" Don’t tell Tex you’re gonna buy a franchise, he’ll go ballistic.”
What he said made me stop and I stared up at him stupidly in the dark.
“What’s wrong with franchises?” I asked.
“They’re the death of America,” Uncle Tex boomed from the next room and both Hank and I froze. “Now, will you two keep it the fuck down. The walls are paper thin and you’re disturbin’ the cats! "

― Kristen Ashley , Rock Chick Redemption (Rock Chick, #3)