Getting to know the neighbors (chapter 1)
The sudden shift from sweltering heat to arctic cold makes the tiny hairs on Taylor’s neck stand on end. There have been many aspects of moving from California to Las Vegas which have been difficult, but the heat is perhaps her least favorite. Nolan and Taylor have reasoned that it’s been the right career move for them both. But on days like this which Taylor sardonically refers to as “kill-yourself-hot”, the couple have some pangs of regret. Another adjustment has been going from a very handsome but not head-turning pair in California, to being “a couple of REAL desert-10’s”, as an older woman in a grocery store line referred to them. “The heat is cooking these people’s brains!”, Taylor remarked. But Nolan had taken the flattery in stride, “I can’t speak for her brain without …