Los Angeles by A. M. Homes

Author:A. M. Homes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 2002-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

“Do you want to write for a TV show, do you want a staff position, because if that’s what you want, if that’s what would do it for you, if you’d be willing to move to L.A., I can do that for you, I can get that for you right now while you’re sitting in that chair. I can pick up the phone and it can happen, over and out, a done deal. What do you say—wanna sign?”

One of the agents I meet with is a young guy with an office in Beverly Hills. We walk out together—it’s the end of the day. We take the elevator down to the underground garage. The garage guy pulls his car around.

“Nice meeting you,” I say, shaking his hand. “Great car.”

“You like it?” he says, “I’m ready to sell it, do you want it?”

“No, thanks.”

“Low mileage, still under warranty, it’s a Beemer, for chrissake.”

I shake my head. The valet pulls up in my white Ford Focus.

“Why don’t you want to buy my car?” the agent whines. “It’s certainly better than that.”

“This is a rental,” I say. “Remember, I don’t live here.”

“I think you should buy my car. If you bought it you would live here and I would get you work. Buy my car and you will be rich.”

“What is it, like a magic genie lamp?”

“Hey, all I do is drive it on the freeway. It’s good miles, highway miles.”

I get into my Ford Focus. “Have a nice day,” I say because I can’t think of anything else to say.

He calls the next morning, “I just wanted to follow up, not so much about the meeting, you should do what feels comfortable, but about the car—are you going to buy my car?”

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