If I hadn't introduced
you to Liam,

1691
01:17:50,934 --> 01:17:52,844
you never would've
told him about Lola.

1692
01:17:52,869 --> 01:17:54,739
I can't believe

1693
01:17:54,771 --> 01:17:58,881
he wrote this in his book.

1694
01:17:58,908 --> 01:18:00,008
It's okay.

1695
01:18:00,043 --> 01:18:02,213
No, it's...
It's not.

1696
01:18:02,245 --> 01:18:04,345
Sophie...

1697
01:18:04,380 --> 01:18:07,720
I told him it was okay.

1698
01:18:07,751 --> 01:18:09,721
Liam called me.

1699
01:18:09,753 --> 01:18:12,763
He asked my permission.

1700
01:18:12,789 --> 01:18:14,119
He...

1701
01:18:14,157 --> 01:18:16,457
You talked to him?

1702
01:18:16,492 --> 01:18:19,262
He's a good man.

1703
01:18:19,295 --> 01:18:21,865
I know you two had
your problems.

1704
01:18:21,898 --> 01:18:24,898
He's a decent guy.

1705
01:18:24,934 --> 01:18:27,074
He...

1706
01:18:27,103 --> 01:18:30,073
Made me look handsome and sexy,

1707
01:18:30,106 --> 01:18:31,106
like I told him to.

1708
01:18:34,143 --> 01:18:36,053
How could he not?

1709
01:18:36,079 --> 01:18:37,309
So?

1710
01:18:37,346 --> 01:18:38,476
How is it?

1711
01:18:38,514 --> 01:18:40,784
It's beautiful.

1712
01:18:40,817 --> 01:18:43,517
And smart,

1713
01:18:43,552 --> 01:18:46,892
and funny, but so sad.

1714
01:18:46,923 --> 01:18:48,893
Uh...

1715
01:18:50,493 --> 01:18:52,233
It's Liam.

1716
01:18:54,898 --> 01:18:59,068
When you were
going out with James,

1717
01:18:59,102 --> 01:19:00,772
I kept my mouth shut.

1718
01:19:00,804 --> 01:19:03,274
Figured you knew
what you were doing

1719
01:19:03,306 --> 01:19:04,766
without my help.

1720
01:19:04,808 --> 01:19:07,178
You couldn't have
been more wrong.

1721
01:19:07,210 --> 01:19:08,440
Well, I don't pretend

1722
01:19:08,477 --> 01:19:12,447
to know much
about relationships.

1723
01:19:12,481 --> 01:19:15,281
I only loved

1724
01:19:15,318 --> 01:19:18,088
one woman in my life.

1725
01:19:18,121 --> 01:19:20,861
You found your one true love.

1726
01:19:20,890 --> 01:19:24,230
I know that now.

1727
01:19:24,260 --> 01:19:27,300
But when Lola and I
were together,

1728
01:19:27,330 --> 01:19:30,430
it wasn't always so clear.

1729
01:19:31,567 --> 01:19:34,437
Loving someone's

1730
01:19:34,470 --> 01:19:36,540
the hardest work there is.

1731
01:19:37,874 --> 01:19:39,514
Oh, I messed up plenty,

1732
01:19:39,542 --> 01:19:41,542
so did she.

1733
01:19:41,577 --> 01:19:44,547
We disappointed
each other sometimes,

1734
01:19:44,580 --> 01:19:47,420
we said things
we regretted later,

1735
01:19:47,450 --> 01:19:50,950
but...

1736
01:19:52,221 --> 01:19:55,061
We never

1737
01:19:55,091 --> 01:19:59,131
let that keep us apart,

1738
01:19:59,162 --> 01:20:05,002
no matter how bad things
seemed at the time.

1739
01:20:05,034 --> 01:20:09,974
It wasn't true love
because it was easy.

1740
01:20:10,006 --> 01:20:13,306
It was because we worked at it.

1741
01:20:14,878 --> 01:20:16,578
We fought for it.

1742
01:20:19,282 --> 01:20:21,582
What am I supposed to do?

1743
01:20:28,091 --> 01:20:31,391
You're the only person
that can answer that.

1744
01:21:08,597 --> 01:21:10,227
So?

1745
01:21:10,266 --> 01:21:12,596
Do I finally have
a happy author?

1746
01:21:12,635 --> 01:21:14,565
They're all out there for you.

1747
01:21:14,603 --> 01:21:16,273
The real you.

1748
01:21:16,305 --> 01:21:17,535
Thanks to you.

1749
01:21:17,573 --> 01:21:19,343
You made all this happen.

1750
01:21:19,375 --> 01:21:21,135
Well, that's sweet,

1751
01:21:21,177 --> 01:21:25,377
but this had very
little to do with me.

1752
01:21:25,414 --> 01:21:28,554
Your parents
would have been so proud.

1753
01:21:28,584 --> 01:21:29,924
You think so?

1754
01:21:29,953 --> 01:21:32,193
I know it.

1755
01:21:32,221 --> 01:21:35,591
So, do I have to drag you
kicking and screaming

1756
01:21:35,624 --> 01:21:37,294
out onto the stage again?

1757
01:21:37,326 --> 01:21:38,656
No.

1758
01:21:38,694 --> 01:21:40,504
This time,

1759
01:21:40,529 --> 01:21:42,099
I'm actually
looking forward to it.

1760
01:21:42,131 --> 01:21:43,631
Shall we?

1761
01:21:43,666 --> 01:21:46,066
Let's go knock 'em dead, kiddo.

1762
01:21:53,142 --> 01:21:54,712
Thank you for coming out.

1763
01:21:54,743 --> 01:21:56,483
Thank you.

1764
01:21:58,281 --> 01:22:00,451
I know this is a bit unusual,

1765
01:22:00,483 --> 01:22:03,493
but we have some wonderful news
to share with you today.

1766
01:22:03,519 --> 01:22:06,059
You recently met this gentleman

1767
01:22:06,089 --> 01:22:09,489
as the author behind
the Gabriel August novels,

1768
01:22:09,525 --> 01:22:13,295
but today, we're here to talk
about an exciting new direction.

1769
01:22:13,329 --> 01:22:15,429
I'll let him
tell you all about it.

1770
01:22:15,464 --> 01:22:18,574
Ladies and gentlemen,
Liam Bradley.

1771
01:22:28,144 --> 01:22:30,014
I love writing.

1772
01:22:30,046 --> 01:22:32,016
From as far back
as I can remember,

1773
01:22:32,048 --> 01:22:33,318
I was scribbling things down.

1774
01:22:33,349 --> 01:22:34,379
I've been very fortunate

1775
01:22:34,417 --> 01:22:35,547
to find people like you

1776
01:22:35,584 --> 01:22:37,104
who actually want
to read what I wrote.

1777
01:22:41,090 --> 01:22:43,560
But for too long,
I've stayed in the shadows.

1778
01:22:43,592 --> 01:22:46,702
Well, I'm happy, and...

1779
01:22:46,729 --> 01:22:50,399
Actually pretty nervous...

1780
01:22:50,433 --> 01:22:52,703
To say that those days are done.

1781
01:22:52,735 --> 01:22:55,395
My new book is called
return to forest park,

1782
01:22:55,438 --> 01:22:56,468
and as you can see,

1783
01:22:56,505 --> 01:22:59,375
the only name on it is mine.

1784
01:22:59,408 --> 01:23:00,578
Yes, sir?

1785
01:23:00,609 --> 01:23:04,249
So, are you just continuing
the Gabriel August romances

1786
01:23:04,280 --> 01:23:05,750
under a new name?

1787
01:23:05,781 --> 01:23:06,951
Not at all.

1788
01:23:06,982 --> 01:23:09,552
There is some romance in it,
but this book is different.

1789
01:23:09,585 --> 01:23:11,345
It's more a novel of discovery,

1790
01:23:11,387 --> 01:23:13,387
about a man
finally finding himself.

1791
01:23:13,422 --> 01:23:14,662
Is it autobiographical?

1792
01:23:14,690 --> 01:23:15,660
I refuse to answer that

1793
01:23:15,691 --> 01:23:18,391
on the grounds
that I may incriminate myself.

1794
01:23:19,362 --> 01:23:21,602
Let's just say it's honest.

1795
01:23:21,630 --> 01:23:22,700
Yes, miss?

1796
01:23:22,731 --> 01:23:23,601
Does this mean
you've walked away

1797
01:23:23,632 --> 01:23:25,302
from your deal
with Harris-Kingsfield?

1798
01:23:25,334 --> 01:23:26,744
No. I'm thrilled
to be staying

1799
01:23:26,769 --> 01:23:28,499
under the Harris-Kingsfield
umbrella.

1800
01:23:28,537 --> 01:23:29,814
They've been
incredibly supportive,

1801
01:23:29,838 --> 01:23:31,516
and I look forward
to a long future together.

1802
01:23:31,540 --> 01:23:33,710
Mr. Bradley, it sounds

1803
01:23:33,742 --> 01:23:35,342
like return to forest park

1804
01:23:35,378 --> 01:23:38,108
is more personal than
your previous novels.

1805
01:23:39,682 --> 01:23:41,152
It does.

1806
01:23:41,184 --> 01:23:43,124
I've learned a lot
over this past year,

1807
01:23:43,152 --> 01:23:46,022
and I hope that shows
in this new book.

1808
01:23:47,490 --> 01:23:50,190
I'd say it's the most personal
book I've ever written.

1809
01:23:50,226 --> 01:23:51,386
It must be hard,

1810
01:23:51,427 --> 01:23:54,727
being thrust into the spotlight
like this.

1811
01:23:56,165 --> 01:23:58,525
Are you worried
that it might change you?

1812
01:23:58,567 --> 01:24:00,467
Change isn't always a bad thing.

1813
01:24:00,503 --> 01:24:03,143
I know I've been
changing a lot lately.

1814
01:24:03,172 --> 01:24:05,272
Sure, all this is challenging,

1815
01:24:05,308 --> 01:24:07,178
but I've finally
learned to be comfortable

1816
01:24:07,210 --> 01:24:09,280
in being Liam Bradley.

1817
01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:13,749
And what you see
is what you get.

1818
01:24:13,782 --> 01:24:15,752
Can your fans count on that?

1819
01:24:19,388 --> 01:24:21,718
My fans can rest assured

1820
01:24:21,757 --> 01:24:25,087
that I would never do anything
to hurt them.

1821
01:24:25,128 --> 01:24:29,098
Because some of us still have
deep-seated trust issues

1822
01:24:29,132 --> 01:24:30,632
that we're working through.

1823
01:24:30,666 --> 01:24:31,776
And I'd like to help with those

1824
01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:33,740
any way that I can.

1825
01:24:37,506 --> 01:24:39,706
Are you sure you're up for it?

1826
01:24:39,742 --> 01:24:42,482
Absolutely.

1827
01:24:43,646 --> 01:24:45,346
It may take a while.

1828
01:24:45,381 --> 01:24:47,681
That's fine by me.

1829
01:24:49,152 --> 01:24:50,522
'Cause I hope to spend

1830
01:24:50,553 --> 01:24:52,793
every day
for the rest of my life

1831
01:24:52,821 --> 01:24:55,521
showing my fans
just how much I love them.

1832
01:24:55,558 --> 01:24:58,228
You want to get
your camera ready.

1833
01:24:58,261 --> 01:25:00,401
I think you're gonna want
to get a shot of this.

1834
01:25:02,165 --> 01:25:06,235
Speaking as a big fan myself...

1835
01:25:06,269 --> 01:25:09,509
That sounds like
a wonderful new chapter.

1836
01:25:24,320 --> 01:25:26,790
Don't worry about them.

1837
01:25:26,822 --> 01:25:29,392
All that matters is right here.

1838
01:25:39,635 --> 01:25:42,365
Woohoo!