Kill Me Tomorrow: A Psychological Thriller by Britney King

Author:Britney King [King , Britney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781393497035
Publisher: Hot Banana Press
Published: 2021-03-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Ali

Ali swivels in the high-backed chair and sucks in a deep breath. The lights warm her skin as she counts backward from ten. She feels ready. Expectant. Open. She’s supposed to feel gratitude. It isn’t easy to land a guest spot on the third top morning show in the country. Not only that, but they slated her interview in the coveted prime-time spot.

She waits for the gratitude to wash over her. Hair and makeup teams have made her look refreshed. Her stylist told her she looks like a million bucks in her black silk suit. Twice.

Ali knows her material. She can recite her answers backward and forward in her sleep. And still she waits for the thankful feeling to hit. Instead, all she feels is the same nagging sense of doubt she gets whenever she speaks in front of people.

She threw up in the green room just seconds before the production assistant came for her. She throws up every time she speaks; it’s so bad the acid has rotted out her teeth. Thankfully, veneers and good lighting hide the truth well.

Ali is in good company. They say that public speaking is the second greatest fear people have after dying. But that’s not why Ali is afraid. She loves people. She’ll have them eating out of her palm in no time. Ali knows that. The producers know that. The host knows that. Half the audience knows that.

But those people aren’t what worry Ali. It’s the other stuff. Lies that aren’t as easy to keep hidden. Lies that have to remain as such.

The lights and the music come up, and it’s go-time and Ali smiles for the camera. The host welcomes everyone in and then immediately gets down to business. Airtime is expensive, and she wastes none of it. Sarah Shepard isn’t the best. Ali knows this, and Sarah knows this. It’s apparent in the set of her jaw as she prattles on and on about Ali’s exhaustive list of accomplishments.

Ali smiles proudly but demurely, an expression she’s practiced for hours on end in front of the mirror. Facial expressions are important. It’s the difference between having someone trust you or not. Ali understands the magic of rapport. She knows words make up only 7 percent of communication. Voice quality makes up 38 percent. But physiology is by far the most important. It can be a matter of life or death. It’s not what you say or how you say it, but how you look while you’re saying it. A person’s physiology makes up 55 percent of what we communicate. Posture, gestures, eye contact, the way you breathe, the way you touch. These things can make or break a situation.

So while what Sarah Shepard is saying sounds good, Ali knows no one really cares. Viewers want confidence and understanding. They want empathy. They want to be armed with the knowledge that will get them what they want. They want her to tell them what to do and how to do it.

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