Talk (34 page)

“Hello?”

He was bouncing off the walls of his nerve center, just like I'd anticipated, but not for the reason I'd expected.

“Absofuckinglutely brilliant, Powers.”

I was dumbfounded. Unless he was being sarcastic.

“You really nailed it. You said everything the nation is clamoring for. I've been telling all the big mahoffs that people have had it with this polarization shit, and that the future is in the middle of the dial, Stan. We've killed the golden goose and it's time to reset. You are the guy. Only you can make this happen.”

I just laughed and hung up the phone; the only person I wanted to speak to was Deb. Then I turned up the classic rock on my satellite radio.

And headed for home.

The End

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