THESE WORDS
"Who is it?" Nash says as he presses the intercom at his apartment. "It's your only friend," Fred says.
"What do you want?" Nash asks not too nicely. "Just open the dang door, will you?" Fred says.
"Fine," Nash says as he hits the button to open the door. He unlocks his apartment door as he heads back to his desk, to his laptop. "Did we wake up on the wrong side of the couch today?" Fred asks.
"Funny!" Nash says.
"What's wrong with you? I get you the possibility of the winery you've been looking for forever and this is how you say thanks to your friend?" Fred asks.
"Look, I'm sorry I seem a little cranky," Nash says.
"A little?" Fred asks as he goes to get a beer out of Nash's refrigerator. "Ok, ok a lot cranky and yes thank you for setting up that meeting," Nash says.
"Now that is more like it. So, when am I going to meet this Tess, that you say is the real deal?" Fred asks as he tosses a beer to Nash who just sets it down and goes over to the window to look out onto the city. "Hmm, I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that she saw you for what you were and took off screaming, right?" Fred asks jokingly, as Nash doesn't even turn his head; he just continues to look out the window. "So come on spill, what happened?" Fred asks.
"She's gone," Nash says as he turns to look at his friend. "Gone? Gone where?" Fred asks.
"That's the thing -- I don't know where she is. We were supposed to meet right after my meeting and I can't find her. I've been all over the city, I went to every place we've been together and nothing. No one has seen or heard from her," Nash says as he rakes his hands through his hair. "Hey, relax dude, she'll show," Fred says.
"Dude, I'm really worried. There are so many things that could have happened to her," Nash says as he goes over to his desk as he gets a fax. He grabs the paper and heads back over to his computer and starts typing. "Jessica Buchanan? I thought you said her name was Tess," Fred asks.
"This was the name on her job application. She goes by Tess, why -- I have no idea and I really don't care. I just have to find her!" Nash says as he starts a search for her on the net. "Buchanan Enterprises, whoa dude, if she is in that family she is seriously rich!" Fred says.
"That doesn't matter, I just have to find her!" Nash says as he sees her name and clicks on it as it reveals her picture. "Jessica Buchanan, daughter of Viki and Clint Buchanan, that's them, holy cow Nash, you have found a jackpot!" Fred says.
"I will when I have her back here. Landview," Nash says as he starts to write down the address. As he is about to finish, he sees the name Todd. "Todd," Nash says as he scolls over to the name Todd Manning.