“There’s no way he’ll move to Maryland,” says Fletcher, tending to a midrange turkey. “Not now.”<\/p>\n
“What, Soundflowers made him a better offer?”<\/p>\n
“Personal reasons. Good ones. That better, girl?” Fletcher zips the turkey shut and shoos it off the table; it flaps through a pack of trehuahuas, scattering them, changing the timbre of the yard outside.<\/p>\n
“Then what do we do? Craigslist it again?” Absalom chews his lip. “Nobody wants into startups anymore.”<\/p>\n
“Pull stakes,” says Fletcher. “Go west.”<\/p>\n
A bass cow ambles into the barn, hide thumping, chewing cud. The rafters rattle. Absalom feels like the sky is falling.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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