Page 34 of No One Wants That (Blitzen Bay)

“I do,” Sam says, “but I’m getting ready to sell it.”

“What?” Nash takes a step back. “You’re selling Blitzen?”

“Yeah, I’m going to try. You know my daughter’s life is in San Francisco. She doesn’t want to move back here and the same with her kids. Before I die, I want to make sure they have a nice bankroll from the sale.”

“This town is pretty cool,” I say. “How much are you asking?”

“I have an offer from a guy in L.A. in the millions—”

“I’m out,” I say, holding my hands in the air. “Way, way out.”

“Wait,” Nash says. “You already have an offer?”

“Yeah, he’s been talking to me about it since January. Or rather his people have. I hadn’t really thought about selling until he reached out. Well his people reached out. I haven’t talked to him. They won’t even tell me his name until we agree to a price. I guess he’s some Hollywood hot shot.”

“Do you have an attorney?” Nash says, sitting down next to him. “You need a lawyer to help you through this. It can’t be easy to sell a whole town.”

“Yeah, I guess I should probably get one.” Sam looks around at us. “Anyone know a good lawyer? Frankly, I’ve tried to stay as far away from lawyers as I could most of my life.”

“My agent has an entire legion of attorneys working for him,” Alex says. “He owes me a few favors. I can ask him to send someone out here if you want to schedule a meeting with this Hollywood guy.”

“I appreciate that,” Sam says. “I guess the first thing to do is figure out exactly who I’m dealing with and then make sure he doesn’t want to overdevelop the town. I plan on staying here until I die. I wouldn’t want to see anyone turn Blitzen into a tourist trap. Nash, if you plan on staying here for a while, will you help me pick out a buyer?”

“Yeah, Sam. I plan on staying here forever and I’ll help you if you want. Blitzen is so perfect now. I don’t want to see it change either.”

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