Crystal by Jacqueline Gardner

Author:Jacqueline Gardner [Gardner, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
Published: 2012-06-20T05:00:00+00:00

Crystal washed quickly and went to bed. She was tired, very tired. But she was happy. She hadn’t liked Charlie Harris that much, and Donald was silly. But she and Pat had had a good time. She hadn’t felt as good in weeks. Gizmo was on her bed, and she pushed him over to the other pillow.

7

The midtown-Manhattan studio looked a lot better than Jerry’s. There were wires running all over the floor, and a small army of aluminum reflectors had been strategically placed about the high-ceilinged room.

“Crystal, did Loretta tell you how long the session would be?”

“She said it might last all day,” Crystal said. She tilted her chin slightly so that Frankie Mazzaro could put highlighter over her eyes from behind her.

“This is a chance in a lifetime,” Jerry said. “And what we want to do is to get pictures which are going to say a lot about you, who you are, and which are going to knock Everby’s eyes out.”

“Why are we using this studio?” The two-piece bathing suit Crystal wore was almost the same color as her skin.

“It’s better equipped than mine,” Jerry said. “I worked with Mel Kaplan, the guy who owns this place, all day yesterday to get the feel of it. It’s going to work out just fine.”

“Did you know that I took some test shots with him once? They’re in my portfolio. I took them over there.” Crystal motioned toward a carousel of backdrops in the center of the studio. There was a beach scene, an outdoor Western scene, and two city scenes and others on rollers.

“We’re going to use this city scene first,” Jerry said. The backdrop had the outlines of tall buildings lit up at night. “I’m going to put you at a table as if you’re waiting for someone in a restaurant. The theme will be the same in all the pictures, that you’re young and you don’t want to wait.”

“Don’t want to wait for what?”

“For anything,” Jerry said. “How long you going to be, Frankie?”

“Just finished,” Frankie said. He stood directly behind Crystal and looked at her in the mirror. Crystal looked up at his reflection, and when their eyes met, he smiled. “She’s beautiful. The only thing she has to worry about is perspiration. She gets a little moist around her upper lip.”

“Can she fix it herself?”

“Sure,” Frankie said. “Crystal, I’m leaving all of your stuff here for you. Just watch for perspiration. Don’t touch the highlighter, all right?”

“As soon as you leave, I’m re-doing my whole face,” Crystal said, smiling.

“If you do, Jerry will kill you, and then I’ll come back and kill you all over again. Now be sweet!”

“Yes, Frankie.”

“Yes, Crystal.”

Frankie gathered the rest of his materials and left.

“What do you think of that guy?” Jerry asked.

“Frankie? Frankie’s nice,” Crystal said.

“He is.” Jerry leaned against the dressing table. “You like everybody, don’t you?”

“Unless I have a reason not to,” Crystal said.

“You ready?”

“What am I going to be doing?”

“First, I want you to tell me what Everby’s paying for.

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