“That’s not true. You are exactly what they need.”
“I don’t know what to do.” I shook my head.
Emma stood in front of me and grabbed my hands. “Yes. You do.”
“Tell me?” I asked. If I just knew what to do. But I’m not smart enough …
“You know, Harrison.”
Chad started to speak, but her head whipped to him. Whatever he saw on her face stopped him from talking. She’d dealt with men far worse.
“You need to trust that Charlie and I need you and care about you. But more importantly, you need to have faith in yourself.”
My jaw clenched, and I couldn’t find the words.
“Ignore what you think I want, or Chad, or the whole production team. We’ll figure it out. Remember what Wesley told you?” She held my gaze.
I swallowed and shook my head. I couldn’t even remember my own name right now.
“He told you to be the person you want to be, and not who the world has painted you as,” she said.
“That’s right,” I said, remembering how they drove me to action before.
She smiled. “You have this story in your head that you can’t possibly be enough for the people who love you and that’s simply not true. You listen to yourself. Trust yourself to know what you want to do.”
I thought of what Frankie told me about how easy I was to love. I held on to that.
“I’m going to get my family,” I said.
Emma nodded. “Excellent. Wesley’s got the jet ready.”
“Oh, come on.” Chad threw up his arms.
“Chad, you’re fired. No offense. It’s business,” I said.
He shook his head. “Good. Because you’ve fucked yourself on this set, and I don’t want to be associated.”
“Let’s go,” I said, ignoring my former agent.
Once on the jet, I was pleased to see Charlie and Kate. They stood to engulf me in a hug once I was on board.
“What are you doing here? How did you guys know?” I said, tears burned the back of my eyes.
“Frankie emailed me last night and then sent a message to the group chat,” Kate said.
“I got the jet ready and picked them up.” Wesley checked his phone. “If she left around four a.m., we just might make it around the same time as her.”
“Thank you. This is …” I wanted to say it was too much, but I knew that I would do it for them. Was it so hard to believe that they would do it for me in return?
“I talked to the director,” Emma said. “They weren’t happy but they understood and didn’t want to lose you. They were able to shoot some other stuff and use a stand-in for some of the scenes. Until you have a new agent, I’ll help with all this.”
“I can handle it,” I said weakly, but wouldn’t even know where to begin.
“You probably could. But you don’t have to. I got you. I’m living that semi-retired life and don’t mind.” Emma squeezed my hand.
We were in the air and headed to Nevada in no time.
“My lawyers have the address, but listen, we may not have the rights,” Wesley said. “The law isn’t on our side with Joey still in the picture. I just want you to be prepared for that. Unless there is evidence of …”
