Blonde Ambition by Zoey Dean

Author:Zoey Dean [Dean, Zoey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV039020, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9780446534277
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2007-09-02T14:00:00+00:00

Five Different Camera Angles

Anna twisted her key into the front door of her father’s house and disarmed the alarm before it could send a silent alert to the Beverly Hills police department. Once the alarm was off, she slipped out of her black velvet Chanel ballet flats and dangled them on two fingers as she headed upstairs to her room. Before she undressed for the night, she remembered that she’d turned off her cell phone at Dublin’s, so she powered it back up. It hadn’t been activated for thirty seconds before it chimed.

“Hello?”

“Anna? Are you okay?” Ben. Sounding panicked. “Yes, I’m fine,” she assured him.

“I called you four times,” Ben said. “Once you didn’t answer, the other times your phone was off. You scared the piss out of me.”

“I was working,” Anna said as she sat on her bed. “Clark Sheppard took me to the set of Hermosa Beach.”

“And kept you until midnight?” Ben asked. “What a schmuck.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t pick up your calls.” She wondered what she should tell Ben about Danny Bluestone. If anything.

“As long as you’re all right. So, listen. Didn’t you mention that tomorrow was some kind of city education conference, so there’s no school?”

She had.

“So I thought we could spend the day together. Maybe head down to the South Bay beaches or up to Carpinteria—the weather’s supposed to be great. And then tomorrow night we can have dinner at my house. My parents want to meet you. If you can deal, that is. So, you up for it?”

“Sure,” Anna said. Ben’s idea really did sound like fun, except perhaps for the dinner-with-the-parents part. But she couldn’t very well tell her boyfriend that she didn’t want to meet his folks. And Clark hadn’t said anything to her about having to work that day.

“Great. I’ll pick you up early, say nine?”

She agreed, they said good night, and then Anna hung up. For a moment she sat on her bed, staring at nothing, convincing herself that she really did want to spend the day with Ben. It would be fantastic. All those romantic feelings for him would still be there. She was sure of it.

She picked up her messages. Ben. Ben again. And then her father, calling from Arizona.

“Hey, sorry I missed you. I just wanted to tell you that your sister’s doing fine at White Mountains. She actually hugged me before I left—that’s gotta be some kind of progress. I spoke with one of the counselors there, who’s pretty optimistic. So listen, I’ve decided to take a few more days off, maybe a week. Thought I’d drive over to Taos in New Mexico and get in some skiing. Thought you might want to join me. Call my cell and let me know. Hope you’re not too lonely rattling around in that house. Make sure Django takes care of whatever you need, honey. Ciao.”

He clicked off. So did Anna. She pulled off her clothes and padded into the bathroom to shower, thinking that it was typical of her father to suggest that she join him, as if school and other commitments simply didn’t exist.

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