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“You’re in love,” Emma sang.
“I’m not!”
“Yes you are! Come on,” Emma opened the door to the elegant and palatial suite. “Welcome to my home!”
Mulberry glanced up at the tall ceilings and the expansive windows.
The row of symmetrical rectangular windows let the light in. the furnishings was cream, soft beiges and elegantly styled.
Emma led her into a living room with two beige couches, a coffee table and a fireplace with bookshelves on either side.
“It’s not horrible.”
“No. I miss my apartment, though.”
Mulberry set her bag beside a small bookshelf. “Yeah, being away from home isn’t mom’s favourite part, either.”
“Want a smoothie?”
“Sure,” Mulberry followed her into the galley-style kitchen.
“This does give dad and me enough space. He has an office down the hall, and at least there’s a door that opens to the hallway, so the people working on his movie don’t come into this part of the ‘home’” Emma made quotation marks around the words.
“Did you know about the movie?”
“Nope. You know, dad, he does what he wants and tells me after” Emma opened the fridge, gathering the smoothie ingredients.
“He means well.”
Emma stuck her tongue out at her. “You don’t have to say that. I’m not sure he does mean well.”
Mulberry slid the blender towards Emma. Emma loaded it up. Glancing at her friend, she thought of how hard it must be to have a parent who cares so little for what you want to do with your life.
“Anyways, this is the only acting I’m doing. After this show, it’s back to school full time” Emma poured the blender contents into two glasses.
“It seems to stress you out, Emma. Don’t do it if you don’t love it.”
“I know.”
Mulberry followed Emma to the living room, sitting down on the couch beside her.
“Where is your dad?”
“On his way. He suggested I invite you over. He will announce his director debut and has called the media.”
“Here?” Mulberry’s stomach tightened in knots.
“Yep. So before I have to get ready for the camera, want to paint my nails?”
Dread infused Mulberry’s limbs.
She took a sip of her smoothie, and it tasted like sawdust.
“Mulberry?”
“Yeah, sure.”
Emma clapped her hands together and jumped up from the sofa. “I’ll be back in a moment.”
