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I sit on the stool and say, “Or the time that his mom died and he said that he was going to the funeral and needed compassionate leave, but was caught in the Bahamas sunning himself with his last leading lady.”
I nodded remembering the news like the back of my hand.
“Yeah Sandra Hanson.”
“Valentina, does it matter? The thing is the guy’s hot to look at, but he’s pretty arrogant. He thought that his reputation was enough for him to keep doing all these kind of stunts and as a result of it. I don’t think that anyone wants to hire him.”
“You know the weird thing?”
She blurts out, “What?”
As she stops in her tracks and hands me a drink. I didn’t feel like eating, let alone drinking but I grab the bottle of beer as if my life depends on it and take a swing of it.
“When we got to his house, his car was parked outside. But then he said that he couldn’t take me home because his car was in the garage.”
She sits next to me, “Maybe the garage came to take it. Does it matter?”
I frown, “I suppose not. Just weird that’s all. Anyway, all I can say is that I had a birthday of a lifetime.”
“Good, because Janice’s pissed with you.”
“Shoot, I was going to buy her a bottle, but after paying for the taxi, I’m short.”
She waves her hand and takes another swing of her beer.
“Don’t worry about that as long as you tell me every dirty detail about last night. Even if you look as miserable as hell, you look tired. Someone who’s been sexed up.”
“You can tell that by my face.”
“Uh-huh. You look different that’s for sure. Now are you going to put me out of my misery or are you going to keep me guessing.”
I nod, “Okay, okay as long as you let me finish my beer first.”
“Finish it then spill. I want to know all about it. Seeing as I haven’t had any for a while.”
“One week doesn’t constitute as a while,” I smile at her before taking another swing of my beer.
She laughs, and I soon forget the way that I left Eric’s house. I just focus on a good time that we had last night and I hadn’t had a chance to tell her about the audition. I have a feeling that things are going to change for the better. Even if Eric didn’t act as if he wants to see me again. I have a feeling that we would do. Maybe it’s destiny, and things have a way of changing, he knows where I work. He’ll want to see me again. I know he will. I can feel it.
Chapter Eleven
Eric
Fuck, I feel like shit right now. I had one too many cocktails last night at the bar after four weeks of waiting for the fucking phone call to confirm if I got the role. I fucking got it. Not even the first one that I wanted, but the second one too. I took the first one because it was the best one. It had the best options and I had to celebrate.
I need another drink to get over this hangover, I pick up my flask and have a few sips of the gin that I poured in it to help me sleep when I came home in the early hours of the morning. Not even sure how I made it into bed.
I need to the drink to loosen my nerves before I get a flight. Shit, I hate flying, but my reputations down and no one wants to hire me in Hollywood. Not anymore. Not after the court case, even though the case was dismissed and we settled out of court.
No one wants to work with me. After I’ve been seen to be unreliable on more than one occasion. Going to jail is even fashionable these days, going to jail guarantees a job, but when it comes to fucking up contracts no matter how much of a star you are, that’s a no-no.
“Eric, you ready?”
Florence, my manager, shouts out, she stayed over to make sure that I make it to the airport. I can’t believe that I have to fly all the way to fucking Aspen to shoot this movie.
I expected her to dump me, like everyone else. But she’s been loyal from the start ever since, but most likely because like me she has a hard time keeping the stars intact. The industry’s getting so fucking competitive it’s unbelievable.
“Eric! You’re not drinking again are you?”
