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He nodded “Right,” he said, waving his arm toward the tall blond who had addressed me at the audition “That’s Liaer is hanging around here somewhere too, but you’ll meet hiet yourself a drink or soet you on for the second and go from there If you handle yourself, the job is yours If not” He shrugged

Easy

I clutched htly in my hand and oing for my driver’s license

While ht not be accurate, it was real At fourteen, thanks to a dodgy-looking dude I’d slist and 1600—don’t ask me where the cash had come fro e County

When you’ve lived a lie for long enough, you began to believe it It tookmyself inside a bar and about to order a drink, to re from

“What can I get you?”

I suy behind the bar as he leaned across the counter His gaze wandered overon the point where the center of my dress dipped down between my breasts I rolled my eyes

Attention fro I received often, and it was always unwanted Friendships and relationships were so I usually avoided Dee was the only real friend I had, and that suited me fine It was rare for me to truly open up to anyone The less people knew about

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nbsp; “Just a glass of water, thanks With lime if you have it”

He nodded and gavemy ankle around the base of the barstool behindand studied it It was a popular hit froe obsession with eighties British rock bands would pay off eventually

My heart began to pound as I listened to the guys kick off in the background

This is really happening This was it Fuck this up, and it was over

I’d spent years trying to break into the industry Open hts, auditionsI had done it all I’d been rejected soto me It had dominated my life since I’d left ho my foot in the door, and that hat made it so damn scary

“One water with lime for the most beautiful woman in the room”