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r that he isn't even dressed. This town worships fame and money, and he has plenty of both. The air conditioning inside t

ue with me boss voice. "You're going to sleep this o

nt to," h

ime, and to a woman who is barely twenty and there seems to be an epidemic of matrimony in the family beca

lly. "Hey, maybe I'll be too hu

a driver take yo

at the bar downtown. An aspiring actress from Chicago, Sasha is petite with flowing black hair that reaches her lumbar, and pale green eyes that look arr

r lack of success as an actress bothers me, because she works so hard. Amazingly enough, I've never heard her complain about it. Her upb

ar he doesn't do favors for aspiring any

," I

s widen. "Oh my gosh,

and I feel gross. I remind myself to leave

she asks, peeri

ent contract comes with an NDA. I'm not allowed to talk

nything crazy becau

ed to tell him I was pregnant. But he told me I was worthless before I could get a word out. And once he ma

ays she doesn't really believe me. "He's a

o Cole. So was Zane, her twin brother. I sigh. They were probab

" Sasha opens he

"You're going

ly. She doesn't say anything. But I close my eyes and

he didn't want me coming with him. He promised he would attend and do all the right things. I've never seen him break a promise, so I stayed home. Read some books a

nd pass in relative peace. Now w

iant pool appears to my left, the water sparkling like liquid jewels. I park my six year old Altima

at Jace's place. The interior matches the splendor outside. The floor is real marble; huge and glittering chandeliers hang from the vaulted ceiling. The wal

, I head toward my office on the second level, climbing the winding