"Now that, Bill, is a lie. I distinctly remember being up to all hours with you on the phone and your momma loud enough to hear over the line!" Starla laughed, knowing those nights were usually the ones when she called late at night because her daddy had been drunk and it was best not to sleep then...

...still, he'd been up!

"You know you're a busy man Bill, and you best be gettin' some new people working for you soon or you're likely to burn right out! And I'm a busy girl too, Hollywood don't believe much in 'decent hours' and all." She'd call when she could though? "And I get so tired talking to the tape recorder you got!"