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Well, hello all you beautiful people.

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You know what time it is.

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Ladies and gents, guys and dolls and

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everyone in between.

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Gather around. Get you something real

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nice to sip on and comfy to slip on.

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Cuz it's time for Smite Club. Here's

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your hosts, Chelsea and Hannah.

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Hey everybody and welcome to Smut Club.

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I'm Hannah.

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And I'm Chelsea and this is the show

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where we are two licensed professional

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counselors and life coaches who like

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daydrinking and reviewing romance novels

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of varying caliber.

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Nailed it.

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Nailed it. We've almost 100 episodes in.

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finally really solidifying our our

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elevator pitch.

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I really uh appreciate the dedication to

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and I feel like each time we just like

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change one word.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Get a little tighter, a little better,

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you know?

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Yeah. Today felt good.

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Good.

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But also there are episodes where I'm

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like we are almost 100 episodes in and

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I'm still [ __ ] this [ __ ] up.

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So today did feel I'm like oh we made

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it. Y'all, that's how you know this

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episode is about to be amazing.

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Yeah, the energy is good. We've started

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strong

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vibing.

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Yeah, there's no way it can get derailed

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now. What book is it, by the way? I

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know.

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It sounds like you were setting me up

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for a joke right there. There's no way

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it can be derailed now. What book is it?

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You know, it wasn't my intention, but I

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did pause and go, I don't actually know

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what we're reviewing today.

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It is called The Alpha's Savior by Reese

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Breeden.

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Breeden. Braden.

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Breeden.

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Breeden.

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Breeden out there. Okay. Is it reverse

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heron?

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No. No. But there was a um

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a tweet the other day where the National

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Park Service had posted a thing about

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like um help needed for a breeding

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specialist for black bears or something

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like that and somebody

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comment section I bet was incredible.

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Yes. So, so one person responded and

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they were like, "I'm begging you. Please

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change the wording of this." And

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somebody responded to that and was like,

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"Shut up, hetero."

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And I was like, "Oh, sweet Jesus." Like,

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it was very good. It was very good. I

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enjoyed it.

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I was hoping that the comment was just

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going to be like, "I'm begging you.

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Please do not

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just shut up.

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Shut up, Hero.

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Don't ruin this for the rest of us. And

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then somebody else was like, "Get out of

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my way straight."

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I was like, "Wow,

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it feels like the flag in at the college

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and community."

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Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. E plurabus

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anus.

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Yes.

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It's a butthole.

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He kept not seeing it.

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So, uh, my niece's

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boyfriend just started taking classes at

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the local college and him just like saw

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him after his first day. Just happened

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to be over at their house. I was like,

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"How was your first day?" He's like,

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"Everyone there was so weird." And I'm

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like, "So, there's this show called

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Community. It came out a long time ago,

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but I really think it's going to

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normalize experience."

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all of the validation and normalization

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that you need."

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Mhm. Mhm. From top to bottom.

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like, why am I always leading up on a

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community?

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I'm always derailing us with community,

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which I encourage and appreciate. So,

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um, this is a shifter

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romance. Okay. Um, so Haley is our

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female main character. What kind of

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shifter?

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Wolf.

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I see. Okay. Listen, Suzanne. Right.

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There's so many different like I'm like

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you get like a red panda shifter.

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shifter.

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The tanuki. Is that what that's called?

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My husband would know. It's a Japanese

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I starts with a t.

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I I feel relatively confident because my

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I don't feel confident either way.

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So, um fun fact, our podcast is produced

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by Fight Entertainment.

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is a Tanuki.

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when I say Tuzuki, that feels very

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wrong. And I would bet

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with a little feta on it. Yeah, you get

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Your tuzuki your

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that you always have with lamb.

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Okay. So, it's a wolf.

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is not um shifters are not known in this

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world, right?

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They live in secret and separate sort of

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communities.

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Um but they're still part of their town.

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lot of ways. So Haley is our female main

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character and she's out for a jog and

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she is strictly human. We learn here

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that um she just moved to this town. She

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kind of picked it at random.

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stuff. So she's getting to know the town

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by going for a jog, whatever. And she

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sees like basically disaster it is

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happening in front of her where a little

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boy runs out in front of a car.

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And she immediately starts doing

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calculations and she's like, I'm too far

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away. Like this is about to be really

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bad when this guy comes like barreling

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out of nowhere and pushes the kid out of

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the way. But he gets hit. M

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and when he gets hit, he like rolls down

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this embankment and she's like, "Oh

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god." Like right past her. And so she

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runs after him and sees that he's fallen

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into the river. It's like, oh, horrible.

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Real swift, right?

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So, she's immediately like, I got to get

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him out. Like, that's that's what I got

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to do. I'm the closest one. And so she

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jumps in and is able to get him out and

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starts doing CPR until help arrives

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immediately. Like when the paramedics

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show up, another guy who is this person

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who we learn is his name is Cooper is

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the guy who got hit.

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Cooper's best friend Ethan shows up and

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he's like freaking out. The paramedics

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are like, "You're gonna have to follow

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us." Like it's clearly he's really

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really hurt. Like this is really bad.

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ambulance, Haley collapses

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because this is like

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cold. It's getting into the colder

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months, she just jumped into a river

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and, you know, hauled a dude who's

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probably twice her size. You know, she

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the exhaustion, the adrenaline, the

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listen, I'm would prefer it be that one.

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then I was like, "Oh, she fell out for

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the logical reasons."

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Yes. Yes. For like, "Oh my god." Yeah.

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She like, "Holy [ __ ] this just

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happened." Like crazy.

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So the best friend essentially catches

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her and is like, "I'm taking you to the

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hospital." And then she blacks out. So

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he follows the ambulance. She wakes up

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in the hospital. Um the best friend is

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there and he's like I just wanted to say

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like you don't understand what you've

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done for me, for my family, for our

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community. Like

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thank you so much for saving him. Like

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if you ever need anything, we are going

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to be there. Like every single one of

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us, you just say the word.

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And um Haley turns out got hypothermia

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um and a couple of other you know like

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exhaustion related things. So she's

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getting treated

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smaller lacerations if you will.

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the activity.

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A lot of jostling.

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A lot of jostling. That's it. Um and so

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the as Ethan I forgot to mention this is

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dual point of view which does matter at

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some points. But as Ethan is like

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earnestly like holding her hand like

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thank you so much. She's like is he

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hitting on me? Like what is happening?

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He's thanking me too emphatically. Like

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it feels

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deeper than just a thank you.

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A lot of eye contact. She's like,

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"Good sir, I have hypothermia."

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She's like, "Your hands are so warm."

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get a little closer. I'm freezing."

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"Hey, no worries. I just did what

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you know um I'm glad he's going to be

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okay cuz the best friend says like looks

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like he's going to fully recover like

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you got to blah blah blah.

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view. So he wakes up in the hospital as

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well. His sister is a doctor there and

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so um she's checking on him

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and Ethan comes in and Cooper

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immediately loses his [ __ ] He's like,

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"Why do you smell like my mate? Like,

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you're not my mate, obviously. So, where

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the [ __ ] is she?" And Ethan is like,

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maybe simmer down." Like,

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Ethan's like, "Good to see you alive,

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man.

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Happy happy to be here."

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I was just thanking your mate

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emphatically for saving your life.

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He's like, "Didn't know she was your

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mate. And even if I did know that, I

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figure you wouldn't want me to let her

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fall and get a concussion because you

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don't want me to touch her.

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You're welcome for bringing your mate to

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the hospital to get checked out and make

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sure she's fine.

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So Cooper's got like bruised ribs and a

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broken leg and all this stuff, but he's

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like, I got to go. She's here in the

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hospital. She's hurt. Like I got to get

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up. I got to go to her. Right. So while

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they live in secret, their mates can

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be human and not actually shifters as

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well.

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Yes. So we learn in later books cuz this

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is a series and it follows um Haley and

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her sisters um and then one of well the

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sister Cooper's sister Ila uh she gets a

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book too. Um and so does Ethan but um

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I mean Ethan deserves a book after all

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he's done already. He's very precious

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actually. So,

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um,

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yes, but we find out later in the lore

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that like you have to have some shifter

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DNA in there somewhere, but it

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trace amounts of shifter.

295
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Yeah. It could be generations and

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generations back.

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Someone had a shifter inside them

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generations ago and

299
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and so do you just a smaller one?

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I don't know. just a smaller shifter.

301
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Oh, Cooper might take offense to that.

302
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Oh no.

303
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Um,

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but Ethan basically is the voice of

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reason throughout all of this. And he's

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like, "Hey man, she thinks you're human.

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Your mate is human." And Cooper's like,

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"What? My what?" Like,

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cuz it's very, very rare. It's possible,

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but it's very rare. So, um,

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okay. He's like, "Oh." And so Ethan's

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like, "If you come hopping into her

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hospital room after she just watched you

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get hit by a truck and almost drown,

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she's going to freak out." Like, just to

316
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be clear, cuz he will heal all of this

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likely within a week

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um at most. And so he's already starting

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to feel better. I think we could deem

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Ethan's insight and judgment as intact.

321
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Yes. Yeah.

322
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As good.

323
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Yes. Which is why Ethan is the beta and

324
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Cooper is the alpha of this pack.

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I was I mean I was assuming that well

326
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the you don't know what you've done for

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me and my community. I'm like okay. So

328
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who is Cooper to their community? He's

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clearly like

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who is he going to be? He's going to be

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important somewhere. So that makes

332
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sense. He's the alpha of their pack.

333
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Yeah, that is a important role.

334
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Yes. And so, um,

335
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Cooper is like, "Fine, I guess, but I

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need you to watch her." He's like,

337
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"That's basically your only job right

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now is to make sure that she's safe."

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Because there's a lot of um like

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political tension right now within the

341
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pack and like with other packs in the

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area. And he's like, "If anybody were to

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find out that like my mate is human and

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unbonded and unprotected, like that

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could be really bad." So like he's

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freaking out, which I just like I love

347
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how quickly these books shift cuz I'm

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like, "Bro, 2 hours ago you didn't even

349
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know she was alive. She was as safe as

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could be and just like living her life."

351
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And now you're like, "I know of her

352
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existence. She's not safe anymore." And

353
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I'm like, "Wait, what?

354
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What?

355
00:14:18,639 --> 00:14:24,399
Nothing. Nothing has changed.

356
00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:26,240
No. No. Just the fact that you know, but

357
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maybe if you shut up about it, nobody

358
00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,720
else will know,

359
00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:31,120
right? And like maybe if only like you

360
00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,360
and Ethan and Ila keep this under wraps.

361
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Like

362
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Yeah. Everybody shut up. Like

363
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Yeah. It's not a huge safety concern.

364
00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:40,639
No. Um and actually, so I forgot to

365
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mention, which is not like super

366
00:14:40,639 --> 00:14:45,839
important for the story, but I thought

367
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was interesting. the his family

368
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basically owns like a huge construction

369
00:14:47,839 --> 00:14:51,440
business that is extremely

370
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well off.

371
00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,199
Okay.

372
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And so they have donated so much money

373
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to the local hospital that they

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basically have their own wing that's

375
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shifter only, which is why Leila works

376
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there.

377
00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:07,440
It's very rare they actually need

378
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services like that, but they can't have

379
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regular human doctors working on them

380
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when it does happen. Um, you know, I

381
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appreciate that detail cuz I feel like

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that is something that a lot of books

383
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would just like overlook and you're

384
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like, "Wait, what? How?" And they just

385
00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,839
don't notice and you're like, "Oh, no.

386
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This makes more sense." They have their

387
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own wing.

388
00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:28,000
Yeah. They're all shifters or mates of

389
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shifters or whatever. So, um, all the

390
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doctors and nurses in that part of the

391
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hospital. Um, so Haley, we're back to

392
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her. She gets released from the hospital

393
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and she is overwhelmed by the response

394
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from the town. She's literally like the

395
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town hero. Like she goes to get

396
00:15:44,399 --> 00:15:49,040
something to eat. People are picking up

397
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the bill. She tries to go to work. Her

398
00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:54,160
boss tells her, "No, absolutely not. You

399
00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,000
get as much time off as you need. You

400
00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:59,040
come back whenever you want." Like,

401
00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:02,320
so did she know who Cooper was before

402
00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:05,040
any of this? no idea cuz she literally

403
00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,600
like just moved here. Um,

404
00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,639
valid.

405
00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:15,360
And so she's like, "All right." Like um

406
00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:17,519
and um so she sees Ethan again, like

407
00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,680
he's bringing her some of her belongings

408
00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:21,920
and stuff that were left by the river

409
00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,759
and things like that, checking on her.

410
00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:27,680
Um, and he seems pretty nice, but

411
00:16:23,759 --> 00:16:30,000
overall she's just like shaken and is

412
00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:31,519
like, "Yeah, who did I save?" Because

413
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,240
people are losing their ever loving

414
00:16:31,519 --> 00:16:35,519
minds. Like he's he's it's just a dude.

415
00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:39,839
Yeah. You're like,

416
00:16:35,519 --> 00:16:42,320
it was just the kind human thing to do.

417
00:16:39,839 --> 00:16:44,560
I didn't know I was like saving someone

418
00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:46,720
important. I just like saw

419
00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,560
a tragedy and did what I could to help

420
00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,440
in that moment. And now my tab is

421
00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,160
getting picked up.

422
00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:55,040
Yeah. She's like, "Is he the mayor?"

423
00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:56,240
Like, "What is happening right now?" Um,

424
00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,320
and so, um,

425
00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:02,240
I mean, kind of if you think about it,

426
00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:04,480
a little bit. Yeah. Um, and so Cooper is

427
00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:07,280
having a really difficult time like

428
00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:10,240
being away from her because like the

429
00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:12,079
pull is so strong now that he knows that

430
00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,679
she is out there. Like it's really

431
00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:15,520
difficult

432
00:17:13,679 --> 00:17:19,679
her at some level.

433
00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:21,600
Yeah. So, I guess when she when he first

434
00:17:19,679 --> 00:17:23,199
was revived by the river, I guess he

435
00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,160
smelled her, but like he really smelled

436
00:17:23,199 --> 00:17:25,839
her on Ethan,

437
00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:28,079
which would also make sense because her

438
00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:29,760
mouth was on him like she was performing

439
00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:30,160
CPR. So,

440
00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,080
yeah,

441
00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,120
I guess that that could

442
00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,840
Mhm.

443
00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:40,320
awakened the pull of a mating bond.

444
00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:44,240
There it is. Yes. Yes. Um,

445
00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:45,760
so, um, he decides, his dad is very

446
00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:48,480
supportive. They're a very tight-knit

447
00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:50,559
family. And so after his dad kind of

448
00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:54,480
talks him down, he decides he's going to

449
00:17:50,559 --> 00:17:56,559
shift and go sleep outside her house. Um

450
00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:59,760
because he's like, "I know I can't be

451
00:17:56,559 --> 00:18:02,559
with her, but I can be like near her."

452
00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:05,440
Um and so

453
00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:07,520
um he is like formulating a plan to take

454
00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,520
it slow. How do I approach her? What

455
00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:13,039
does that look like? How do I tell her

456
00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:15,200
that I'm a shifter? like he's like

457
00:18:13,039 --> 00:18:18,559
really planning the next 3 to 5 years

458
00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:20,720
for them and she is like unaware.

459
00:18:18,559 --> 00:18:22,320
She's like, "Wow, I really saved someone

460
00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,640
important." Huh.

461
00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:27,919
Yeah, cool. I got an extra day off of

462
00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:30,480
work. That's nice. like

463
00:18:27,919 --> 00:18:34,240
um and so

464
00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:36,559
um he again he's like it is way too

465
00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:39,039
dangerous for her like for us to

466
00:18:36,559 --> 00:18:41,440
announce that I found my mate until we

467
00:18:39,039 --> 00:18:42,400
have like she's been marked and bonded

468
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:42,880
and all that stuff.

469
00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,280
Okay.

470
00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,480
Um and also his mom is going to go

471
00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,840
insane like

472
00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,840
that she's human

473
00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,760
or just in general. just in general,

474
00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,760
he's like she's immediately going to as

475
00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:56,160
soon as she knows she exists, she's

476
00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:58,240
going to start like fitting her for a

477
00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:01,039
dress and like asking when we're going

478
00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:03,200
to have babies and stuff. Um, and

479
00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:06,320
actually my next note is no one seems

480
00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:09,120
concerned that she's human. So in this

481
00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:13,200
community like

482
00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:15,760
faded mates is above all else. like it's

483
00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,240
possible to have like a chosen mate,

484
00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:21,679
okay?

485
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:24,960
But um for the most part, like 100%

486
00:19:21,679 --> 00:19:26,960
completely, it doesn't matter where they

487
00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,720
come from or what they look like. If

488
00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:32,160
they are your faded mate, they will be

489
00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:35,919
accepted by the community. Um

490
00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:37,600
and so yeah, he that's convenient.

491
00:19:35,919 --> 00:19:39,039
I always find books interest like

492
00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,240
because I remember I was talking about a

493
00:19:39,039 --> 00:19:43,600
book I don't think we ever reviewed it

494
00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:46,080
but talking about one off pod

495
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,840
a while back where like they were made

496
00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,679
like they like weren't attracted to

497
00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,039
their mate and like didn't even like end

498
00:19:49,679 --> 00:19:52,799
up with their like

499
00:19:51,039 --> 00:19:54,080
I don't know cuz so many of the books

500
00:19:52,799 --> 00:19:56,320
are like well we're made and like their

501
00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:58,640
scent is so incredible and I'm like

502
00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:00,480
yeah like what happens if you're like

503
00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,880
[ __ ] really them

504
00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,960
yeah so that does happen in some of the

505
00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:07,440
later books and that's part of why I

506
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,720
really enjoyed the series overall. Even

507
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,000
though there were a couple of things I

508
00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,600
wasn't a big fan of,

509
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:15,200
it was just really interesting. She did

510
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:18,960
like a rejected mate and like um a mate

511
00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:22,720
who was like really this guy like kind

512
00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:24,640
of energy. Um and so yeah, I just

513
00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,280
enjoyed like the range that we got from

514
00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,559
it, you know?

515
00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,960
Well, cuz I also feel like a lot of them

516
00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:30,640
will do like the

517
00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,880
we they were like fighting their

518
00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:35,280
attraction and then like something

519
00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:37,360
Yeah. switches or flips and they like

520
00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,440
suddenly realize it was their faded mate

521
00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:40,559
all along, but like something was like

522
00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,840
blocking them or whatever,

523
00:20:40,559 --> 00:20:46,080
blocking the channel for them to like

524
00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,840
have that. And I'm like, oh, I'm just

525
00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:50,240
always curious how different authors

526
00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,280
choose choose to write their own version

527
00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,039
of it.

528
00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,559
And so I do like this one where it's

529
00:20:53,039 --> 00:20:55,679
like, hey,

530
00:20:54,559 --> 00:20:56,480
they're faded.

531
00:20:55,679 --> 00:20:57,760
Yeah,

532
00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,559
that does

533
00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,960
that's it. Yeah, we're going to work

534
00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:06,159
through a lot for a faded mate. Yes.

535
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:08,080
Yeah. And so, um, that's like each one

536
00:21:06,159 --> 00:21:09,280
of these books in the series is like a

537
00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,840
different

538
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,880
like major trope, but I like her frame

539
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,919
on all of them. They're really

540
00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:17,360
interesting. Um, but

541
00:21:15,919 --> 00:21:19,520
and remind me of the author's name.

542
00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:20,480
Reese Breeden.

543
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,039
Breeden. Yep.

544
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:27,440
Yep. That's the one. Don't know how I

545
00:21:23,039 --> 00:21:29,760
forgot. So the next morning, Haley goes

546
00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:34,559
to step outside and she sees this

547
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:36,799
massive black wolf and um she's like,

548
00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:39,520
"It's really pretty.

549
00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:41,760
I should be much more frightened than I

550
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:44,559
am, but like she's like, "It's not

551
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:46,080
posturing at me. It's like several

552
00:21:44,559 --> 00:21:47,840
hundred feet away." Like,

553
00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:50,880
yeah, it it doesn't seem to currently be

554
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:52,320
posing a threat to me, but I should also

555
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,080
probably

556
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:57,360
be leerier. Yeah.

557
00:21:54,080 --> 00:22:00,559
Lerier is more leery.

558
00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,840
Oh, okay. Going to look that one up

559
00:22:00,559 --> 00:22:03,760
later.

560
00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,440
Be more hesitant.

561
00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,039
Cautious. Be more cautious than I

562
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,159
currently am.

563
00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:10,000
Um, so

564
00:22:08,159 --> 00:22:12,159
I know how to use those grammatically.

565
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,000
Trepidacious.

566
00:22:12,159 --> 00:22:16,080
Um,

567
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,039
so she just writes the wolf off. She's

568
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,120
like, "Oh, I didn't know there were

569
00:22:17,039 --> 00:22:21,760
wolves in the area. I will be more

570
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:25,520
mindful on my runs." And goes to the

571
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:29,600
hardware store. So the house that she

572
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:32,480
bought is a big Victorian and she her

573
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:34,320
dream is to turn it into a B&B.

574
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,960
So she works as an accountant.

575
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,360
Okay.

576
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,679
Um but that's the dream is to start her

577
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:41,600
own B&B. So the place needs a lot of

578
00:22:39,679 --> 00:22:43,200
work and so she's, you know, doing her

579
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:47,039
thing in the hardware store and Ethan

580
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:49,840
shows up. Um and he gets very weird.

581
00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:53,280
He's like a bed and breakfast like

582
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:56,240
strangers in your house. Oh. Oh, he's

583
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:58,640
like, "Okay." She's like, "This dude is

584
00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:01,360
[ __ ] weird." Like, she's like, "Yeah,

585
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,400
it's a normal business model. I didn't

586
00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,799
invent it."

587
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:07,679
The the bed part of a bed and breakfast

588
00:23:04,799 --> 00:23:10,400
is pretty important. It's the first bee,

589
00:23:07,679 --> 00:23:12,240
bud. Like, you know, she's like,

590
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,240
if they don't sleep there and they just

591
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,760
come for breakfast, it's just a

592
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,600
restaurant.

593
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,240
It's just Jay Christopher's at that

594
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:23,200
point, you know?

595
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:27,480
It's just a restaurant I sleep in. H

596
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,480
just a J Christopher.

597
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:36,400
That was a deep cut. That was deep. All

598
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,080
right. But for those it lands with,

599
00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:41,840
it'll land so well.

600
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:45,200
Yeah. Yeah. Which I feel like is the

601
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:46,880
secondary tagline of our entire podcast.

602
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:50,559
Maybe our entire being.

603
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:51,039
Yes. That too. Not even not even podcast

604
00:23:50,559 --> 00:23:56,640
related

605
00:23:51,039 --> 00:23:59,039
that too. Yeah. Um Yeah. So Ethan, she's

606
00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,080
still like, "What is this dude's deal?

607
00:23:59,039 --> 00:24:02,480
This is so weird, bro."

608
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,640
And she's like leaving and driving away.

609
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:07,919
He like helps her load her car and stuff

610
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:12,000
and she's like almost home and she's

611
00:24:07,919 --> 00:24:14,799
like, "Ethan didn't buy anything.

612
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:17,919
What is happening?" She's like, "I don't

613
00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:21,919
like it. I don't like it." But then

614
00:24:17,919 --> 00:24:23,520
I Okay, I appreciate that she has

615
00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:26,799
situational awareness.

616
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:30,080
Yes. Yeah. She's like again, is he

617
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:32,720
hitting on me? Was the whole like we are

618
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,799
forever in your debt thing like a real

619
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,960
life thing? Do these people believe?

620
00:24:34,799 --> 00:24:38,320
I just thought he was grateful. I didn't

621
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,919
think that meant he was going to follow

622
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,720
me around to different stores and help

623
00:24:39,919 --> 00:24:43,919
me load my car.

624
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:47,840
I didn't know he was going to be my

625
00:24:43,919 --> 00:24:50,240
personal assistant. Um, so then a few

626
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,400
days later when um, Haley is back at

627
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:56,400
work, Cooper's mom shows up at her

628
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:57,760
office um, and is absolutely

629
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,960
she's just at like a local accounting

630
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,600
firm in town.

631
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,919
Yeah. Um, so

632
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:06,320
mom is just absolutely like gushing with

633
00:25:03,919 --> 00:25:08,880
gratitude like, "Let me take you out to

634
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:11,760
coffee. Like, let me do this." And Haley

635
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:15,760
is like, "No, thank you." She's like,

636
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:17,120
"Wow." But the mom is like, "Well, I

637
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,480
know you can't just leave work right

638
00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:20,880
now. I understand that." But it's

639
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,559
actually Cooper's sister's birthday

640
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,679
coming up. You're coming to that. You're

641
00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:25,919
gonna come to the party. You're

642
00:25:23,679 --> 00:25:28,640
So, does mom already know it's his mate?

643
00:25:25,919 --> 00:25:30,159
No. Mom is just

644
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,159
This is just her energy.

645
00:25:30,159 --> 00:25:35,120
She's just so much. Yeah. Throughout all

646
00:25:32,159 --> 00:25:37,360
of it, she's so much. Um, and so, but

647
00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:39,039
Haley also, she hasn't really made any

648
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:41,520
friends yet. And so, she's like, "All

649
00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:43,440
right, like I'll go to this this woman's

650
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:45,440
birthday." like that sounds nice, you

651
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,880
know, um

652
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,440
you know, going to the party. He's like,

653
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:51,279
"So, how do you know the birthday girl?"

654
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:54,480
Okay, so like a couple weeks ago, her

655
00:25:51,279 --> 00:25:55,039
brother almost died. I'm the one who

656
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,679
saved him.

657
00:25:55,039 --> 00:26:00,159
Yeah. Do you read the paper about how he

658
00:25:57,679 --> 00:26:01,200
fell in the river? That was me that got

659
00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:04,159
him out of the river.

660
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:07,159
When it said someone did CPR, I was the

661
00:26:04,159 --> 00:26:07,159
someone.

662
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:13,039
Yes. Um, and she's like, people are

663
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:15,679
sending her flowers and like it's really

664
00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:17,679
a lot and she's really like does not

665
00:26:15,679 --> 00:26:19,760
understand what's happening. But

666
00:26:17,679 --> 00:26:22,320
then the sheriff shows up. His name is

667
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,960
Marcus. They are friends. Haley and

668
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:27,120
Marcus are friends. Okay. And the mom

669
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,840
kind of gets a little like side eye

670
00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:31,360
because um Marcus like brings her a

671
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,440
coffee. He's like, "I was checking on

672
00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:35,679
you. How are you doing?" And the mom

673
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:38,240
immediately is like, "Oh, obviously."

674
00:26:35,679 --> 00:26:39,440
Like I see.

675
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,120
a little something something.

676
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,320
Yeah. So, when she was inviting her, it

677
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:44,720
was just out of gratitude. It wasn't

678
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,000
even to like set her up with Cooper. It

679
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,880
was just like, "You don't know people.

680
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,360
You're new."

681
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,360
Yeah.

682
00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:50,640
We love you so much for what you did.

683
00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:51,279
Come to this birthday.

684
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,520
Yeah.

685
00:26:51,279 --> 00:26:54,240
And now she's like, "Okay." So, her and

686
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,720
the sheriff,

687
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:59,279
she's like, "I do like Marcus. He's a

688
00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:03,600
very handsome man." Like, as soon as he

689
00:26:59,279 --> 00:27:05,360
leaves and Haley is like, "Okay."

690
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:08,960
Um,

691
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:12,080
so it's now 3 weeks after the accident

692
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:15,679
and Cooper is finally going to go meet

693
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:17,840
Haley. He's got like a a boot on or a

694
00:27:15,679 --> 00:27:20,480
cast or whatever on one leg, but he's

695
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:22,080
like, "She'll never know." Oh, like she

696
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,600
won't understand. Like, I'll just tell

697
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,520
her it wasn't as bad as everybody

698
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:29,919
thought. Like, Mhm.

699
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:31,279
3 weeks later, your neardeath accident,

700
00:27:29,919 --> 00:27:33,360
you're down to a boot.

701
00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:37,039
Yeah. All your internal bleeding and

702
00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:38,720
organs are just no problem.

703
00:27:37,039 --> 00:27:40,880
I mean, here's the thing. It sounds

704
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:43,440
silly, but I also know you recently had

705
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,279
emergency gallbladder surgery. And when

706
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:48,159
you showed up at my house, like within a

707
00:27:45,279 --> 00:27:51,520
couple weeks, I was like, she looks far

708
00:27:48,159 --> 00:27:52,880
perkier than I anticipated. So, maybe

709
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,960
Cooper's on to something.

710
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,000
Maybe. So, maybe so. Um,

711
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:59,840
so glad you're well.

712
00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:02,720
Thank you. Me, too. Um, I still do have

713
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:04,720
random twinges and it's like the the

714
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,799
final sutures are going away, but it's

715
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:09,360
really only when I'm laying down at

716
00:28:06,799 --> 00:28:11,919
night if I like move certain ways. So, I

717
00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:13,520
kind of forget. Yeah. Right. Exactly.

718
00:28:11,919 --> 00:28:14,880
I'm like,

719
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,640
you literally text me that you were

720
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:20,159
having like emergency surgery and then

721
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:23,200
the next time I saw you, I'm like, "Oh,

722
00:28:20,159 --> 00:28:25,919
did do I have a misunderstanding of what

723
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:28,000
emergency surgery entails?" because

724
00:28:25,919 --> 00:28:29,520
Hannah's just

725
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,440
back up and moving.

726
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,520
Yeah. Yeah. The first week was rough,

727
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:37,279
but after that it was really fine.

728
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:38,960
Um, and oh my gosh. So, because I no

729
00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:40,960
longer have a gallbladder, as we have

730
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:44,399
discussed, certain foods don't sit very

731
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:46,159
well anymore. And Matt, I got really

732
00:28:44,399 --> 00:28:49,120
upset one day cuz I can't drink coffee

733
00:28:46,159 --> 00:28:50,320
anymore. And the next day, Matt came

734
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,919
home and he was like, "I did some

735
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,720
research and I found you these

736
00:28:51,919 --> 00:28:56,799
supplements at a shop in town. They are

737
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:59,120
gallbladder enzymes that are supposed to

738
00:28:56,799 --> 00:29:00,480
help you so that you and so he keeps

739
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,159
asking me he's like, "Have you tried the

740
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,600
coffee yet?" And I'm like, "Still no

741
00:29:02,159 --> 00:29:05,200
because I haven't had a day where I'm

742
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,640
just at home."

743
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,760
You're like, "I'm not going to chance it

744
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,200
on a work day."

745
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,480
Right. I'm not going to chance it before

746
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,679
I go to Chelsea's.

747
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:15,200
Also, have you tried mushroom coffee?

748
00:29:13,679 --> 00:29:17,840
No, but I've been doing a lot of reading

749
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:21,520
about it. Yeah. Yeah, I may try that

750
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:23,760
out. I also guess like not consuming

751
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,360
lots of caffeine is probably better for

752
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,159
all of us instead of finding other

753
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:26,960
alternatives.

754
00:29:26,159 --> 00:29:28,720
Yeah.

755
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:32,320
Through which we can mainline it.

756
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:33,520
Yeah. Yeah. Um I I am trying all

757
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,039
different sorts of things right now. But

758
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,960
that was just so cute that he was like

759
00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:39,039
so excited to to bring that home.

760
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:42,720
Your husband is the most precious.

761
00:29:39,039 --> 00:29:43,600
I know. He is the purest person.

762
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:47,360
I know.

763
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:48,880
Yeah. cuz he text me for the first like

764
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,039
he and I had never Why would we be

765
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:53,200
texting, right? We've literally never

766
00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:55,760
actually been in the same room, right?

767
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:57,919
Uh but when you were having your

768
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,840
surgery, it was funny cuz you told me he

769
00:29:57,919 --> 00:30:01,760
would be texting me at some point and I

770
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,919
was like, "Okay, sure." Like I know

771
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,679
you're having surgery.

772
00:30:03,919 --> 00:30:07,279
Okay. Like I appreciate. Well, I was

773
00:30:05,679 --> 00:30:10,320
like, if something's really bad and I

774
00:30:07,279 --> 00:30:11,600
can't go back to work and I can't text,

775
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,279
but the way in which she text, she's

776
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:15,360
like, I'm so sorry it's taken me so long

777
00:30:13,279 --> 00:30:17,520
to reach out. And in my head, I'm like,

778
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:19,919
what?

779
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:21,840
Matt, nothing. There was nothing to

780
00:30:19,919 --> 00:30:24,240
reach out about sooner, my dear. Like,

781
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:26,320
oh my gosh, why are you apologizing?

782
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,480
Your wife is having emergencies.

783
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:30,000
I probably didn't communicate very well

784
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:32,080
about like that. It really wasn't that

785
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:35,360
deep. Like, it was really only if things

786
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:38,320
got bad. I Because I was pretty high.

787
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:42,159
You were on a lot of pain meds.

788
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:44,240
Oh god. Cooper did not get to have that

789
00:30:42,159 --> 00:30:45,760
experience of being super high on lots

790
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:48,240
of drugs. He's really fine.

791
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,360
Well, I bet they metabolize pain meds

792
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,640
differently anyway.

793
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,240
They probably do.

794
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,080
Probably burn through them too fast.

795
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:56,480
Mhm. Like I feel like

796
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:58,080
I forget what Shifter series I was

797
00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,480
reading, but they were like had to have

798
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:02,799
like special alcohol cuz they like

799
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:04,880
couldn't get drunk off normal stuff cuz

800
00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:07,840
their body processed it too quickly.

801
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:09,279
Mhm. The Honey Badger Shifter series

802
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,840
that I read.

803
00:31:09,279 --> 00:31:15,440
Forgot about that one. Um, the honey

804
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:18,640
badger shifters have to do special uh

805
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:21,039
like vodka that's laced with snake venom

806
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:23,120
because their metabolisms are so crazy

807
00:31:21,039 --> 00:31:25,760
as honey badgers that they just process

808
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:29,360
alcohol like nothing and most poisons

809
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:31,200
generally like nothing. And so they have

810
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,120
to lace their alcohol.

811
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,640
Snake venom poison

812
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,320
literally.

813
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,480
Um, but anyway,

814
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:41,519
and isn't that a great metaphor for

815
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:44,320
Oh god.

816
00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:47,120
I don't want any more metaphors.

817
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:48,960
I just want a silly shifter thing. I

818
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,559
just want to have a glass of wine and

819
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:55,600
not feel guilt about it.

820
00:31:50,559 --> 00:31:57,760
Yes. Um but um so he decides he's going

821
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,279
to go to her house because she's

822
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:02,000
renovating the whole thing, right? So

823
00:31:59,279 --> 00:32:03,760
she's going to need contractors. He is

824
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,360
part of a contracting company.

825
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:08,159
Oh, hey, it just happened to hear you

826
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:11,760
might need a contractor. Let's see. Well

827
00:32:08,159 --> 00:32:13,919
played. And so, um, he is like, as soon

828
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,679
as he starts talking to her, it's a

829
00:32:13,919 --> 00:32:17,440
little bit golden retrievery where

830
00:32:15,679 --> 00:32:19,360
everything she does is like the most

831
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:22,000
incredible thing he's ever seen. He's

832
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:24,399
like, "Oh my god, that little hair

833
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,919
falling out of her ponytail is the most

834
00:32:24,399 --> 00:32:28,880
incredible thing that I've ever

835
00:32:25,919 --> 00:32:30,640
experienced." Um, I wish I could just

836
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,440
tuck it back behind her ear for her, but

837
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,080
it's too soon.

838
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:35,679
Yeah. He's like, "Don't be weird. Put

839
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,640
your hands in your pockets. Don't touch

840
00:32:35,679 --> 00:32:38,559
her."

841
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:43,120
Yes. Probably. That probably was a line

842
00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:44,799
in there. Um, but he is like getting to

843
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,600
know her a little bit better, learns

844
00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:51,600
that, you know, she's single, um, that

845
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:53,519
she's new to town. And for some reason,

846
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:56,480
as he's like going to leave, cuz they

847
00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:57,919
agree like he's going to be by each day

848
00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:01,039
to work on the house and he's cutting

849
00:32:57,919 --> 00:33:02,559
her and deal, whatever. He like goes to

850
00:33:01,039 --> 00:33:04,559
leave and then he's like, "I can't do

851
00:33:02,559 --> 00:33:06,880
it." And turns around and just like

852
00:33:04,559 --> 00:33:08,320
kisses the [ __ ] out of her. And then

853
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,159
he's like, "Okay, I'll see you

854
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:13,720
tomorrow." And like gets in his truck

855
00:33:10,159 --> 00:33:13,720
and goes home.

856
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,679
So then

857
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,760
she's like, "People show their

858
00:33:17,679 --> 00:33:20,640
appreciation in such weird ways in this

859
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,640
town."

860
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:25,519
She's like, "Seems like there's some

861
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,159
cultural differences, you know?" So the

862
00:33:25,519 --> 00:33:29,120
next day

863
00:33:26,159 --> 00:33:32,240
also where did she like where is this?

864
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:36,720
So it's not clear. It seems like maybe

865
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:38,799
the Northwest like it's got sort of like

866
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,600
Pacific Northwest.

867
00:33:38,799 --> 00:33:41,039
Yeah.

868
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,039
Did she move from somewhere in the

869
00:33:41,039 --> 00:33:43,840
Northwest? Do we know why she up and

870
00:33:43,039 --> 00:33:44,559
relocated?

871
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,039
Not yet.

872
00:33:44,559 --> 00:33:47,600
Okay.

873
00:33:45,039 --> 00:33:48,559
So, she moved like clear across the

874
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,320
country.

875
00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:52,159
Um but

876
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:54,399
she didn't just move like 30 minutes

877
00:33:52,159 --> 00:33:58,320
over from the next town. She literally

878
00:33:54,399 --> 00:34:00,960
left everything behind. And um that's

879
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:04,240
part of I skated over when the sheriff

880
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:06,399
brings her coffee. She's like, "Oh, his

881
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:08,879
mom thinks we're together. She doesn't

882
00:34:06,399 --> 00:34:10,000
realize like there's more going on

883
00:34:08,879 --> 00:34:10,720
here." Like,

884
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,800
yeah,

885
00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:15,599
it it could be bad that my name was in

886
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:17,679
the paper cuz they did like a story on

887
00:34:15,599 --> 00:34:19,599
her while she was in the hospital. But

888
00:34:17,679 --> 00:34:21,839
like we don't have we don't know

889
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:24,879
anything else except she moved. just

890
00:34:21,839 --> 00:34:26,800
there's some like light hinting at like

891
00:34:24,879 --> 00:34:29,200
the reason she moved across the country

892
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,720
was not just for a change of scenery.

893
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:33,200
Yes. And she doesn't like that her name

894
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:36,000
was in the paper, but what is she going

895
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:37,760
to do about it? You know, um

896
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,800
let Cooper die next time then.

897
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:43,679
Yeah. Right. Just stand by. There were

898
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:45,839
other people there. Um

899
00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:46,800
someone else would have given him CPR

900
00:34:45,839 --> 00:34:48,639
eventually.

901
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:51,760
It's the bystander effect. Everybody

902
00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:53,679
look it up. It's not real. Actually, all

903
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,720
subsequent research indicated it's not

904
00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:57,680
real.

905
00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:59,280
I like that you mentioned it and then

906
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,880
immediately disputed it.

907
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:06,200
I mentioned it and then I was like, "Oh

908
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:06,200
no, I'm perpetuating the lies."

909
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,119
Anyway,

910
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,680
way to hold yourself accountable,

911
00:35:11,119 --> 00:35:13,760
Hannah.

912
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:17,680
Thank you very much. We practice

913
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:19,280
rigorous honesty. So the next day he

914
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,119
shows up to her office to take her out

915
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:24,160
to lunch so they can continue to discuss

916
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:27,760
like the plans for the house and they

917
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:30,560
talk about siblings. Haley, so Cooper

918
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,359
has two brothers and a sister.

919
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,760
Okay.

920
00:35:31,359 --> 00:35:34,320
Um he is the second oldest.

921
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:38,160
Oh,

922
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:42,160
yep. And his older brother has been kind

923
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:45,280
of gone. like he just sort of up and

924
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:49,200
left and we it's not explained here yet,

925
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,599
but he's been gone for like 2 years. Um,

926
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,520
so

927
00:35:49,599 --> 00:35:53,359
did we review another shifter romance

928
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,119
where they were like twin brothers and

929
00:35:53,359 --> 00:35:56,880
then the one was pretending to be the

930
00:35:55,119 --> 00:35:58,880
other one that whole time?

931
00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:00,480
Yeah, I think we did.

932
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:04,079
The name is escaping me.

933
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,400
Yeah. Well, cuz the one Oh, I did it,

934
00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:05,119
too.

935
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,000
You did? Yeah.

936
00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:10,960
Son of a bulldog.

937
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,079
It's gone. It'll come to me at like two

938
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,640
son of a bulldog.

939
00:36:12,079 --> 00:36:14,720
Thank you.

940
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,880
I was recently thinking about now that

941
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:18,720
my son parrots what I say a little more

942
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:22,000
readily.

943
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:23,839
I was like what creative swear words can

944
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:26,000
I start

945
00:36:23,839 --> 00:36:29,520
utilizing? There's always Matt's

946
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:33,599
favorite which is pickles been uh odd

947
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:34,240
doodles has. That's very good. That's

948
00:36:33,599 --> 00:36:37,119
very good.

949
00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:39,200
Well, a song came up on uh Spotify and I

950
00:36:37,119 --> 00:36:40,800
forget the artist name. I should look it

951
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:44,320
up and remember it. But the whole thing

952
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:47,320
is like the doodles I'd undo.

953
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,320
Yes.

954
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:52,480
One for the dent in the rental car, one

955
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:54,720
for the joke that I took too far. Like

956
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,400
the doodles I'd undo is the whole

957
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:58,400
That's so cute. It really is.

958
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,480
I really like that. I really like that.

959
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,680
But it is inspired my like ah doodles.

960
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,119
It works so well with a

961
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:06,880
2-year-old.

962
00:37:03,119 --> 00:37:10,160
Um, so I So all of Cooper's siblings and

963
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:13,119
all of Haley's siblings get a book. Um,

964
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:15,040
so Cooper is explaining his people. Um,

965
00:37:13,119 --> 00:37:17,599
and then Haley shares that she actually

966
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:20,720
has an identical twin sister. She has

967
00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:23,280
another sister and a brother, but she

968
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:26,000
kind of throws out there that, um, she

969
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,760
hasn't really seen them in a while. Um,

970
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:30,000
but she's really hoping she's going to

971
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:31,599
be able to see them soon. And like

972
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:35,680
Cooper can tell she's getting a little

973
00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:36,880
bit like down and so he's like something

974
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,560
else.

975
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,240
There's more at play here.

976
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,160
Yeah. But he kind of brushes it aside

977
00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:45,920
cuz he's just like so happy to be in her

978
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:48,400
presence. So Cooper um shows to her

979
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:50,400
house daily before the crew and the two

980
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,079
of them have coffee. It's very cute.

981
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:54,079
He's like sticking to his plan to take

982
00:37:52,079 --> 00:37:57,520
it slow even though he randomly started

983
00:37:54,079 --> 00:37:59,280
making out with her before this. Um,

984
00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,680
got to let her know you're interested.

985
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,880
Right.

986
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:04,160
Right. Right. Right. And then you got to

987
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:06,240
Yeah. You can't No.

988
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:08,480
And then you got to back off after that.

989
00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:10,720
Yeah. Just to send the most mixed

990
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:12,000
signals so she has no idea what's going

991
00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:16,000
on.

992
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:18,880
Yeah. I mean, I do feel like

993
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,200
walking it back to morning coffee.

994
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,720
Yeah.

995
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,240
I feel like we like start with morning

996
00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:22,560
coffee then grow

997
00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:23,760
Yeah.

998
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:26,160
to the the kids.

999
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,839
Ideally. Ideally. So, it's been now a

1000
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,320
couple of weeks of this.

1001
00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:32,000
Oh.

1002
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:33,920
And so, then he tells her that um he'd

1003
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,119
like to make her dinner

1004
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:38,240
that night.

1005
00:38:35,119 --> 00:38:42,560
And so, it's a very cute little meal

1006
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:45,119
together. And he tells her or no, he's

1007
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:48,640
been he's thinking about like he has no

1008
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:50,480
love life at all. Like he is like purely

1009
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:53,280
virginal because he has been waiting for

1010
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:56,079
his mate. He didn't ever want to bring

1011
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:58,640
in a mate. and then have them have to

1012
00:38:56,079 --> 00:39:00,000
deal with like pack members that he'd

1013
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:02,960
slept with and stuff like that.

1014
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:05,680
Did he write I kiss dating goodbye?

1015
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:08,320
No.

1016
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:11,320
He could have though. Probably.

1017
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,320
Yeah.

1018
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:20,960
Unrelated, but did you RIP James Dobson?

1019
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:23,440
He just passed recently.

1020
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:25,599
He did. I know

1021
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,480
the memes have been

1022
00:39:25,599 --> 00:39:27,599
superb,

1023
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,160
joyful,

1024
00:39:27,599 --> 00:39:31,760
horrible, and hilarious.

1025
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:34,320
Yeah. Yeah.

1026
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:39,200
The contempt felt around the world for

1027
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:41,440
that man could like power a town.

1028
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:47,079
Like if you could harness it, Allah

1029
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:47,079
screams or laughter in Monsters, Inc.

1030
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:52,880
Yeah. Everyone started going, "Take the

1031
00:39:49,359 --> 00:39:55,880
shackles off.

1032
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,880
Yes.

1033
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:01,839
And if you're wondering what we're

1034
00:39:59,599 --> 00:40:03,599
referencing, we did also recently have a

1035
00:40:01,839 --> 00:40:06,880
Veggie Tales SM.

1036
00:40:03,599 --> 00:40:08,800
We did. We did.

1037
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,240
Yeah.

1038
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,560
We're really happy you're all here with

1039
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:12,000
us.

1040
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,880
Yeah. Thanks for going on this journey

1041
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:19,280
with us.

1042
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:21,839
It's been a good one, I think. Um so um

1043
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:26,160
after dinner they do wind up having kind

1044
00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:30,160
of a a steamy make out session but

1045
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:32,560
um he's like hey I need to leave before

1046
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,839
I do something ungentlemanly like he

1047
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,680
starts to pull back

1048
00:40:33,839 --> 00:40:38,960
and she's like who says I want you to be

1049
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:40,720
a gentleman or whatever. So then

1050
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,480
fingering to completion

1051
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:44,400
like or spiritually she said something

1052
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,960
of that nature and got fingered to

1053
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:48,640
completion.

1054
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:52,640
Yeah. Um lots of dirty talk kind of like

1055
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:54,720
domish like more top energy I guess. Um

1056
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:57,119
big focus on consent like tell me what

1057
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:58,800
you want, tell me where you want it,

1058
00:40:57,119 --> 00:41:00,880
like say it out loud, that kind of

1059
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:04,319
stuff. Um

1060
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:07,200
and Haley goes to return the favor. Um,

1061
00:41:04,319 --> 00:41:09,920
but Cooper's like, "No, we need to

1062
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:14,480
wait." And she's like,

1063
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:16,640
"Dudes are so weird in this town.

1064
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:19,280
What are you people doing?" I am

1065
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:22,000
literally offering I was listening to a

1066
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:24,480
podcast and they were talking about um

1067
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:26,400
like the decrease in sexual activity in

1068
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,240
Gen Z or something like that. And

1069
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,839
somebody one of the hosts was like,

1070
00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:32,319
"Yeah." So they were like, "They're not

1071
00:41:29,839 --> 00:41:34,880
having sex." But they didn't specify

1072
00:41:32,319 --> 00:41:37,920
what kind of sex. Like, you know, a

1073
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:39,760
Yankee and a mouth job. They like that's

1074
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:42,319
those weren't options. And the co-host

1075
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:46,560
was like, "I'm sorry. A what and a who?

1076
00:41:42,319 --> 00:41:49,119
Like what? What are you saying?"

1077
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:51,520
And I thought of you. Thank you. I'm

1078
00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:53,599
honored to be thought of in that moment.

1079
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:55,200
That is a hilarious

1080
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:56,640
way to wear that. Also a fascinating

1081
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,400
trend that I didn't know about.

1082
00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:00,400
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And but I do think

1083
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,920
that is also a valid question of like

1084
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,760
what?

1085
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:06,400
Yeah. Well, not even what changed, what

1086
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:09,200
constitutes his sex in that study

1087
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,839
because yes, a Yankee and a mouth job,

1088
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,119
wasn't it?

1089
00:42:09,839 --> 00:42:12,960
Yeah, a mouth job.

1090
00:42:11,119 --> 00:42:16,640
That does unfortunately feel like how I

1091
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:18,880
would refer to it.

1092
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:22,880
And now I will moving forward.

1093
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:24,319
I love that we have new vernacular. Um,

1094
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,280
but no, that is a fascinating

1095
00:42:24,319 --> 00:42:27,280
it is really interesting.

1096
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,960
Why Why is it decreasing? Is that what

1097
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,400
they were? So, they were kind of talking

1098
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,800
about that, but they were also talking

1099
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:35,119
about the flaws in the studies. And so,

1100
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,880
a lot of what's been reported has maybe

1101
00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:39,520
been a little bit skewed and maybe a

1102
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:41,599
little bit like fear-mongery and like,

1103
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:43,599
you know, what's the real information?

1104
00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:46,000
And also, does it matter? Like, if they

1105
00:42:43,599 --> 00:42:48,880
don't want to have sex and they aren't

1106
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:50,800
having sex, why are we worried about it?

1107
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,599
Probably because of the declining birth

1108
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,359
rate,

1109
00:42:51,599 --> 00:42:53,920
which is a separate issue.

1110
00:42:53,359 --> 00:42:57,720
Yeah. I'm

1111
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,720
also the same issue.

1112
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,520
Oh my god.

1113
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:14,800
Yeah. Well, and also like and I think we

1114
00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:17,520
like I grew up with a girl who straight

1115
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:19,119
up was like, "Yeah,

1116
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,880
my boyfriend and I have anal all the

1117
00:43:19,119 --> 00:43:23,680
time, but like I'm still a virgin."

1118
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:25,440
Right? And I'm like, "Okay, well, so if

1119
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:28,079
that's how we're we're quantifying that

1120
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:30,319
score and they ask you in the survey,

1121
00:43:28,079 --> 00:43:30,960
there is going to be a decrease in sex

1122
00:43:30,319 --> 00:43:31,839
reported."

1123
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,599
Mhm.

1124
00:43:31,839 --> 00:43:37,800
Even though you're telling me that went

1125
00:43:33,599 --> 00:43:37,800
down in the Ross dressing room,

1126
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:45,240
but sex for Jesus in the Ross dressing

1127
00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:45,240
room.

1128
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:50,560
It's for the Lord.

1129
00:43:48,319 --> 00:43:53,599
This is has nothing to do with the Lord.

1130
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:54,400
Cooper. Cooper is trying to keep control

1131
00:43:53,599 --> 00:43:56,960
of himself.

1132
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:58,640
But also, stop.

1133
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,440
You just fingered her to completion.

1134
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:01,359
I know,

1135
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:03,440
bro. You want that [ __ ]

1136
00:44:01,359 --> 00:44:03,920
Let her blow you.

1137
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,160
So,

1138
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:08,160
why am I trying to convince him?

1139
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:10,079
Well, she's also trying to convince him

1140
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,440
throughout the book, which gets tedious

1141
00:44:10,079 --> 00:44:13,119
at some point, but

1142
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,240
So, this isn't like a one-off. This is

1143
00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:14,640
just like his inner

1144
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:15,359
Yeah.

1145
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,440
Oh, okay.

1146
00:44:15,359 --> 00:44:21,839
So, the next morning, Cooper picks up

1147
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:23,520
Haley for a hike. Um, and um, Haley,

1148
00:44:21,839 --> 00:44:25,440
we're in her point of view now, and

1149
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:27,040
she's trying not to get too attached.

1150
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,960
She's like,

1151
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,319
she should get attached. I mean, she

1152
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:32,480
doesn't she doesn't know that yet, but

1153
00:44:30,319 --> 00:44:33,760
like I get her hesitency. And I'm like,

1154
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:37,760
girl,

1155
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:41,760
she's like, I this can just be a s like

1156
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:44,079
a a summer fling or whatever. I forgot

1157
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:45,520
it's cold outside. Um,

1158
00:44:44,079 --> 00:44:49,920
well, they did move to the north.

1159
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:52,640
They did. Um, and so she is, um, you

1160
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:56,000
know, trying to be cool and everything.

1161
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:58,640
Um, but he's very sweet and very

1162
00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:00,880
attentive. He's very gentle with her.

1163
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:03,040
And, you know, they talk about work and

1164
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:05,280
she actually realizes she's doing some

1165
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:06,319
work for Cooper's dad, like for their

1166
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:10,400
business.

1167
00:45:06,319 --> 00:45:12,560
Um, and they're going to go like on a

1168
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:14,720
work conference, and turns out like

1169
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:19,760
Cooper is also on that conference. It's

1170
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:22,800
like a big deal. Um, and um, Haley is

1171
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:26,079
like starting to feel a little bit like

1172
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:27,920
an idiot because she is so into him and

1173
00:45:26,079 --> 00:45:30,319
he keeps like putting the brakes on

1174
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:31,839
things and so she's like, I really need

1175
00:45:30,319 --> 00:45:34,480
to temper myself here.

1176
00:45:31,839 --> 00:45:35,680
Well, it's such mixed signals even

1177
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,599
though like I don't

1178
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:39,280
I don't believe Cooper understands that

1179
00:45:37,599 --> 00:45:40,560
he's giving

1180
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,520
mixed energy.

1181
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,119
No, he doesn't.

1182
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:46,000
He like thinks he's being like honorable

1183
00:45:43,119 --> 00:45:48,640
and respectful and like and keeping her

1184
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:51,200
safe so people won't know that like you

1185
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:53,280
know make her a target or whatever. Um

1186
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:57,280
and they have a nice just a really nice

1187
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:59,040
time. Um and then um this is the first

1188
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:01,040
introduction of the nickname princess

1189
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:02,640
that we have throughout. Um

1190
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:04,560
okay. It feels like it took a while.

1191
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:07,359
It did take a while. It was a slow build

1192
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:10,480
for that. And then Haley and Ila, the

1193
00:46:07,359 --> 00:46:13,359
sister, um later on they're bonding. Um,

1194
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:16,560
they go for a night out and Haley

1195
00:46:13,359 --> 00:46:20,240
reveals to Ila that she's been hiding

1196
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:22,160
from a violent stalker ex, which is why

1197
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:24,960
she moved across the country and even

1198
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:28,480
her family doesn't know where she is.

1199
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:31,040
Um, and so she's like, you know, please

1200
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:32,720
don't tell Cooper. Like, I don't want to

1201
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,960
scare him off or freak him out. Like,

1202
00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:37,920
I'll tell him in my own time. This

1203
00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:40,960
doesn't feel like something that Ila

1204
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:43,520
should keep a secret. It's not. But

1205
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:45,200
that's why the sheriff checks on her all

1206
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:47,440
the time because the first thing she did

1207
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:50,079
when she got to town was introduce

1208
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:52,880
herself to the sheriff and tell him the

1209
00:46:50,079 --> 00:46:56,000
situation. So, she's more thinking from

1210
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:59,280
like a romantic standpoint. They've

1211
00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:01,520
known each other for like a couple of

1212
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:03,680
months maybe. They're like

1213
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:06,000
just starting to get to know each other

1214
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:08,160
romantically. She's not even sure if

1215
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:10,400
he's actually invested. He's only

1216
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:13,280
digitally penetrated her at this point.

1217
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:16,319
Not digital penetration.

1218
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:21,280
Digital digital get.

1219
00:47:16,319 --> 00:47:22,640
Um so, um Cooper is anxious to get to

1220
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:24,800
the bar because he's going to crash

1221
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:26,319
girls night because of course he is. Um

1222
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,920
but he has to pick up his big brother

1223
00:47:26,319 --> 00:47:29,280
from the airport. Um

1224
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:31,680
Oh, who's coming back?

1225
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:33,599
Yes, he's coming back. So, the brother

1226
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:35,200
has been traveling because his mate

1227
00:47:33,599 --> 00:47:37,680
rejected him.

1228
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:41,200
um and is essentially that's essentially

1229
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:41,680
unheard of like in their

1230
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,640
Yeah.

1231
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:49,680
species like that does not happen. And

1232
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:50,960
so he declined alpha and left and nobody

1233
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:53,839
really knows where he's been or what

1234
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:55,359
he's been doing all that time.

1235
00:47:53,839 --> 00:47:59,200
Just a rambling man.

1236
00:47:55,359 --> 00:48:02,480
Yeah, literally. Um so all the siblings

1237
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:04,560
and Ethan are at the bar. Um, Cooper is

1238
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:06,480
just enjoying spending time with her

1239
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:09,440
with his family. It just feels really

1240
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:12,240
nice. Um, and then Cooper gets hit on by

1241
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:14,240
a female pack member um, who's very

1242
00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:17,760
obviously trying to put the moves on him

1243
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:20,880
while he's like got his arm like behind

1244
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,680
Haley's chair. He's not demonstrating

1245
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,119
that they're together.

1246
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:24,400
He's not like claiming her, but he's

1247
00:48:23,119 --> 00:48:26,640
also not

1248
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:27,920
distancing himself. But I, you know, I

1249
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:30,000
had that thought earlier when you

1250
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:31,359
mentioned like he has been single and

1251
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:33,520
hasn't really engaged in dating. I'm

1252
00:48:31,359 --> 00:48:37,359
like, "Oh." And then he his brother

1253
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:40,559
takes off, he becomes the alpha.

1254
00:48:37,359 --> 00:48:42,640
I imagine a lot of uh women in that pack

1255
00:48:40,559 --> 00:48:44,480
would love to be the pack alpha. Like

1256
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:48,079
they're they're really trying. A lot of

1257
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:50,079
them are. So um the girl kind of

1258
00:48:48,079 --> 00:48:53,200
realizes that he seems to be focused on

1259
00:48:50,079 --> 00:48:54,319
Haley and dumps her drink on her. Um and

1260
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:56,160
is like

1261
00:48:54,319 --> 00:48:58,240
that's shitty. Like while Haley's on her

1262
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:59,920
way to the bar, she like runs into her

1263
00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:02,000
and like dumps her drink and is

1264
00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:04,160
basically like, you know, you mean

1265
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:07,040
nothing to a man like Cooper. Like you

1266
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:10,880
could never satisfy him. Blah blah blah.

1267
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:13,680
Um and Haley was like, okay, so we're

1268
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:17,520
just having fun then. I'm still winning

1269
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:19,280
that. So thank you.

1270
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:20,640
Yeah, that's always like such an

1271
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,559
interesting

1272
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,920
Yeah. dynamic that I feel like happens

1273
00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:26,240
in books more than I'm like does this

1274
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,359
actually happen in the real world?

1275
00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:30,480
Not that I've ever experienced.

1276
00:49:27,359 --> 00:49:33,119
I'm also like you aren't like

1277
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:34,640
Yeah. Okay. So, you'll never satisfy a

1278
00:49:33,119 --> 00:49:36,480
man like that. But like he's clearly

1279
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:37,119
sitting with his arm around your chair.

1280
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:37,520
Like

1281
00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:39,440
Yeah.

1282
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,240
Does he know you'll never satisfy him

1283
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:40,880
like that?

1284
00:49:40,240 --> 00:49:43,280
Yeah.

1285
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:45,839
Yeah. But also like

1286
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:48,400
it makes me think of um I just watched

1287
00:49:45,839 --> 00:49:50,640
some something maybe on Tik Tok recently

1288
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:52,640
when this woman got like she was really

1289
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:54,880
upset about some situation and then she

1290
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:58,839
went I can't believe this [ __ ] out here

1291
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,839
got me defending a man

1292
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:05,040
and I was like

1293
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:07,599
okay all right I very much enjoyed that

1294
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:10,880
the psychiatrist I fell in love with my

1295
00:50:07,599 --> 00:50:12,640
psychiatrist. Yeah.

1296
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:14,000
Well, and once again, we set up like as

1297
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:15,599
soon as it started sh I fell in love

1298
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:17,520
with my psychiatrist. I was like, "This

1299
00:50:15,599 --> 00:50:19,680
is not on your psychiatrist." I can

1300
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:23,520
already tell from where we're starting,

1301
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:24,559
this is a a a heavy sprinkling of

1302
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:27,200
cluster B.

1303
00:50:24,559 --> 00:50:28,400
Yeah. It was bizarre to watch cuz she'd

1304
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:32,079
be like, "His boundaries were

1305
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:34,640
immaculate." And that's why

1306
00:50:32,079 --> 00:50:36,000
that's how he was showing me.

1307
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:36,480
Yeah.

1308
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:39,599
What?

1309
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:42,240
Oh, yeah. the delusional gymnastics that

1310
00:50:39,599 --> 00:50:44,319
that were being done. But yes, the y'all

1311
00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:46,559
got me got me out here defending a man.

1312
00:50:44,319 --> 00:50:48,000
Really? Yeah. This poor psych

1313
00:50:46,559 --> 00:50:49,359
psychiatrist,

1314
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:52,559
not a psychologist, psychiatrist. I'm

1315
00:50:49,359 --> 00:50:53,119
like, this man is just trying to see his

1316
00:50:52,559 --> 00:50:54,800
patients.

1317
00:50:53,119 --> 00:50:57,599
He's like, I literally am just trying to

1318
00:50:54,800 --> 00:51:00,559
give you aderall. Get out of my face.

1319
00:50:57,599 --> 00:51:02,079
What is happening?

1320
00:51:00,559 --> 00:51:04,000
Oh.

1321
00:51:02,079 --> 00:51:06,319
So,

1322
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:09,599
um, that whole thing happens and Haley

1323
00:51:06,319 --> 00:51:12,079
immediately like is over it and just is

1324
00:51:09,599 --> 00:51:14,720
moving on, dancing, having a good time,

1325
00:51:12,079 --> 00:51:16,720
but the sheriff is there and Cooper gets

1326
00:51:14,720 --> 00:51:19,280
weird vibes because the sheriff seems to

1327
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:22,000
be watching Haley. Um, and so he goes

1328
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:23,920
over and he's like, "Um, are you into

1329
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:26,160
her? Are you guys together?" Whatever.

1330
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:30,160
So, everyone is posturing at this bar.

1331
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:33,200
Yes. Yes. And Marcus is like, "No, she

1332
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:37,119
needs friends, Cooper. Like, she's been

1333
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:39,040
through a lot. Maybe pull back. Like,

1334
00:51:37,119 --> 00:51:42,240
you need to chill out."

1335
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:44,880
Um, and he was also like, "By the way, I

1336
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:47,680
can smell the mates on you. Like, you

1337
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:50,319
need to be honest with her, like

1338
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:52,319
straight up." Um cuz the sheriff is a

1339
00:51:50,319 --> 00:51:54,400
bear shifter and so his sense of smell

1340
00:51:52,319 --> 00:51:56,400
is a lot stronger and he's not part of

1341
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:59,680
the pack which is why he feels free to

1342
00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:04,960
speak to the alpha that way. Um

1343
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:07,599
so um he like Marcus keeps saying like

1344
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:09,520
she needs someone right now like you

1345
00:52:07,599 --> 00:52:11,119
need to just show up for her like quit

1346
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:13,440
doing this weird thing whatever you're

1347
00:52:11,119 --> 00:52:16,079
doing. And Cooper is like what is he

1348
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:18,000
talking about? Like I don't

1349
00:52:16,079 --> 00:52:19,760
It's almost like she lived a whole life

1350
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,119
before she showed up in your city a

1351
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:23,680
couple months ago, my dude.

1352
00:52:21,119 --> 00:52:26,079
She didn't just materialize to give me

1353
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:28,640
CPR specifically

1354
00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:30,960
like some kind of lame water nymph that

1355
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:33,599
like sprung from the water when he

1356
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:35,280
jumped in it.

1357
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:36,559
Staying alive.

1358
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:38,880
That one is the right.

1359
00:52:36,559 --> 00:52:42,800
Yeah, it is. Yeah. Yeah.

1360
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:45,520
Um, so then they wind up making out a

1361
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:48,160
little in the bar like hallway,

1362
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:50,079
bathroom, like away from everybody, but

1363
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:52,480
it's clear everybody knows what they

1364
00:52:50,079 --> 00:52:54,079
did. Like because most of the people in

1365
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:56,720
the bar are shifters, like they can

1366
00:52:54,079 --> 00:52:59,440
smell the arousal on them and them all

1367
00:52:56,720 --> 00:53:00,160
over each other. Um,

1368
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,520
and

1369
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:03,440
yeah, like it is a little like, "Hey,

1370
00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:06,079
Cooper, what do you think you're doing

1371
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:08,559
here?" He really thinks he's doing a lot

1372
00:53:06,079 --> 00:53:12,960
and he's doing the most irritating

1373
00:53:08,559 --> 00:53:14,960
option. Um, but he really believes he's

1374
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:17,680
keeping her safe. Like that's really

1375
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:20,319
what he thinks he's doing, which doesn't

1376
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:23,359
really track, but in his mind, that's

1377
00:53:20,319 --> 00:53:25,920
what it is. So, a few days later, like

1378
00:53:23,359 --> 00:53:28,480
things are continuing to move. Um, and

1379
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:31,040
Cooper realizes like he needs to tell

1380
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:33,599
her about the shifter thing before his

1381
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:36,800
sister's birthday because they usually

1382
00:53:33,599 --> 00:53:37,920
go on a big pack run, like after events

1383
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:42,480
like that.

1384
00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:47,520
Um, but um, she comes over, they have

1385
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:49,440
dinner, um, and they wind up banging and

1386
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:51,440
cuz he initially was like, I can't have

1387
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:54,640
sex with her until I tell her the truth

1388
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:56,880
or whatever. Um, I mean, of all of the

1389
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:58,400
moral boundaries he has like imposed on

1390
00:53:56,880 --> 00:53:59,359
himself, that one was actually probably

1391
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:01,440
a solid one.

1392
00:53:59,359 --> 00:54:04,559
Yeah, that one was probably the one to

1393
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:06,400
keep because then again, there's a big

1394
00:54:04,559 --> 00:54:09,520
emphasis on consent and all that good

1395
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:10,960
stuff. But then he's like, um, oh damn,

1396
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,800
I don't have a condom or whatever. And

1397
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:16,000
she's like, you don't need one. No

1398
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:17,839
condoms, just trust. Obviously, she

1399
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:19,440
doesn't say that. I added that, but my

1400
00:54:17,839 --> 00:54:23,280
tone remained the same. So, I realize

1401
00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:25,839
that could have been confusing, but

1402
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:28,240
um I was just like, "So, you're going to

1403
00:54:25,839 --> 00:54:31,760
raw dog her?"

1404
00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:35,280
But, okay. All right. She's like, "I

1405
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:37,520
have an IUD or whatever." Um, and so

1406
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:40,559
they have an amazing time and then

1407
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:45,040
Cooper confesses that he was a virgin.

1408
00:54:40,559 --> 00:54:48,880
Um, and Haley is like, "Um,

1409
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:51,680
you don't have to lie about it." Like,

1410
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:54,160
You found my [ __ ] with surprising ease.

1411
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:55,920
You know, for someone who's a virgin,

1412
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:58,400
she thinks he's like Isa Fisher and

1413
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:59,920
Wedding Crashers. When she's like, "No,

1414
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:02,559
guys just think it's hot when you say

1415
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:04,480
that. I'm definitely not a virgin." I'm

1416
00:55:02,559 --> 00:55:07,280
like, "Wait, she's just telling every

1417
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:11,440
guy you're my first

1418
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:16,800
nightmare. Nightmare fuel." Oh my god.

1419
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:18,559
Um and so, um Haley, um asks to stay the

1420
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:21,040
night. She realizes like they're kind of

1421
00:55:18,559 --> 00:55:23,280
moving too fast, but she's just kind of

1422
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:25,119
in it now. And she doesn't understand.

1423
00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:26,880
She feels this like pulling connection

1424
00:55:25,119 --> 00:55:28,160
to him and she's like something is

1425
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:30,240
there's something else happening here,

1426
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:36,480
but like I really don't want to leave

1427
00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:38,640
him. Um so Cooper is worried that um

1428
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:41,359
they've gone too fast, blah blah blah.

1429
00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:45,040
Um Haley wakes him up with a BJ and he's

1430
00:55:41,359 --> 00:55:46,000
less worried about it. Um,

1431
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,440
so, um,

1432
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:49,680
that'll solve a lot of worries in life.

1433
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:52,240
It will, won't it? Yeah. The the old

1434
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:55,839
surprise BJ.

1435
00:55:52,240 --> 00:56:00,240
So, Cooper is, um, like really actually

1436
00:55:55,839 --> 00:56:02,799
into her as a person. Um, but she he's

1437
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:04,559
worried about like how everything is

1438
00:56:02,799 --> 00:56:06,000
going to shake out because I just need

1439
00:56:04,559 --> 00:56:06,559
them to like talk to each other at this

1440
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,960
point.

1441
00:56:06,559 --> 00:56:11,760
So, I'm trying to skate over half of

1442
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:14,559
this stuff. So, um,

1443
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:16,240
please don't skate on on my account.

1444
00:56:14,559 --> 00:56:17,040
No, that's how I felt when I was reading

1445
00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:18,720
it.

1446
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:21,040
Like, there came a point when I was

1447
00:56:18,720 --> 00:56:21,599
like, "This book is 100 pages too long."

1448
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:22,079
Like,

1449
00:56:21,599 --> 00:56:23,040
oh my god.

1450
00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:25,119
You know,

1451
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:26,640
so I was just reading another Kristen

1452
00:56:25,119 --> 00:56:29,440
Ashley book that I opened it and I was

1453
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:33,280
like, "This [ __ ] is 678 pages." I made

1454
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:36,240
it 400 pages in and was like, "I'm out."

1455
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:37,520
I know I have 278

1456
00:56:36,240 --> 00:56:40,240
pages left.

1457
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:42,319
I'll just last chapter it. I understand

1458
00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:43,839
where this book is go. Like, we didn't

1459
00:56:42,319 --> 00:56:46,640
have all the information. Oh my gosh,

1460
00:56:43,839 --> 00:56:48,960
take 200 pages out and I would still

1461
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:52,960
understand it. Why is this happening?

1462
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:55,040
Yeah. Yeah. Um, but so big plot point is

1463
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:56,640
that Haley figures out the deal she was

1464
00:56:55,040 --> 00:56:59,599
working on for Cooper's dad for the

1465
00:56:56,640 --> 00:57:03,119
accounting thing is actually bogus. That

1466
00:56:59,599 --> 00:57:04,720
the sale was um basically they knew the

1467
00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:06,319
building was not up to code and

1468
00:57:04,720 --> 00:57:07,760
basically was going to burn down at any

1469
00:57:06,319 --> 00:57:11,119
moment, which is why they were trying to

1470
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:13,839
sell it. And Haley caught it. Um,

1471
00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:14,880
wait. So Haley caught Cooper's dad

1472
00:57:13,839 --> 00:57:17,680
trying to

1473
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:19,200
No, the dad was going to buy

1474
00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:20,720
Oh, they were the ones buying it, not

1475
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:23,839
selling it. Okay, sorry.

1476
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:25,599
Yeah. Um, and so as soon as she realizes

1477
00:57:23,839 --> 00:57:30,240
it, she drives straight to the pack

1478
00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:34,480
house, which she thinks is like the

1479
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:36,880
overnight like bunks for the

1480
00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:38,960
construction crews who like sometimes

1481
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:41,280
work long hours. They just let the guys

1482
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:42,640
stay there if they need to. Um,

1483
00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:45,359
you know, if that's the narrative she

1484
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:46,960
wanted to fill in, I get how

1485
00:57:45,359 --> 00:57:48,000
cuz why would you think it's a wolf

1486
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:50,000
shifter?

1487
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,960
Yeah, sure. It's bunkousing for all the

1488
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:52,880
construction workers.

1489
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:54,400
She's like, is this a weird cult? Like

1490
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:55,680
when she goes through the gate and she's

1491
00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:58,240
like, I don't have time to deal with

1492
00:57:55,680 --> 00:58:01,359
that right now. Um, so she goes to meet

1493
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:03,520
with the dad, he's super impressed. Um,

1494
00:58:01,359 --> 00:58:05,040
and he's like, I'm going to have this

1495
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:08,319
out with him at that conference we're

1496
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:10,160
going to go to. um and offers her a job

1497
00:58:08,319 --> 00:58:11,760
with the family business. He's like, "I

1498
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:14,160
really think you'd be an incredible

1499
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:16,640
addition to the team." So, the dad knows

1500
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:17,280
that Haley is his mate, is Cooper's

1501
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:19,280
mate.

1502
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:21,520
Um but nobody else in the family knows

1503
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:25,119
except Ethan and Ila.

1504
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:28,319
So, um on the way out, she hears

1505
00:58:25,119 --> 00:58:30,079
Cooper's voice and so she like follows

1506
00:58:28,319 --> 00:58:33,119
his voice down the hall cuz she knows

1507
00:58:30,079 --> 00:58:36,000
his office is there. Um but she stops

1508
00:58:33,119 --> 00:58:36,960
because she hears her name. So she like

1509
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:40,240
waits.

1510
00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:42,720
So Cooper's younger brother is trying to

1511
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:45,040
fish for information about Haley and

1512
00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:46,640
Cooper is trying to like push him off

1513
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:49,920
because his brother's kind of like the

1514
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:50,799
[ __ ] boy of the pack and like not taking

1515
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:53,119
things seriously

1516
00:58:50,799 --> 00:58:53,920
and Haley's going to peer it out of

1517
00:58:53,119 --> 00:58:55,599
context.

1518
00:58:53,920 --> 00:58:57,839
Yeah. So,

1519
00:58:55,599 --> 00:59:00,480
Cooper's dad is pushing through the the

1520
00:58:57,839 --> 00:59:02,480
pack link, but he's ignoring him. And

1521
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:05,280
the brother makes some shitty comments

1522
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:07,040
about like, you know, Haley, obviously,

1523
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:08,720
she's just a bed warmer. That's why

1524
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:11,920
you're, you know, keeping her around

1525
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:13,920
like this, blah, blah, blah. And Cooper

1526
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:16,319
is like, uh-huh.

1527
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:18,000
Yep. Like trying to get him out of the

1528
00:59:16,319 --> 00:59:19,359
office. But that's all Haley hears.

1529
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:23,119
It always goes so well.

1530
00:59:19,359 --> 00:59:26,240
Yeah. So, um,

1531
00:59:23,119 --> 00:59:28,640
brother also tells him that the mom did

1532
00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:32,880
set him up with a date, like an eligible

1533
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:33,359
shifter date for the birthday party.

1534
00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:34,720
Um,

1535
00:59:33,359 --> 00:59:36,559
the Oh,

1536
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:38,880
yeah. So,

1537
00:59:36,559 --> 00:59:39,839
and did Haley accept the job or did she

1538
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:41,040
say she'd think about it?

1539
00:59:39,839 --> 00:59:42,400
She said she would think about it. She

1540
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:44,640
wanted to talk to Cooper about it

1541
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:47,359
because it's like, you know, the guy

1542
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:48,319
she's seeing, it's his family business,

1543
00:59:47,359 --> 00:59:49,040
like, you know,

1544
00:59:48,319 --> 00:59:54,000
respectful.

1545
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:55,920
Yeah. Yeah. Um, so

1546
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:57,440
Haley obviously heard everything. She's

1547
00:59:55,920 --> 01:00:00,559
completely heartbroken and she's like,

1548
00:59:57,440 --> 01:00:02,079
"Yeah, I remember now why we don't deal

1549
01:00:00,559 --> 01:00:05,599
with men anymore."

1550
01:00:02,079 --> 01:00:07,280
And um, completely ignores the guys when

1551
01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:09,599
she gets home cuz there's a crew at her

1552
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:11,040
house, including his other brother,

1553
01:00:09,599 --> 01:00:14,079
Cooper's other brother.

1554
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:17,839
Um, and so they clearly know something

1555
01:00:14,079 --> 01:00:20,079
is wrong and that she's upset.

1556
01:00:17,839 --> 01:00:21,359
Um, but she just wants to be left alone.

1557
01:00:20,079 --> 01:00:22,720
So, she just goes straight to work and

1558
01:00:21,359 --> 01:00:25,280
is like, "I'm not dealing with any of

1559
01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:27,280
this." Refuses to speak to any of them.

1560
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:30,079
So, the brother is like, "Hey, Coupe,

1561
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:30,880
what the [ __ ] did you do to Haley?"

1562
01:00:30,079 --> 01:00:32,160
What did you do?

1563
01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:35,359
We like the older brother.

1564
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:38,480
Yeah. Cuz he's like, "If you [ __ ] this

1565
01:00:35,359 --> 01:00:40,880
up with your faded mate, I will actually

1566
01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:43,040
kill you." Cuz like I know what it's

1567
01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:44,880
like to be rejected. It would be better

1568
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:46,720
if you were dead. So, you need to figure

1569
01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:47,520
out what the [ __ ] you did and get your

1570
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:48,079
[ __ ] together.

1571
01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:51,760
Yes,

1572
01:00:48,079 --> 01:00:54,000
it's very serious here. And so,

1573
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:55,920
um, some random dude also shows up at

1574
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:57,440
the house, like seems to be lost or

1575
01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:59,359
something. It's kind of weird. And the

1576
01:00:57,440 --> 01:01:01,359
brother just like shuts the guy down and

1577
01:00:59,359 --> 01:01:02,160
gets him off the property. Um,

1578
01:01:01,359 --> 01:01:04,720
I see.

1579
01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:07,359
So, Cooper decides um to go to Haley's

1580
01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:09,839
office and she's not answering any of

1581
01:01:07,359 --> 01:01:13,200
his messages or his calls or anything

1582
01:01:09,839 --> 01:01:16,480
and she's like, "Hey, so maybe get out."

1583
01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:18,160
M and he's like, "I I don't understand.

1584
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:21,599
Like, why are you why are you being like

1585
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:24,720
this?" And she's like, "What kind of

1586
01:01:21,599 --> 01:01:26,720
person stands by and lets someone talk

1587
01:01:24,720 --> 01:01:30,079
about a woman that they care about that

1588
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:32,240
way and agrees and doesn't say anything?

1589
01:01:30,079 --> 01:01:33,280
I I don't have any interest in

1590
01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:34,880
continuing this."

1591
01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:36,400
I appreciate her backbone.

1592
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:36,960
Yeah.

1593
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:38,400
Um

1594
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:39,440
I mean, I know he's not going to accept

1595
01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:39,760
her backbone.

1596
01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:42,240
No.

1597
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:44,960
But I do appreciate it. He does try to

1598
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:46,319
like convince her of stuff and she's

1599
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:47,920
like, "Okay, so if you're not going to

1600
01:01:46,319 --> 01:01:50,480
leave, I'm going to leave. Thank you so

1601
01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:54,000
much." And he's like chasing her,

1602
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:55,680
begging her. Um, and she starts to put

1603
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:59,839
things different things together. And

1604
01:01:55,680 --> 01:02:02,400
she's like, "Oh, okay. So, we've never

1605
01:01:59,839 --> 01:02:04,559
been on a date in public, have we? We've

1606
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:06,559
never been to dinner together. We've

1607
01:02:04,559 --> 01:02:08,319
never been out together. The only time

1608
01:02:06,559 --> 01:02:10,960
you and I have been in public together

1609
01:02:08,319 --> 01:02:16,480
is when we were in a group at the bar.

1610
01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:19,680
you are go right like you're clearly

1611
01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:22,720
either ashamed of me or using me or what

1612
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:24,720
but I'm not interested in it. Um he

1613
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:27,280
never took her to his place which is the

1614
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:29,280
pack house. Um he does have a separate

1615
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:30,559
cabin which comes up later but

1616
01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:32,640
but he also never took her there.

1617
01:02:30,559 --> 01:02:35,839
He never did. So he's like pleading with

1618
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:37,920
her to like let him explain and she's

1619
01:02:35,839 --> 01:02:39,200
like I don't think you need to explain.

1620
01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:41,359
I think you should just go ahead and

1621
01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:44,559
kiss me right here on the sidewalk in

1622
01:02:41,359 --> 01:02:46,400
the middle of town. And he hesitates and

1623
01:02:44,559 --> 01:02:47,920
she's like, "There's my answer. That's

1624
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:53,200
all I needed to know. Thank you so

1625
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:55,200
much." And um Haley drives away just

1626
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:56,640
realizing that she had a lot more

1627
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:59,280
feelings with him than she'd really

1628
01:02:56,640 --> 01:03:00,799
accepted and is really upset about it.

1629
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:03,440
Um

1630
01:03:00,799 --> 01:03:06,079
Cooper gets a smackdown talk from the

1631
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:08,160
sheriff again. Um and

1632
01:03:06,079 --> 01:03:12,400
I like Marcus. Yeah, me too. I like him

1633
01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:14,640
a lot. Um, and he's like, "Hey, also uh

1634
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:17,039
you need to leave her alone. She is not

1635
01:03:14,640 --> 01:03:19,280
a wolf. She does not understand what's

1636
01:03:17,039 --> 01:03:21,680
going on.

1637
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:23,359
She does know. She probably has feelings

1638
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:25,440
for you and you essentially just

1639
01:03:23,359 --> 01:03:27,440
rejected her and she doesn't understand

1640
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:29,200
why she feels the way that she does. If

1641
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:30,559
you try to go all alpha on her right

1642
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:32,720
now, it is not going to work. You need

1643
01:03:30,559 --> 01:03:34,640
to give her some space."

1644
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:36,319
Um, so

1645
01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:38,640
which is, you know, insight that I feel

1646
01:03:36,319 --> 01:03:39,280
like Cooper probably needed to hear.

1647
01:03:38,640 --> 01:03:39,599
100%.

1648
01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:41,280
Yeah.

1649
01:03:39,599 --> 01:03:43,039
Yeah. Because he was absolutely going to

1650
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:45,839
get drunk and then try to go to her

1651
01:03:43,039 --> 01:03:46,880
house and wind up making it worse. Um,

1652
01:03:45,839 --> 01:03:48,160
so Marcus,

1653
01:03:46,880 --> 01:03:50,640
getting drunk and showing up at

1654
01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:53,359
someone's house rarely makes it better.

1655
01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:55,599
Um,

1656
01:03:53,359 --> 01:03:57,440
yeah. No,

1657
01:03:55,599 --> 01:03:59,200
I was like, can I think of a time?

1658
01:03:57,440 --> 01:04:00,400
Yeah. I was that I was literally doing

1659
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:03,200
the same. I was like, "Can I think of a

1660
01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:03,760
time when it has made it better?"

1661
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,799
No.

1662
01:04:03,760 --> 01:04:10,240
No. No. I cannot think of a time.

1663
01:04:06,799 --> 01:04:11,119
Yeah. Yeah. Go with option B.

1664
01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:14,720
Go to sleep.

1665
01:04:11,119 --> 01:04:17,440
Yeah. Like lay down.

1666
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:20,160
Don't get in the Uber. Um, hand your

1667
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:24,520
phone to someone you trust.

1668
01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:24,520
Like Brida in community.

1669
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:30,960
I don't know why I did that. so

1670
01:04:29,119 --> 01:04:33,200
emphatically. Um,

1671
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:34,480
we are really great at a at a full

1672
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:37,440
circle community moment.

1673
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:39,039
Yeah, we really are. So, Marcus then

1674
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:40,880
shows up at Haley's house a few days

1675
01:04:39,039 --> 01:04:42,960
later. She's an absolute mess. She's

1676
01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:46,079
like not sleeping or eating and she does

1677
01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:48,480
not understand why she's like being so

1678
01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:51,680
upset about this guy that she slept with

1679
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:52,880
like two times and like has known for

1680
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:54,960
she's like, "You didn't even know him

1681
01:04:52,880 --> 01:04:56,640
that well. Why are you so upset about

1682
01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:58,960
this? Why are you giving him this much

1683
01:04:56,640 --> 01:05:01,760
power over your life?" Yes. She's like,

1684
01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:04,799
"Why are you unable to wash your hair

1685
01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:05,280
over a man? Come on." Like, for [ __ ]

1686
01:05:04,799 --> 01:05:07,520
sake,

1687
01:05:05,280 --> 01:05:08,160
you got me out here defending a man for

1688
01:05:07,520 --> 01:05:11,760
real.

1689
01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:14,960
For real. So, um, Marcus is like, "Hey,

1690
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:17,039
so Cooper [ __ ] up, but I think that

1691
01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:20,799
you probably need to talk to him. Like,

1692
01:05:17,039 --> 01:05:23,359
I think there's a lot going on." So,

1693
01:05:20,799 --> 01:05:25,280
today is Ila's birthday party. So,

1694
01:05:23,359 --> 01:05:27,039
you're gonna go shower and get ready,

1695
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:28,960
and I am gonna take you to the birthday

1696
01:05:27,039 --> 01:05:30,240
party. Okay.

1697
01:05:28,960 --> 01:05:33,599
This is a great friend.

1698
01:05:30,240 --> 01:05:34,240
He really is lovely. Um, and

1699
01:05:33,599 --> 01:05:34,720
he does.

1700
01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:37,520
Yay.

1701
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:40,480
Mhm. He does. So, the party is pretty

1702
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:42,880
nice at first. Um, like Haley's having a

1703
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:45,039
good time. She doesn't see Cooper

1704
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:46,960
anywhere, which is probably why she's

1705
01:05:45,039 --> 01:05:49,520
having a nice time. But then his mom

1706
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:53,280
shows up with a woman and is like, "Oh,

1707
01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:55,280
have you seen my son? this is so and so.

1708
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:57,680
I wanted to introduce them. I really

1709
01:05:55,280 --> 01:06:01,280
think they would get along really well.

1710
01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:03,119
And Haley is like, great. Um,

1711
01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:05,760
just go [ __ ] myself. Thank you so much.

1712
01:06:03,119 --> 01:06:09,359
Yeah, I'm just going to go get a drink.

1713
01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:11,920
And so she then runs into Cooper um

1714
01:06:09,359 --> 01:06:15,920
inside kind of away from everyone. And

1715
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:19,440
he is begging her to talk. Um, but then

1716
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:22,799
somebody else shows up and Cooper is

1717
01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:25,680
immediately like, "Oh, hello. This is

1718
01:06:22,799 --> 01:06:28,880
Haley, our family accountant." And she's

1719
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:29,760
like, "Okay, thank you so much. You guys

1720
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:31,680
enjoy your evening."

1721
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:34,319
Yes. And you're really showing me how

1722
01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:36,640
into me you are when you are introducing

1723
01:06:34,319 --> 01:06:39,440
me as the family accountant.

1724
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:42,400
Yeah. And she's like, "Marcus knows

1725
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:44,559
nothing." So Cooper's continuing to

1726
01:06:42,400 --> 01:06:47,119
panic. the guy is actually a very

1727
01:06:44,559 --> 01:06:49,839
dangerous alpha. Um, and he was trying

1728
01:06:47,119 --> 01:06:51,599
to protect her. So, uh, he tries again

1729
01:06:49,839 --> 01:06:55,680
to talk to her, continues to shut him

1730
01:06:51,599 --> 01:06:57,440
down. And, um, she just keeps reminding

1731
01:06:55,680 --> 01:06:59,039
herself it was just a few dates. And she

1732
01:06:57,440 --> 01:07:00,640
decides she's just going to go home.

1733
01:06:59,039 --> 01:07:01,920
She's like, I don't. And she's like, you

1734
01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:04,400
know, I tried it. I got out of the

1735
01:07:01,920 --> 01:07:06,720
house. I did what Marcus asked me to do.

1736
01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:08,799
And clearly, like, none of it matters.

1737
01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:11,520
So, she gets home and she's just ready

1738
01:07:08,799 --> 01:07:14,400
to go to bed and just be done with all

1739
01:07:11,520 --> 01:07:16,160
of this when her doorbell rings and she

1740
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:17,440
thinks that it's Cooper because she

1741
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:20,480
looks through the peepphole and there's

1742
01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:22,640
a bunch of flowers. Um, but it's not.

1743
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:24,960
It's not. Yeah. No, it's her ex. And so,

1744
01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:28,559
she opens the door and sees her ex's

1745
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:28,960
face and somebody hits her from behind.

1746
01:07:28,559 --> 01:07:30,319
What?

1747
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:33,680
Yeah. So, there was somebody in the

1748
01:07:30,319 --> 01:07:36,000
house as well and she didn't know. So,

1749
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:37,920
we flashed to Cooper. He's drinking and

1750
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:40,319
wallowing and generally being kind of a

1751
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:43,039
[ __ ] His head hurts really bad and

1752
01:07:40,319 --> 01:07:44,640
he's not understanding why. Um, but he's

1753
01:07:43,039 --> 01:07:47,039
trying to drink fast enough to get

1754
01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:52,880
drunk. So, he's just like pounding

1755
01:07:47,039 --> 01:07:56,160
whiskey. Um, laced with the snake.

1756
01:07:52,880 --> 01:08:01,280
Different book, but also incredible.

1757
01:07:56,160 --> 01:08:03,119
So good. Um, and um, so he's not

1758
01:08:01,280 --> 01:08:05,599
interested in the pack run. He just

1759
01:08:03,119 --> 01:08:07,599
wants to wallow. Ethan comes in and he's

1760
01:08:05,599 --> 01:08:09,599
like, "Hey, man. Maybe just go to bed.

1761
01:08:07,599 --> 01:08:12,880
You're gonna fix it tomorrow, okay?

1762
01:08:09,599 --> 01:08:14,720
Like, we'll fix it tomorrow." So, we're

1763
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:17,359
back to Haley. She wakes up tied to a

1764
01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:20,480
chair. Um, her ex is there with two

1765
01:08:17,359 --> 01:08:22,560
other guys. Um, and the ex is like, "You

1766
01:08:20,480 --> 01:08:24,960
embarrassed me and you have to pay."

1767
01:08:22,560 --> 01:08:28,480
Because she like refused to marry him

1768
01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:31,199
and reported him for like he physically

1769
01:08:28,480 --> 01:08:32,239
attacked her. And so, when she refused

1770
01:08:31,199 --> 01:08:34,239
to marry him,

1771
01:08:32,239 --> 01:08:35,040
Yes. She was the embarrassing one in

1772
01:08:34,239 --> 01:08:36,880
that situation.

1773
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:38,239
Yeah. And so she reported him and

1774
01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:40,799
nothing happened because he's an

1775
01:08:38,239 --> 01:08:42,960
attorney and has a lot of cop friends.

1776
01:08:40,799 --> 01:08:45,199
So like nothing ever happened to him,

1777
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:48,000
but he was highly embarrassed like at

1778
01:08:45,199 --> 01:08:50,799
his firm and stuff. And so

1779
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:52,000
good good. You should be embarrassed,

1780
01:08:50,799 --> 01:08:54,159
you piece of [ __ ]

1781
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:56,319
Be more embarrassed.

1782
01:08:54,159 --> 01:08:59,040
You're not embarrassed enough for my

1783
01:08:56,319 --> 01:09:00,640
liking. Like oh the ways I want to shame

1784
01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:02,319
you, buddy. Um,

1785
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:04,400
you embarrassed me so much when I beat

1786
01:09:02,319 --> 01:09:04,960
the [ __ ] out of you and you to on me.

1787
01:09:04,400 --> 01:09:05,600
Yeah.

1788
01:09:04,960 --> 01:09:08,560
What?

1789
01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:10,560
I can't believe I gave you a concussion

1790
01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:10,960
and then you had to go and tell people

1791
01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:13,199
about it.

1792
01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:14,640
It was just a little concussion. No need

1793
01:09:13,199 --> 01:09:18,000
to get out of sorts.

1794
01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:20,400
It was mild. Like, you could still read.

1795
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:23,120
I've had a lot of concussions.

1796
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:24,560
You could still look at blue light.

1797
01:09:23,120 --> 01:09:27,040
What's the problem?

1798
01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:30,880
You're literally fine.

1799
01:09:27,040 --> 01:09:32,960
So, um, Haley is like, "Oh, he's here to

1800
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:34,880
murder me." Like, this is fully

1801
01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:37,040
unhinged. Like, she's finally starting

1802
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:39,920
to like fully come to her senses and

1803
01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:42,319
realizes like the men with her are, um,

1804
01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:46,560
people he has hired specifically to kill

1805
01:09:42,319 --> 01:09:48,560
her. And so, um, she's like, "Yeah, and

1806
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:50,560
nobody's going to be looking for me

1807
01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:52,159
because I stomped off after having a

1808
01:09:50,560 --> 01:09:54,320
fight with Cooper. So even if somebody

1809
01:09:52,159 --> 01:09:55,760
texts me or tries to call, like they're

1810
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:59,040
not going to think anything of it if I

1811
01:09:55,760 --> 01:10:01,360
ignore it. So she's like looks like

1812
01:09:59,040 --> 01:10:03,760
we're saving ourselves, kiddos. And so

1813
01:10:01,360 --> 01:10:06,560
she like finds her moment, breaks out of

1814
01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:09,040
the chair, kicks the [ __ ] out of her ex.

1815
01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:10,960
Um winds up stabbing a guy with a

1816
01:10:09,040 --> 01:10:13,120
screwdriver cuz this is an active

1817
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:15,040
construction site. And so she

1818
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:16,080
Oh, they just tied her up at her house.

1819
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:17,520
Yeah. They kept her

1820
01:10:16,080 --> 01:10:18,239
They didn't take her to a secondary

1821
01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:20,880
location.

1822
01:10:18,239 --> 01:10:24,239
No. Okay. So she's like, "This is my

1823
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:27,040
dining room. What is happening?" Like,

1824
01:10:24,239 --> 01:10:28,800
so she stabs a guy with a screwdriver

1825
01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:30,800
and then she winds up jumping out a

1826
01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:32,159
second story window still with her hands

1827
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:34,640
bound. She did all of this with her

1828
01:10:32,159 --> 01:10:37,120
hands bound and then she takes off

1829
01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:39,040
barefoot through the woods. She knows

1830
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:41,520
generally the direction of Cooper's

1831
01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:44,960
cabin and so she's just like oriented

1832
01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:48,239
that direction and runs that way.

1833
01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:50,719
Um, Cooper is continuing to drink and be

1834
01:10:48,239 --> 01:10:53,360
a [ __ ] when his sister comes in with

1835
01:10:50,719 --> 01:10:55,520
Marcus on the phone and Marcus is like,

1836
01:10:53,360 --> 01:10:58,480
"Hey, somebody heard a gunshot at

1837
01:10:55,520 --> 01:11:02,000
Haley's house. I need you to go get

1838
01:10:58,480 --> 01:11:03,760
there like right now." Um, he is at

1839
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:06,080
stuck at an accident scene, like a

1840
01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:08,560
multiple car pileup, and he he literally

1841
01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:09,040
is unable to get to the house.

1842
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:09,600
Okay.

1843
01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:12,239
And so

1844
01:11:09,600 --> 01:11:13,600
I was wondering, I was like, why did why

1845
01:11:12,239 --> 01:11:16,840
didn't you just go yourself? could do

1846
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:16,840
it, Marcus.

1847
01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:22,560
So, at that point, Ila finally tells

1848
01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:25,760
Cooper about Haley's ex cuz he has had

1849
01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:28,719
no idea this whole time still. So,

1850
01:11:25,760 --> 01:11:30,400
Cooper flips out, mind links with his

1851
01:11:28,719 --> 01:11:34,880
big brother who had just dropped Haley

1852
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:36,560
off. And um the brother turns around and

1853
01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:38,480
goes to check on her house. He was like,

1854
01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:40,800
"She was fine. Like, I watched her go

1855
01:11:38,480 --> 01:11:43,040
into the house. I heard the door lock.

1856
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:45,760
She's fine, but I will turn around and

1857
01:11:43,040 --> 01:11:48,480
go check. So, he gets to the house, find

1858
01:11:45,760 --> 01:11:52,640
the guy that she stabbed. He is now dead

1859
01:11:48,480 --> 01:11:53,920
on her floor, and he's like, "So, things

1860
01:11:52,640 --> 01:11:56,560
aren't fine.

1861
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:58,000
Uh, things things might have escalated

1862
01:11:56,560 --> 01:12:02,880
since I dropped her off."

1863
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:05,120
Yeah. Um, and so Cooper

1864
01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:06,640
shifts and takes off running through the

1865
01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:08,400
woods. He's like, "I'm gonna find her."

1866
01:12:06,640 --> 01:12:11,840
She's still He doesn't even know he's a

1867
01:12:08,400 --> 01:12:14,400
shifter. She has no idea. So, Cooper

1868
01:12:11,840 --> 01:12:16,640
finally finds her and her ex is like

1869
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:20,320
standing over her with a gun. He takes

1870
01:12:16,640 --> 01:12:23,120
the ex down fully um and breaks his arm

1871
01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:25,120
and his leg, but when he turns around to

1872
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:26,960
check on Haley, she has picked up the

1873
01:12:25,120 --> 01:12:30,159
gun and is aiming it at him because

1874
01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:31,760
she's like, "What?" Um

1875
01:12:30,159 --> 01:12:33,040
there's a giant woof that I need to

1876
01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:35,520
protect myself from.

1877
01:12:33,040 --> 01:12:40,000
Right. And then Cooper shifts and she's

1878
01:12:35,520 --> 01:12:43,040
like, "Cool, good, great." Like, "What

1879
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:44,960
the fuck?" She throws herself at him and

1880
01:12:43,040 --> 01:12:47,280
she's like, "Get me out of here." Like,

1881
01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:49,360
"I I whatever. I'm probably

1882
01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:51,040
hallucinating. I probably have a

1883
01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:52,560
concussion. Just get me the [ __ ] out of

1884
01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:54,159
here. I don't even care."

1885
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:56,080
Um,

1886
01:12:54,159 --> 01:12:57,920
so Leila, the sister who's a doctor,

1887
01:12:56,080 --> 01:13:01,440
checks on her, says she's okay. But

1888
01:12:57,920 --> 01:13:04,159
Haley is not speaking,

1889
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:06,239
but she's also not letting go of him and

1890
01:13:04,159 --> 01:13:11,920
he's starting to get really freaked out

1891
01:13:06,239 --> 01:13:15,120
like cuz she's just not moving. And so

1892
01:13:11,920 --> 01:13:17,120
um she has a pretty bad cut on her head

1893
01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:19,520
um and a broken hand and some other

1894
01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:24,000
things. So they get her taken care of.

1895
01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:27,360
Um and um Ila's like, "Hey, so I heard

1896
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:30,080
you know about the whole shifter thing.

1897
01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:31,679
You okay? Have any questions?" Cuz Ila

1898
01:13:30,080 --> 01:13:33,600
like took her aside and was like, "Are

1899
01:13:31,679 --> 01:13:34,800
you hurt anywhere? I can't see. Is there

1900
01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:35,280
anything?" You know, whatever.

1901
01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:38,320
Mhm.

1902
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:42,320
And so she's like, "So and Haley's like,

1903
01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:45,199
"Yeah, um to be fair, a lot has happened

1904
01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:47,760
tonight and uh I don't think I have

1905
01:13:45,199 --> 01:13:51,360
fully processed that. I'm not scared of

1906
01:13:47,760 --> 01:13:53,520
you guys, but like um

1907
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:55,440
but also like my ex did just show up

1908
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:57,840
with two hired hitmen and tried to kill

1909
01:13:55,440 --> 01:13:59,199
me. It's a lot to process.

1910
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:02,560
I may have killed a man with a

1911
01:13:59,199 --> 01:14:03,840
screwdriver. So maybe uh

1912
01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:04,880
with her hands behind her back is

1913
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:07,199
honestly impressive.

1914
01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:08,239
Yeah. Yeah. And they might have been I

1915
01:14:07,199 --> 01:14:10,880
don't remember where her hands were.

1916
01:14:08,239 --> 01:14:12,800
Regardless, her hands were tied together

1917
01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:13,920
and she killed a man with a screwdriver,

1918
01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:15,679
which is just it was

1919
01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:16,560
we give her credit regardless of where

1920
01:14:15,679 --> 01:14:19,600
her hands were.

1921
01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:22,560
It's very good work. Um, Cooper decides

1922
01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:24,880
to take her to his cabin

1923
01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:27,040
um because she can't stay in the house,

1924
01:14:24,880 --> 01:14:30,239
obviously. It's an active crime scene.

1925
01:14:27,040 --> 01:14:33,199
So, um, Cooper is very gentle, very

1926
01:14:30,239 --> 01:14:35,600
kind, taking care of her um all through

1927
01:14:33,199 --> 01:14:37,440
the night. The next day, Marcus shows up

1928
01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:39,199
with Ila. Marcus is getting her

1929
01:14:37,440 --> 01:14:43,040
statement

1930
01:14:39,199 --> 01:14:44,640
um and um Ila is checking on her

1931
01:14:43,040 --> 01:14:48,320
injuries and stuff, making sure she's

1932
01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:50,880
okay. And she's just like, "Oh, I miss

1933
01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:54,000
my family so bad." She's like,

1934
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:57,280
"This community is so lovely, but like I

1935
01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:59,360
miss my people and like she's grateful,

1936
01:14:57,280 --> 01:15:00,960
but she's also really sad." But now

1937
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:05,120
she's like, "I guess I can call my

1938
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:06,400
sister." Like that's good news. Like, so

1939
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:08,400
I guess they caught

1940
01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:08,960
Bad news. I killed a man.

1941
01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:09,600
Good news.

1942
01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:11,840
Good news.

1943
01:15:09,600 --> 01:15:13,520
Would you like to come out for a visit?

1944
01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:16,000
Book a flight.

1945
01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:19,600
Got a guest room. We'll have several at

1946
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:23,360
my bed and breakfast.

1947
01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:25,920
So, um, Cooper feels like everything is

1948
01:15:23,360 --> 01:15:29,280
his fault and, you know, he's freaking

1949
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:31,040
out and they wind up having a big heart

1950
01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:33,840
to heart and they have like their

1951
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:35,840
solidifying [ __ ] of like, you're mine

1952
01:15:33,840 --> 01:15:38,080
and, you know, this is it for me and

1953
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:40,239
blah blah blah, but he still doesn't

1954
01:15:38,080 --> 01:15:43,120
bond her.

1955
01:15:40,239 --> 01:15:45,040
He's like, I can't do that yet. She's

1956
01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:46,640
just been through a trauma. And it's

1957
01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:49,760
like, okay, buddy. Yeah,

1958
01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:51,360
Haley is getting so agitated because

1959
01:15:49,760 --> 01:15:55,280
he's still not acknowledging her in

1960
01:15:51,360 --> 01:15:56,800
public and she's like, I hate it here.

1961
01:15:55,280 --> 01:15:59,040
Like, everybody has explained about

1962
01:15:56,800 --> 01:16:01,440
faded mates, so she understands more

1963
01:15:59,040 --> 01:16:02,080
now, but she still is like, this is

1964
01:16:01,440 --> 01:16:04,640
[ __ ]

1965
01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:06,640
When you understand it, it makes it even

1966
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:07,040
less logical as to why he's taking his

1967
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:10,320
time.

1968
01:16:07,040 --> 01:16:12,000
Yes. Yeah. And so she's like, "Okay, so

1969
01:16:10,320 --> 01:16:15,040
basically you think that because I'm

1970
01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:17,120
human, I'm too weak to handle this and

1971
01:16:15,040 --> 01:16:20,480
that's why you won't claim me. That's

1972
01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:23,440
what you're telling me." Right? I got

1973
01:16:20,480 --> 01:16:27,920
myself out. Like to be clear, you didn't

1974
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:29,679
save me. Like I saved myself and still,

1975
01:16:27,920 --> 01:16:30,560
right? So she's getting more and more

1976
01:16:29,679 --> 01:16:31,920
angry.

1977
01:16:30,560 --> 01:16:33,440
Um

1978
01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:35,760
and she's like, "I'm just going to go

1979
01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:38,239
see my family because I can do that now.

1980
01:16:35,760 --> 01:16:39,040
So bye.

1981
01:16:38,239 --> 01:16:40,880
going home.

1982
01:16:39,040 --> 01:16:44,800
I have other options now.

1983
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:47,520
Yeah, going home. So, um, Ethan follows

1984
01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:49,199
her. Cooper is like, "You have 3 days

1985
01:16:47,520 --> 01:16:52,000
and then I'm coming for you." And she's

1986
01:16:49,199 --> 01:16:53,440
like, "Okay." Like, whatever.

1987
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:54,480
Shut the [ __ ] up, Coop. Like,

1988
01:16:53,440 --> 01:16:57,840
yeah. Yeah.

1989
01:16:54,480 --> 01:16:58,239
I I'm like rooting for them and he's so

1990
01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:01,679
annoying.

1991
01:16:58,239 --> 01:17:03,600
He's really annoying. So, like the she's

1992
01:17:01,679 --> 01:17:05,679
there for one night at her parents house

1993
01:17:03,600 --> 01:17:07,360
and she comes downstairs and Ethan is in

1994
01:17:05,679 --> 01:17:09,199
the kitchen like eating breakfast and

1995
01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:13,520
she's like, "What?" And her mom's like,

1996
01:17:09,199 --> 01:17:15,360
"I found this young man on the porch."

1997
01:17:13,520 --> 01:17:20,000
Oh my god.

1998
01:17:15,360 --> 01:17:22,719
Oh my god. And so, um, there's very cute

1999
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:23,840
like bonding with the family with Ethan.

2000
01:17:22,719 --> 01:17:25,760
They're like, "Oh, is this your

2001
01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:26,960
boyfriend?" And he's like, "No, please

2002
01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:28,159
don't say that.

2003
01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:30,080
Don't even joke about that. Please

2004
01:17:28,159 --> 01:17:32,719
don't. Um, so

2005
01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:34,320
she's like, "I like having my dick still

2006
01:17:32,719 --> 01:17:36,880
attached to my body, and if you make

2007
01:17:34,320 --> 01:17:41,679
that joke again, it won't be anymore."

2008
01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:44,400
Yep. Yep. Um, so her sister, her younger

2009
01:17:41,679 --> 01:17:48,000
sister, gives her a pretty firm come to

2010
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:50,480
Jesus, and she's like, "Okay, so I get

2011
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:53,040
it. I do get it. And he really thinks

2012
01:17:50,480 --> 01:17:54,880
he's caring for you. If you want to show

2013
01:17:53,040 --> 01:17:56,239
him that you're strong enough to handle

2014
01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:58,239
it, then you need to show him you're

2015
01:17:56,239 --> 01:18:00,000
strong enough to handle it. So go to

2016
01:17:58,239 --> 01:18:02,640
this work conference, which we have now

2017
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:05,840
found out is a wolf thing.

2018
01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:09,280
Go to the work conference, be as fully

2019
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:11,120
sexy as possible. Kill in every meeting,

2020
01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:14,000
and

2021
01:18:11,120 --> 01:18:15,760
if he wants to show up, he can show up.

2022
01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:18,719
Yeah. Keep living your life and being a

2023
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:19,520
badass. Don't let him take that from

2024
01:18:18,719 --> 01:18:21,199
you.

2025
01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:22,880
And he'll either get it or he won't. And

2026
01:18:21,199 --> 01:18:24,560
it's actually very funny the dynamic

2027
01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:27,360
between Ethan and the sister because

2028
01:18:24,560 --> 01:18:30,080
initially he's like, "Yeah, listen to

2029
01:18:27,360 --> 01:18:32,320
her. I like her a lot. Give give Koopa a

2030
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:33,520
break. He's really trying." You know,

2031
01:18:32,320 --> 01:18:34,800
and then when it's like, "Wear sexy

2032
01:18:33,520 --> 01:18:37,760
clothes for the conference."

2033
01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:41,199
No, I I like her less now. He's like,

2034
01:18:37,760 --> 01:18:43,679
"No, no, no,

2035
01:18:41,199 --> 01:18:46,080
no. Maybe wear a turtleneck under a long

2036
01:18:43,679 --> 01:18:48,880
sleeve cardigan to the conference."

2037
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:52,159
Yeah. So Haley shows up at the pack

2038
01:18:48,880 --> 01:18:57,360
house because after her 3 days are up or

2039
01:18:52,159 --> 01:19:00,080
whatever because um she can't be at

2040
01:18:57,360 --> 01:19:02,400
Cooper's house right at his cabin

2041
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:04,480
because of the the rumors that that

2042
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:06,800
would start. She can't be in the bed and

2043
01:19:04,480 --> 01:19:08,320
breakfast because she can't be in the

2044
01:19:06,800 --> 01:19:09,840
bed and breakfast really. Like she's

2045
01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:11,040
pretty sure she's going to have to move.

2046
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:12,239
She's like I don't think I can live

2047
01:19:11,040 --> 01:19:12,880
here.

2048
01:19:12,239 --> 01:19:15,120
Um,

2049
01:19:12,880 --> 01:19:16,640
that would be hard to overcome

2050
01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:17,040
being attacked in your own home.

2051
01:19:16,640 --> 01:19:17,520
Mhm.

2052
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:20,719
Yeah.

2053
01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:22,239
And Leila is staying elsewhere for a few

2054
01:19:20,719 --> 01:19:23,920
days. So, she's staying in Ila's

2055
01:19:22,239 --> 01:19:26,640
apartment at the pack house. What's the

2056
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:31,040
problem? Um,

2057
01:19:26,640 --> 01:19:33,440
and um she just continues to hold her

2058
01:19:31,040 --> 01:19:35,920
boundaries. So, at the conference, there

2059
01:19:33,440 --> 01:19:38,239
is a big confrontation about the deal

2060
01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:40,960
that Haley figured out

2061
01:19:38,239 --> 01:19:43,040
um and realized was a scam. And um

2062
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:44,480
Cooper really wants to like interfere

2063
01:19:43,040 --> 01:19:47,360
because one of the guys is getting

2064
01:19:44,480 --> 01:19:49,760
pretty aggressive, but he's like, "But I

2065
01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:53,040
really can't." And

2066
01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:56,640
Haley doesn't need him to interfere

2067
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:58,560
anyway. And he's like, "Oh."

2068
01:19:56,640 --> 01:19:59,760
Everybody is now coming to him and

2069
01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:02,320
they're like, "So tell me about this

2070
01:19:59,760 --> 01:20:04,640
human accountant. Like she's beautiful.

2071
01:20:02,320 --> 01:20:07,920
She's smart. She kept her cool in a room

2072
01:20:04,640 --> 01:20:10,159
full of alphas posturing at her. Like

2073
01:20:07,920 --> 01:20:13,040
tell us more about her." like we really

2074
01:20:10,159 --> 01:20:14,640
like her and he's like, "Oh, no."

2075
01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:18,560
Because he's an idiot.

2076
01:20:14,640 --> 01:20:20,719
So, yeah. Well, I mean, like he's had a

2077
01:20:18,560 --> 01:20:21,440
very low view of her,

2078
01:20:20,719 --> 01:20:22,880
right?

2079
01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:24,159
While also being like, "No, she's like

2080
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:25,440
I'm cherishing her." I'm like, "No, the

2081
01:20:24,159 --> 01:20:28,400
best thing that's ever happened to me."

2082
01:20:25,440 --> 01:20:30,320
You're really that way. Act that way.

2083
01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:31,360
So, that's basically what she tells him.

2084
01:20:30,320 --> 01:20:33,600
She's like, "I don't think you

2085
01:20:31,360 --> 01:20:36,080
understand. You continue to follow me

2086
01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:37,760
around, but you push me away in public.

2087
01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:41,440
Everybody is just gonna think that we're

2088
01:20:37,760 --> 01:20:44,080
[ __ ] buddies or something. And frankly,

2089
01:20:41,440 --> 01:20:46,400
that's all we are right now. And you're

2090
01:20:44,080 --> 01:20:47,679
not protecting me. You are damaging my

2091
01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:50,080
reputation. Yeah.

2092
01:20:47,679 --> 01:20:53,840
Why are we doing this? Either claim me

2093
01:20:50,080 --> 01:20:56,239
or leave me alone. Like, period.

2094
01:20:53,840 --> 01:20:58,000
So, Haley then runs into the head alpha

2095
01:20:56,239 --> 01:21:00,080
of the region who invites her for a

2096
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:05,440
drink. And he seems to be kind of into

2097
01:21:00,080 --> 01:21:07,920
her. Um, but it he says he thought she

2098
01:21:05,440 --> 01:21:09,760
was his faded mate. Like when he saw her

2099
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:11,600
and like first smelled her, he really

2100
01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:13,440
thought so. But the more he's talking to

2101
01:21:11,600 --> 01:21:15,520
her, he's realizing that she's not and

2102
01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:16,719
he's really sad about it. But he really

2103
01:21:15,520 --> 01:21:19,920
likes her.

2104
01:21:16,719 --> 01:21:21,440
And so um she just hangs out with him

2105
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:22,719
basically for the duration of the party.

2106
01:21:21,440 --> 01:21:26,960
The regional alpha.

2107
01:21:22,719 --> 01:21:28,719
Yeah. So he is the regional manager

2108
01:21:26,960 --> 01:21:30,719
and

2109
01:21:28,719 --> 01:21:31,360
Cooper is the assistant to the regional

2110
01:21:30,719 --> 01:21:32,880
manager.

2111
01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:34,719
Not okay. To the

2112
01:21:32,880 --> 01:21:36,400
Yeah. There are multiple assistants to

2113
01:21:34,719 --> 01:21:36,960
the regional manager.

2114
01:21:36,400 --> 01:21:38,400
Yeah.

2115
01:21:36,960 --> 01:21:39,760
Not assistant manager.

2116
01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:40,320
No. So

2117
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:42,320
never

2118
01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:46,080
assistant to the regional alpha.

2119
01:21:42,320 --> 01:21:49,920
He has not like earned to drop that too

2120
01:21:46,080 --> 01:21:52,080
at this point. So um

2121
01:21:49,920 --> 01:21:54,080
are there executive alphas in this

2122
01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:55,040
hierarchy?

2123
01:21:54,080 --> 01:21:55,679
Not that I'm aware of.

2124
01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:57,199
Seuite.

2125
01:21:55,679 --> 01:22:00,080
I'm pretty sure there is a council

2126
01:21:57,199 --> 01:22:05,040
though. It's a complex corporate

2127
01:22:00,080 --> 01:22:08,080
structure. Um so um

2128
01:22:05,040 --> 01:22:10,560
Cooper keeps telling Haley how much he

2129
01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:13,520
misses her and she's just getting more

2130
01:22:10,560 --> 01:22:15,440
mad. She's like this was your idea. and

2131
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:17,199
he he's like getting more jealous that

2132
01:22:15,440 --> 01:22:20,800
she's like dancing with Blake or

2133
01:22:17,199 --> 01:22:22,800
whatever. Um but he sticks to his plan.

2134
01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:25,840
He's not going to mark her, whatever.

2135
01:22:22,800 --> 01:22:28,480
And my notes literally say this back and

2136
01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:30,400
forth [ __ ] continues. It just

2137
01:22:28,480 --> 01:22:31,760
there's more like description of scenes

2138
01:22:30,400 --> 01:22:32,480
like this over and over.

2139
01:22:31,760 --> 01:22:34,960
Oh my gosh.

2140
01:22:32,480 --> 01:22:36,000
So, I didn't outline them. I don't know.

2141
01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:36,480
But

2142
01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:38,159
but

2143
01:22:36,480 --> 01:22:40,400
quite frankly, and I mean this with no

2144
01:22:38,159 --> 01:22:41,600
disrespect to your outline, when the ex

2145
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:43,440
showed up.

2146
01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:45,199
Yes. I thought we were done.

2147
01:22:43,440 --> 01:22:46,000
Yeah. I And so then when you're like And

2148
01:22:45,199 --> 01:22:46,719
then

2149
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:48,480
Yeah.

2150
01:22:46,719 --> 01:22:49,440
She goes to the conference. I was like,

2151
01:22:48,480 --> 01:22:49,840
"Wait, what?"

2152
01:22:49,440 --> 01:22:50,880
Yeah.

2153
01:22:49,840 --> 01:22:52,960
Oh, yeah.

2154
01:22:50,880 --> 01:22:54,400
Oh, okay. Yeah. The conference I

2155
01:22:52,960 --> 01:22:54,960
completely forgot about after the ex

2156
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:57,840
showed up,

2157
01:22:54,960 --> 01:23:00,239
right? Because that's like the in any

2158
01:22:57,840 --> 01:23:01,840
other romance novel, like that is

2159
01:23:00,239 --> 01:23:05,440
the the big crescendo.

2160
01:23:01,840 --> 01:23:08,000
Yeah. Yeah. That that's the story. Um

2161
01:23:05,440 --> 01:23:10,480
but it continues. There's another party

2162
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:12,159
several days later. Um

2163
01:23:10,480 --> 01:23:14,320
Yeah. Those conferences aren't just one

2164
01:23:12,159 --> 01:23:15,040
day big corporate wolf conference like

2165
01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:17,199
that.

2166
01:23:15,040 --> 01:23:21,199
So Haley is once again dancing with the

2167
01:23:17,199 --> 01:23:23,360
head alpha at a party. Um literally

2168
01:23:21,199 --> 01:23:25,920
everyone is telling Cooper that he is a

2169
01:23:23,360 --> 01:23:27,920
[ __ ] [ __ ] cuz she's like looking

2170
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:31,040
beautiful out here on the dance floor

2171
01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:34,320
laughing with this amazing alpha

2172
01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:36,080
whatever like who is incredibly powerful

2173
01:23:34,320 --> 01:23:38,080
and he's over here with his thumb in his

2174
01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:40,560
ass like a [ __ ] idiot. And basically

2175
01:23:38,080 --> 01:23:42,880
he gets told that repeatedly and finally

2176
01:23:40,560 --> 01:23:44,400
he loses his [ __ ] and claims her in

2177
01:23:42,880 --> 01:23:47,199
front of everyone like yanks her away

2178
01:23:44,400 --> 01:23:49,520
from the alpha and is like she's mine

2179
01:23:47,199 --> 01:23:52,560
and Blake's like I know you dumb [ __ ]

2180
01:23:49,520 --> 01:23:55,120
like like I literally have been dancing

2181
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:56,960
with her and like lightly flirting with

2182
01:23:55,120 --> 01:23:58,159
her for days trying to get you to do

2183
01:23:56,960 --> 01:24:00,239
this.

2184
01:23:58,159 --> 01:24:01,440
Yeah. Really thought like this would be

2185
01:24:00,239 --> 01:24:03,520
the catalyst like

2186
01:24:01,440 --> 01:24:07,440
Yeah. Yeah. Like I thought you were

2187
01:24:03,520 --> 01:24:08,320
going to say, "May I cut in 5 days ago,

2188
01:24:07,440 --> 01:24:10,560
you bitch?"

2189
01:24:08,320 --> 01:24:11,760
Right. Right. And I've also been

2190
01:24:10,560 --> 01:24:12,560
stopping all the other people from

2191
01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:14,239
hitting on her.

2192
01:24:12,560 --> 01:24:17,440
Yes. He's like, "I don't even like to

2193
01:24:14,239 --> 01:24:18,960
dance. Like I don't even like to dance."

2194
01:24:17,440 --> 01:24:21,920
That's not in the book, but I wish it

2195
01:24:18,960 --> 01:24:23,760
were. Do you see these twinkle toes? I

2196
01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:27,520
have blisters.

2197
01:24:23,760 --> 01:24:28,320
So, um, they have a solidifying [ __ ]

2198
01:24:27,520 --> 01:24:29,360
It's incredible.

2199
01:24:28,320 --> 01:24:31,760
On the dance floor.

2200
01:24:29,360 --> 01:24:34,800
No, they do make it back to their room.

2201
01:24:31,760 --> 01:24:37,360
Um, and so then everyone is incredibly

2202
01:24:34,800 --> 01:24:39,840
happy. Cooper's mom is already talking

2203
01:24:37,360 --> 01:24:41,920
about like where them grandb babies at.

2204
01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:44,239
Like everybody's just so excited.

2205
01:24:41,920 --> 01:24:47,600
She really pivoted quickly from I'm

2206
01:24:44,239 --> 01:24:50,400
introducing him to a suitable option,

2207
01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:52,320
right? But again, faded mate trumps all

2208
01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:55,760
in this universe.

2209
01:24:52,320 --> 01:25:00,080
So it's the epilogue.

2210
01:24:55,760 --> 01:25:00,560
So it is Haley's um bachelorette hen

2211
01:25:00,080 --> 01:25:04,080
party.

2212
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:07,280
Okay. where weeks weeks later her twin

2213
01:25:04,080 --> 01:25:11,120
sister is like, "Hey honey, so you have

2214
01:25:07,280 --> 01:25:13,520
had a traumatic year. Are you sure that

2215
01:25:11,120 --> 01:25:17,040
you need to be getting married to this

2216
01:25:13,520 --> 01:25:19,920
man right now?" Cuz also her sisters are

2217
01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:21,679
like, "I think this is a cult. Like

2218
01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:23,280
these people are [ __ ] weird." Cuz

2219
01:25:21,679 --> 01:25:25,280
none of her family knows about the

2220
01:25:23,280 --> 01:25:28,080
shifter thing. So they're like, "These

2221
01:25:25,280 --> 01:25:29,040
people are [ __ ] bizarre." Like what

2222
01:25:28,080 --> 01:25:33,440
is this?

2223
01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:36,000
They're not wrong. No. And so, but Haley

2224
01:25:33,440 --> 01:25:38,719
is like, "Hey, I love you and I

2225
01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:40,800
appreciate you so much. Please don't

2226
01:25:38,719 --> 01:25:42,080
worry about it. I'm super happy. We're

2227
01:25:40,800 --> 01:25:46,840
getting married. It's going to be

2228
01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:46,840
incredible." And that's the end.

2229
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:53,920
So, I think part of the thing with this

2230
01:25:51,760 --> 01:25:55,760
book, and I think why it was too long,

2231
01:25:53,920 --> 01:25:57,760
because that wasn't necessarily my

2232
01:25:55,760 --> 01:25:58,719
experience with the other books in the

2233
01:25:57,760 --> 01:26:01,120
series,

2234
01:25:58,719 --> 01:26:04,159
is because she was setting up all of the

2235
01:26:01,120 --> 01:26:04,560
other characters for their future books

2236
01:26:04,159 --> 01:26:06,159
as well,

2237
01:26:04,560 --> 01:26:09,280
right? Because the head alpha gets a

2238
01:26:06,159 --> 01:26:12,400
book, Marcus gets a book, like all of

2239
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:14,560
these side characters, and even the the

2240
01:26:12,400 --> 01:26:17,760
business deal that falls through and all

2241
01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:20,880
that stuff. That's like an arching plot

2242
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:23,600
through several of the books. And so

2243
01:26:20,880 --> 01:26:26,719
that's where it's like, yeah, so Haley's

2244
01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:29,600
plot is the ex showing up, but like the

2245
01:26:26,719 --> 01:26:31,280
series plot is the conference and all

2246
01:26:29,600 --> 01:26:35,280
this other stuff.

2247
01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:36,960
So, I really liked the perspective and

2248
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:39,440
how it was a little bit different in

2249
01:26:36,960 --> 01:26:43,199
some ways and like, you know, I

2250
01:26:39,440 --> 01:26:45,840
appreciated the story in general, but I

2251
01:26:43,199 --> 01:26:48,159
think she had to like draw out the back

2252
01:26:45,840 --> 01:26:49,920
and forth to introduce all these side

2253
01:26:48,159 --> 01:26:51,199
characters cuz there were even other

2254
01:26:49,920 --> 01:26:51,760
ones I didn't even mention.

2255
01:26:51,199 --> 01:26:55,360
Oh gosh.

2256
01:26:51,760 --> 01:26:57,840
Um, and so I think that that's kind of

2257
01:26:55,360 --> 01:27:00,719
why that happened that way. I would say

2258
01:26:57,840 --> 01:27:02,960
it's definitely worth the read.

2259
01:27:00,719 --> 01:27:07,840
and the story or the the series is worth

2260
01:27:02,960 --> 01:27:12,159
the read. Um, but yeah, I I became less

2261
01:27:07,840 --> 01:27:13,520
and less into Cooper the longer it went.

2262
01:27:12,159 --> 01:27:15,120
I feel like when this started off I was

2263
01:27:13,520 --> 01:27:16,159
like, "This is strong. This is real

2264
01:27:15,120 --> 01:27:18,000
strong." And then like by the end I was

2265
01:27:16,159 --> 01:27:20,159
like, "Cooper,

2266
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:21,760
what are you doing?"

2267
01:27:20,159 --> 01:27:25,120
Mhm.

2268
01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:27,040
He is, I will say, like redeemed in the

2269
01:27:25,120 --> 01:27:28,400
later books because he's still around

2270
01:27:27,040 --> 01:27:30,080
and so like you get to see

2271
01:27:28,400 --> 01:27:32,159
he still is the pack alpha.

2272
01:27:30,080 --> 01:27:34,239
Yes. And you get to see their dynamic

2273
01:27:32,159 --> 01:27:38,880
mature a little bit like

2274
01:27:34,239 --> 01:27:41,280
you know in a collateral way. Um but

2275
01:27:38,880 --> 01:27:42,400
yeah, overall a very enjoyable book and

2276
01:27:41,280 --> 01:27:44,800
a great series.

2277
01:27:42,400 --> 01:27:46,639
Yeah, it was very endearing.

2278
01:27:44,800 --> 01:27:47,040
He got annoying, but it was still very

2279
01:27:46,639 --> 01:27:47,679
fun.

2280
01:27:47,040 --> 01:27:51,280
Yeah,

2281
01:27:47,679 --> 01:27:52,639
I did. It did probably go longer than I

2282
01:27:51,280 --> 01:27:54,320
because I really thought it was gonna I

2283
01:27:52,639 --> 01:27:56,080
thought that was the the end.

2284
01:27:54,320 --> 01:27:59,040
I remember when I was reading it, I was

2285
01:27:56,080 --> 01:28:01,760
like, "Oh my god." Like, "Oh my, okay,

2286
01:27:59,040 --> 01:28:05,199
we're killing people. Like, we're

2287
01:28:01,760 --> 01:28:06,880
attacking people." Oh, oh my god, I have

2288
01:28:05,199 --> 01:28:08,000
like 200 pages left.

2289
01:28:06,880 --> 01:28:10,639
And then you look down, you're like, I'm

2290
01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:11,280
only 63% of the way through the book.

2291
01:28:10,639 --> 01:28:13,920
What the [ __ ]

2292
01:28:11,280 --> 01:28:15,679
I was like, uh,

2293
01:28:13,920 --> 01:28:16,320
where are we going from here?

2294
01:28:15,679 --> 01:28:18,800
Yes.

2295
01:28:16,320 --> 01:28:20,639
Cuz like the X never comes up again.

2296
01:28:18,800 --> 01:28:21,840
It's like Haley has nightmares and so

2297
01:28:20,639 --> 01:28:23,360
she's not going to move back into the

2298
01:28:21,840 --> 01:28:26,560
B&B.

2299
01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:27,360
She gives it to one of her sisters. So

2300
01:28:26,560 --> 01:28:28,639
Oh, yeah.

2301
01:28:27,360 --> 01:28:29,040
That makes sense.

2302
01:28:28,639 --> 01:28:30,560
Mhm.

2303
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:31,440
Cuz they will also move across the

2304
01:28:30,560 --> 01:28:32,480
country now that they

2305
01:28:31,440 --> 01:28:33,440
they will

2306
01:28:32,480 --> 01:28:34,719
No, she's there.

2307
01:28:33,440 --> 01:28:36,560
Yep.

2308
01:28:34,719 --> 01:28:39,560
What's our rating system?

2309
01:28:36,560 --> 01:28:39,560
Um,

2310
01:28:41,360 --> 01:28:44,239
well, I was going to say screwdrivers,

2311
01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:45,280
but that's a little dark.

2312
01:28:44,239 --> 01:28:47,280
Oh,

2313
01:28:45,280 --> 01:28:51,080
I was like, what's a thing from this

2314
01:28:47,280 --> 01:28:51,080
book? a screw.

2315
01:28:52,080 --> 01:28:57,520
Whoops. A spreadsheet.

2316
01:28:55,280 --> 01:29:03,520
Um,

2317
01:28:57,520 --> 01:29:06,480
we could do uh regional managers laws.

2318
01:29:03,520 --> 01:29:08,719
We could Yeah. I I really don't feel

2319
01:29:06,480 --> 01:29:10,400
like there's just like an immediate

2320
01:29:08,719 --> 01:29:12,480
obvious

2321
01:29:10,400 --> 01:29:13,600
She was at the hardware store a lot,

2322
01:29:12,480 --> 01:29:18,880
right?

2323
01:29:13,600 --> 01:29:21,600
CPR compression like CPR dummies.

2324
01:29:18,880 --> 01:29:24,080
Yeah, this book is not lending itself

2325
01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:25,120
naturally to a rating system.

2326
01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:26,480
Mm-m.

2327
01:29:25,120 --> 01:29:26,880
This is the most we've struggled in a

2328
01:29:26,480 --> 01:29:30,760
long time.

2329
01:29:26,880 --> 01:29:30,760
What if we just go out of stars?

2330
01:29:31,440 --> 01:29:34,880
Full moons. Would that make you feel

2331
01:29:33,040 --> 01:29:35,360
better for the shifters?

2332
01:29:34,880 --> 01:29:38,239
Yes.

2333
01:29:35,360 --> 01:29:40,719
Okay. For the shifters, full moons,

2334
01:29:38,239 --> 01:29:43,360
which has no impact in this book. They

2335
01:29:40,719 --> 01:29:46,880
shift when they want.

2336
01:29:43,360 --> 01:29:51,000
But we're going full moons. Um we'll say

2337
01:29:46,880 --> 01:29:51,000
out of um

2338
01:29:51,120 --> 01:29:57,280
10.

2339
01:29:53,040 --> 01:29:59,600
Uh we will go

2340
01:29:57,280 --> 01:30:00,400
I'm going to say seven.

2341
01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:01,280
Yeah.

2342
01:30:00,400 --> 01:30:02,159
You know.

2343
01:30:01,280 --> 01:30:04,159
Mhm.

2344
01:30:02,159 --> 01:30:04,560
He was too annoying for an eight.

2345
01:30:04,159 --> 01:30:07,040
Mhm.

2346
01:30:04,560 --> 01:30:08,320
But it was until he got annoying, it

2347
01:30:07,040 --> 01:30:09,040
would have been an eight.

2348
01:30:08,320 --> 01:30:11,360
Yes. Yeah.

2349
01:30:09,040 --> 01:30:13,199
And I would say the setup for the

2350
01:30:11,360 --> 01:30:16,000
series, like the context of the rest of

2351
01:30:13,199 --> 01:30:18,560
the series helps a little bit as well.

2352
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:20,400
And so, yeah, I would go seven.

2353
01:30:18,560 --> 01:30:22,880
Seven full moons.

2354
01:30:20,400 --> 01:30:25,920
Yeah.

2355
01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:26,320
Any waning.

2356
01:30:25,920 --> 01:30:27,760
No.

2357
01:30:26,320 --> 01:30:30,000
Any waxing crescent?

2358
01:30:27,760 --> 01:30:34,880
I almost was like, uh, it's going to be

2359
01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:36,480
a six with a waxing gibbus.

2360
01:30:34,880 --> 01:30:37,679
I don't know why I did that voice. I

2361
01:30:36,480 --> 01:30:40,800
don't know that I've ever done that

2362
01:30:37,679 --> 01:30:42,800
voice in my life.

2363
01:30:40,800 --> 01:30:44,719
I'm glad you felt safe enough to try a

2364
01:30:42,800 --> 01:30:48,239
new voice.

2365
01:30:44,719 --> 01:30:51,440
Okay, seven full moons. No waxing or

2366
01:30:48,239 --> 01:30:53,360
waiting. Gibbus goodbye

2367
01:30:51,440 --> 01:30:56,360
moons

2368
01:30:53,360 --> 01:30:56,360
cresence.

2369
01:30:56,639 --> 01:30:59,920
Not the Pillsberry.

2370
01:30:58,320 --> 01:31:02,960
Oh, I could go for that right now.

2371
01:30:59,920 --> 01:31:05,440
I could [ __ ] that up. Oh,

2372
01:31:02,960 --> 01:31:08,719
okay. Let us know how many full moons

2373
01:31:05,440 --> 01:31:11,360
and crescent rolls you would rate this

2374
01:31:08,719 --> 01:31:13,520
one. Uh, don't forget to like,

2375
01:31:11,360 --> 01:31:15,120
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2376
01:31:13,520 --> 01:31:16,960
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2377
01:31:15,120 --> 01:31:19,920
future, and we'll see you next time.

2378
01:31:16,960 --> 01:31:21,760
Bye, smudsluts. Bye.

2379
01:31:19,920 --> 01:31:25,040
Well, that's it for this week, Smud

2380
01:31:21,760 --> 01:31:28,159
[ __ ] We hope it was good for you, cuz

2381
01:31:25,040 --> 01:31:30,239
it sure was great for us. If you're

2382
01:31:28,159 --> 01:31:32,239
digging what we're doing, it would mean

2383
01:31:30,239 --> 01:31:34,000
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2384
01:31:32,239 --> 01:31:36,960
review the show wherever you're

2385
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listening right now. Maybe tell that

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sexy someone to lend us an ear. We love

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you. We appreciate you. And we'll see

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you next week. Stay smiley.