” He drew in a deep breath and sighed. “You know how rough a long-distance relationship can be. But, we keep in touch. Last time I saw her was on ...er sixteenth birthday. We spent a week together in Orlando.”“You took her to Orlando?”“Of course. She really wanted to go there.”“Martin ... Do you love her?”“Oh, I do,” he replied. “It’s been tough with her being so far away. But, with a little luck, all that will be changing. I’ll be seeing a lot more of her.”“What do you mean?”“She’s applying here. “My client is well aware of what RFN does and doesn’t do,” she said. “She’s been under contract to you for half of her life. And, for half of her life, her wishes have been ignored or refused under the guise of corporate policy or larger profit margins or bigger commission checks for the people in this building. I will tell you right now that unless you agree to every single thing we ask for, Liz will be signed to a new label by the fall.”“And, I’m telling you right now that even if you agree. Sam Bailey shut them down for us for seven full innings, but the Mets put together a walk and two singles against him in the eighth, scoring their only run. Helluva way for Sam to take a loss.So the cumulative line score for the two opening games in Baltimore was 14-7, Orioles, but in games, we were 1-1. Unfortunately, cumulative score didn't mean zilch.On to New York.We had a "travel" day which was actually unnecessary, for traveling purposes, but important for the two managers, trying to. I picked it up and looked at the screen only to find that the caller was Carter; begrudgingly I answered his call.“Hey, buddy where are you, I mean are you alright? You missed breakfast and lunch and we are about to leave to go down to the old high school for a tour, are you coming?”"Yeah, I'll be there in five," I told him as I canceled the call.After a quick shave and a cursory shower, I started to get dressed but at first I couldn't find my clothes, but oddly they were laying in a pile just.