Taylor had only one reference point for what it would be like to attend a comedy show. She’d seen Jeff Foxworthy with one of her first clients several years before.

She remembered thinking Foxworthy’s show felt a little orchestrated, and the jokes had been too simple. She had left with a headache.

Jeff Foxworthy had performed in a huge venue, where concerts and Broadway shows also took place. So she was surprised when she showed up to the address Graham had given her, and it seemed to be just a bar.

She felt out of place being alone, but she walked in and found a seat. A young couple sat next to her, and said they’d been fans of Graham for almost a decade. She told them she was in town for the weekend, and had just found out about this show.

As the show started, Taylor became nervous that Graham would somehow joke about having met her the night before.

But when he got on the stage, the stories he told were not about her.

She felt both relieved and disappointed. Her lingering feeling of uncertainty had haunted her all day, and as the show drew to a close, she became more nervous to approach Graham.

When she finished her drink, she looked for the waiter who apparently didn’t do rounds during a show. So after the show, she walked straight to the bar to get another drink, where she kept an eye on Graham from across the large room.

Secretly, she hoped Graham would walk over to her.