“…we had to fall in love all over again?” says Millie. Peggy falls on the bed, crying. Millie hugs her. Al walks out of the bedroom.<\/p>\n
“I’m sorry, Mom,” says Peggy.<\/p>\n
“Never mind about that, darling,” says Millie.<\/p>\n
Al stands in the hallway, smoking a cigarette.<\/p>\n
The next day, Al is seated at a booth at Butch’s Place. Fred walks into the bar.<\/p>\n
“Fred,” motions Al from his seat. Fred doesn’t see Al, but sees Butch behind the counter.<\/p>\n
“Hiya, Butch,” says Fred.<\/p>\n
“Hello, Fred,” says Butch.<\/p>\n
“Al here?” asks Fred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Al is here, alright. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":472,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/b46126.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"21:29","filesize":"19.9M","date_recorded":"28-06-2021","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"126","itunes_title":"Minute 126: Al Here?","itunes_season_number":"1","itunes_episode_type":"full","filesize_raw":"20865583"},"tags":[],"series":[3],"episode_featured_image":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/r46126.jpg","episode_player_image":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b46000-mp3-image.jpg","download_link":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/podcast-download\/1080\/minute-126-al-here.mp3","player_link":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/podcast-player\/1080\/minute-126-al-here.mp3","audio_player":"\n