Love Bet
The conversation was easy.
I wasn’t expecting that.
We talked about things that had nothing to do with work, nothing to do with our carefully built reputations.
I learned that he could, in fact, make small talk about absolutely nothing and somehow still sound interesting.
I learned that he took his coffee black, no sugar, because he claimed anything else was "ruining it."
I learned that he had stories—some ridiculous, some sharp with meaning, all of them laced with that signature Travis Cole arrogance.
And somehow, somehow, I found myself laughing.