Cut to the Chase (26 page)

“You’re in.”

“In?”

“Yes! He was impressed by the play. He thought it was an unusual place for a meeting and commented that it was rather one-sided, but he understood your message. Lord knows, I crapped fifteen pounds because of it.”

Billy was huffing and puffing, too. “We just drove straight from his office. The same agreements and conditions came back on the table and we inked the deal!”

Avalon jumped up. “Are you serious?”

Michele D. put her hand to her chest. “As the heart attack I’m about to have.”

Avalon let out a whoop and Paige jumped up to hug her.

“Money for college!” she said to Paige, who laughed.

Michele D. cocked her head. “What?”

“Nothing.” She hugged Michele and Billy. “This is great news!”

“It sure is! And we’re going back to our offices to get the word out,” Billy said. “Lots of stuff to do. Interviews, news stories, blogs.”

As they walked back to their car, Avalon called out, “Think we should take Paige’s play on the road?”

Without turning around, they both shouted at the same time, “NO!”

“So,” Avalon said when Michele D. and Billy had driven away, “I’ll be heading to Spain eventually, but not before I go with you on your book tour.”

“You want to go?!”

“I sure do. Who else is going to help you perfect RSUA technique?” Avalon said.

“Relax, stop negative talk…ahhh…”

“Use coping statements and acknowledge your feelings. See? You’ve forgotten already.”

“I didn’t, actually. I wanted you to feel needed.”

Avalon hugged her. “I already do.”

Paige sighed. “So, Spain, huh?”

“Is your passport up to date? I’m sure there will be some photo safaris for you to go on.”

“It sure is.”

“Good, because this film is going to be great! It’s a huge blockbuster love story. Top billing.”

“It’s funny how your business works. You killed your costar in the last film and the next one will be a happily-ever-after.”

Avalon draped her arms over Paige’s shoulders. “That’d be a great name for your next book.”

Paige moved closer, wanting to kiss her again and again. “Let’s just keep that one for ourselves.”

Lisa Girolami (LisaGirolami.com ) has been in the entertainment industry since 1979. She holds a BA in fine art and an MS in psychology and is a licensed MFT specializing in LGBT clients. Previous jobs included ten years as a production executive in the motion picture industry and another two decades producing and designing theme parks for Walt Disney and Universal Studios. She is now a Director and Senior Producer with Walt Disney Imagineering.

Writing has been a passion for her since she wrote and illustrated her first comic books at the restless age of six. Her imagination usually gets the best of her and plotting her next novel during boring corporate meetings keeps her from going stir crazy. She currently lives in Long Beach, California.

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