Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch

Author:Lindsay Lynch [Lynch, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-11T00:00:00+00:00

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“I know what happened on the Afterglow shoot,” I said after he poured a glass of iced tea for me and we’d made a round of polite conversation.

Charles turned away. He opened a cabinet as if to get something out of it, but when he turned back around, he was empty-handed. He hesitated a moment before sitting down on a stool at the kitchen counter.

He put a hand over his mouth and stared at the empty space on the counter. When he looked back up, the corners of his mouth were upturned and he looked like he was about to start laughing. He finally spoke, his voice clear. “I’m not going to act like I know what that’s supposed to mean.”

I leaned against the wall, putting my weight on my good foot. “You know, I actually like you, Charles. As a person, I mean. I think we understand each other. Now, I don’t like Margy nearly as much, but I’m giving you a chance to tell me what happened before I print it.”

I watched him closely as he processed what I was saying. The man was not a strong improviser—he’d confessed as much to me after his debacle at the charity event a week earlier. Actors usually have one feature they rely on when they’re performing. For Charles, it was his dark, expressive eyebrows. Which proved useful, given that most of his roles required very little speech. His brow was drawn in tightly when I first spoke, then rose when I mentioned Margy.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” he said, his voice getting slightly louder.

I’d seen a lot of actors play the idiot with me before, but this was the first time Charles had done it. He wasn’t especially convincing. But whatever he lacked in conviction, he more than made up for in intimidation. He sat with his elbows on the counter, squared up to broaden his shoulders. He didn’t stand or even shift toward me; everything in his posture signaled a brute defensiveness.

I told him to call if he changed his mind.

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