Giffin, Emily - Where We Belong by Giffin Emily

Author:Giffin, Emily [Giffin, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-07-24T06:00:00+00:00

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First thing Monday morning, Angela Rivers makes an entrance into my office that is as dramatic as any scene she has performed to date, including the one in which she discovers that her boyfriend is having an affair with his ex. I realize, within seconds, that this is no coincidence.

“He’s fucking her,” she says, showing her range as an actress as she vacillates between pitiful sobs and manic rage. Her eyes are red, her skin is broken out, and I quickly notice that she has done something drastic to her gorgeous, long red hair. Her trademark. Not only is the color off—verging toward Cyndi Lauper orange—but as she drops her head to her hands, I notice that there is a whole chunk missing in the back where she (or a very mean-spirited hairdresser) whacked it good. I find myself silently brainstorming styles to fix it, and more important, how we could work the change into a story line.

She repeats her announcement, as I wonder why I can’t take her pain more seriously. Am I being selfish, concerned only about how this turn of events (and bad hair) will impact my show? Or am I unconvinced that she is doing anything other than acting. I notice that in her impressive display of grief, there are no actual tears.

“Who is fucking whom?” I ask a little too loudly. I glance toward the hallway hoping that no one heard me, just as I can tell Angela hopes everyone hears us. After two assistants peek in and Angela has yet to reply to my question, I stand, walk past her, and push my door closed.

“Damien,” she says. “I should have known not to trust someone whose name is synonymous with Satan!”

“What?” I say, confused.

“Damien Thorn? In The Omen?” she says, as if I’m stupid for not instantly making the connection between an actor’s name and a horror film franchise from the seventies. “I can’t work with him.”

I stare at her, and process the possible magnitude of the situation. After Angela, Damien is our most important asset, dubbed “the next big thing” by the Hollywood hype machine and recently chosen as one of People’s “50 Most Beautiful.” In other words, she better work with him. And then I remember Jeanelle’s remarks in the writers’ room and say a prayer that the rumors aren’t true—and that he isn’t fucking the third most important asset, Carrie England.

Sure enough, she says, “I just can’t believe he cheated on me,” she says. “And with her. He knows how much I loathe Carrie!”

Indeed, we all know how much she hates Carrie, even before this, although no one is quite sure why, as Carrie is one of the most gracious, humble, easygoing actresses I’ve ever worked with, practically an oxymoron. Maybe that’s the very thing that chafes Angela—the fact that everyone constantly remarks on how lovely Carrie is, both outside and in. Maybe, deep down, Angela knows she only has half of that equation covered. And maybe she’s starting to figure out that it’s the part that matters the least.

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