"I've been thinking",
"You've been thinking?, Tell me everything about it", she said and turned on her recorder,
"What are you doing?",
"Am going to record everything, just incase you forget it",
"No, that's not what I mean",
"What do you mean?", She asked with furrowed brow,
"My home town...why have I never thought of it",
"Hm hm", she shook her head standing up, "I ain't giving you another vacation till you give me a complete manuscript of a brand new story",
"No..I feel..listen...I feel like that's where everything is..I've seen the signs. This past few days, do you know that I've playing country, I met a boy who's from my home town last night and guess what...I was going on my usual way home and boom! I saw Dolly Parton", she said like unbelievable!
"You saw Dolly?",
*Yea, on the restaurant wall, why would they paste a poster of dolly on their restaurant wall? It's trying to tell me something",
"Tell you what?",
"Dolly is from my hometown, she's from Tennessee too", she finished and took a deep breath, completely understanding how much sense it made.
"So you think these signs are telling you to go home?",
"Yes, believe me, I know, I feel it",
"Monica, you're not running away with this your hometown boy, are you?",
"Don't call me Monica and no, am not, he's just going to give me a little lift or not",
"Am warning you, if you're pulling my legs, we're done. I won't publish any of your books ever again and ill let you rot, wherever you lay, are we clear?",
"Very! Yes we are, you are",
"So, hometown",
"I just need my hometown, some beer and maybe a real love this time",
"Real love huh?",
"Yea, you never heard about country boys",
"I've heard. They're a bunch of boys with babies from their women who ran away and farm boys and pot bellies",
"What! No way! There's this thing about them that's innocently sexy",
"I don't care, I'll give you a 2 months vacation",
"Make it three",
"Fine",
"Five?",
"Monica!".
A Novel
HOMETOWN NEVER BROKE MY HEART