Page 65 of Born to be Wilder

“Marge, shhhh!” Doris scolded. “Everyone is staring.”

“Sorry,” I whispered, shrinking into my seat.

“Are you seriously doing this?” Sylvie asked.

Alice shrugged. “Why not? Going on a movie set does sound like fun, and if we’re there for Marge’s last day of wishes…”

She inched up an eyebrow, and a look of understanding dawned on Sylvie’s features.

“Oh! If we’re safe on a movie set all day, Marge can’t make us do something else horrible and almost get us killed!”

Alice smirked. “Exactly.”

“Hey! You don’t know what I wanted to do today. Heck, I don’t even know what I wanted to do today. But Bertha brought us here for a reason. Don’t you see? She’s pulled us to being in a movie!”

“A movie set does sound fun.” Doris leaned in a little. “And pretty safe, right?”

Even though they weren’t on board for the same reasons as me, I realized I shouldn’t argue against them.

“It’s very safe. Those places are regulated to the teeth. So, we’re doing this?”

Alice set down her coffee, stood up, and smoothed her hair. “Let’s go.”

I practically vibrated with excitement as I hopped up and followed her over.

The younger man whispered, “Oh God, she’s back.”

I ignored him.

“Hey, pals! Sorry to drop in on you again, but I really want to at least come and see the movie set today. We’ll sign anything you want. You got an NDA? Hand that puppy over and I’ll give it my John Hancock.”

“It’s more complicated than that,” the bald one answered. “We’re sorry, but we can’t just invite anyone onto the movie set.”

I looked at Alice, encouraging her on with my eyes.

After one long sigh, she placed a hand on her hip. “Here’s the thing. My friend Marge here, she’s not going to give up. She’s going to follow you, sneak onto your set, and probably get herself arrested. So, if we could just skip all that stuff and I could offer you some money to buy us a pass onto the set for the day?”

They looked at each other with interested expressions. Then the one with glasses shook his head. “No, we really can’t. Sorry.”

I gave Alice the look.

Do it… Do it, Alice.

She closed her eyes for a beat. “Okay, I didn’t want to do this, but we are on a road trip before I start my breast cancer battle. And we’re trying to accomplish as much as we can before my entire life gets torn apart. So, if you could please make an exception for all of us to at least come onto the set, you don’t even have to make us extras, we would truly be grateful.”

I looked at them, anticipation fluttering in my chest as I watched their expressions change.

“Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that,” the younger one said. “I, uh… My mom went through that. Lots of ups and downs, but she’s in remission right now.”

Alice’s face softened. “I’m so glad to hear that. I know I have a rocky road ahead, which is why we’re trying to have as much fun as we can.”

They looked at each other, and the bald one softly shook his head, but the one with glasses pinched his lips together.

“Well, we do have a scene today where we could use some extra extras. You wouldn’t be paid, and this would definitely need to be handled carefully with some forms to sign, but maybe we could help you out.”

My eyes flew open wide. “Are you serious? You’re gonna let us come to the set and be in the movie?”

The bald one looked concerned, but the younger one shrugged. “Well, like Anders’ mom had it, my aunt had breast cancer too. Kinda feel like she would want me to help these ladies out.”