Page 154 of The Best Shot

Tabby: no speech about the clutch?

Annie: not even a sigh

Grant: that is concerning

Carter: or maybe he finally realized the car is insured

Annie: no. that man once made me promise not to breathe too hard near the dashboard

Tabby: see

Tabby: textbook despair

Carter: y’all doing too much

Grant: maybe

Grant: but think about it

Grant: when’s the last time you had to chase him down for an invoice?

Carter: i don’t remember

Grant: exactly

Carter: i don’t like that

Nico: And he’s not talking.

Ava: What do you mean?

Nico: Hale talks. Even when nobody asks him to.

Nico: He’s been me-level quiet.

Carter: okay

Carter: that’s actually bad

Annie: WELCOME. he sees the light

Carter: i didn’t say all that

Tabby: should we say something to Yaz?

Nico: no.

Annie: hell no

Ava: no

Tabby: okay, damn

Annie: nothing she can do from a glacier

Tabby: we can’t just let him rot in that farmhouse for the next five months

Ava: we don’t