”He laughed lightly and gestured to the chair across from him. I slowly sat down, glancing over to the table and giving a shake of the head, to let ...he girls know I was okay.“I see you have surrounded yourself with more beautiful women since I left. I take it my daughter was no longer enough?”“Your daughter was more than enough, but I had to leave after that night. I went through a permanent change after our fight and I became dangerous to myself, as well as everyone around me. I had to get. They put you up in a hotel for a week or 10 days, meanwhile, you're on a bus to Altoona, Pennsylvania, or Bowie, Maryland, for half of that time. Then your new organization gets pissed off when you start out batting .130 and they ship your ass back to A ball." Did that happen to you?" Liz asked."Not to me but I saw it enough to know it happens," I replied."Nashville operates the same way," Liz said. "'What have you done for me lately?' Someone might have a Top 10 hit off their first disc then. I could get in big trouble just for that,” she argued.Becca seemed to realize that Tracy was serious, so she backed off. “All right, I’ll let you work then,” she said, kissing Tracy on the nose. “Hurry up though, I have a birthday surprise waiting for you at my apartment.”Tracy giggled. “I’m almost done. I can be there in about thirty minutes or so.”Becca held Tracy’s hands for a moment, and the two gazed at each other with the expression of a young couple in love. They kissed quickly once. Hannah cuffedone of Dave's hands, and pushed it into the pouch. She pulled the other handcuffout the other side, and cuffed his other hand with it. Dave put both handsin the pouch, and it was not obvious any more that he was handcuffed. Hannahsmiled. "We're going to take a trip to the library now Dave." "Like this?" he asked incredulously. "Yep. Keep your hands in that pocket, and noone will know. Just rememberwho has the keys to those cuffs," Hannah said sternly, then smiled. "I tellyou what,.