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That’s why he’s famous It’s not the body or face, it’s the emotion The eht now but I hold back with Elise as Antoine starts shooting The noise of the shutter snaps her out of her daze and I expect her to say soht? Is this what you want?

But she says nothing Antoine whispers to her, giving her s the light from thefall across her face It’s late afternoon now, so the light is low and hazy It bounces off her raven hair and her head turns in just the right way to catch so her eyes sparkle And that’s how she’s burned into ray light behind her, and her bright blue eyes

She catchesand I hold my breath But neither of us turns away We stare, unabashed, until Antoine’s direction pulls her back into the shoot and she’s lost again--guarded and unhappy, frowning and resigned She’s a blackbird sitting in a tree staring out at the world, daring the wind to coh

She is wrecked, Elise is right But she’s not down yet The look on her face is defiant

When I look over at the clock it’s well past five Antoine has been shooting her for almost two hours Elise left a while back but whether she’s still here in the studio or up in her apartment, I have no idea I lost track of her because irl

Antoine does pretty well until the end It’s clear he’s finished shooting and the girl is starting to look unco the shoot

I cringe No, you don’t ask them! You make them want to tell you, you idiot! I want to pull hi, but it’s too late She snaps at him and he pulls back when he realizes his mistake

He turns the conversation to business and this is where it really gets interesting She tells him she’s not a h when she starts yelling about pictures as payment

I look back towards Elise’s station and realize she forgot to explain the terirl has disrupted all the carefully laid plans and protocols we’ve had in place for years

The tragic girl storether as she rants to Elise

"You better fix this, Antoine," I say calirl, she needs theFrench to face hiot hundreds of shots in that camera Pay her and make sure she comes back or I won’t do the contract I want her I’ve put up with hundreds of stupid girls over the years for you and I’ve never asked you for a favor like this I want this one, or I won’t do it"

He fishes through his pocket and pulls out the cash that Clare never earned