Making It 2 by Christina Ross

Author:Christina Ross [Ross, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Maya Banks, Annie Stone, Tatjana Wagner, Anna Zaires, Megan Harold, Vi Keeland, Anna Todd, Bella Andre, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy, Meghan March, Katy Evans, Tanja Janz, Tijan, Jill Sanders, Audrey Carlan, E L James, Pepper Winters, Jennifer Probst, Vivien Summer, Jay Crownover, Colleen Hoover, Cristina Chiperi, Piper Rayne, meredith wild, nora roberts, J. Kenner, Skye Warren, marie force, Barbara Freethy, Helen Hardt, Liliana Hart, Calendar Girl, lauren blakely, Mona Kasten, Penelope Sky, Emma M. Green, Kristen Callihan, Kristen Proby, Christina Lauren, Kendra Elliot, Cynthia Eden
Publisher: Christina Ross
Published: 2019-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“I’VE GOT A GOOD THREE-hour break before I need to be back here to set up the introductory shoot,” Hunter said to me. “It’s a nice day. Want to take a walk with me? Because after that shitshow, I could use one to blow off some steam.”

“I could use one myself, because what you don’t know is that I had one hell of a morning before I even got here,” I said.

He furrowed his brow at me. “Is everything OK?”

“For the moment? Maybe? But when it comes to tomorrow, next week, or the next month or so?” I just shrugged at him. “I don’t know what’s going to happen then.”

“What does that mean?” he asked in concern. “Julia, what’s this about?”

“My best friend doesn’t come home for another few days,” I said. “But I can’t wait for her. Because I need a friend right now, Hunter.”

“You’ve got one in me. You’re upset. What’s the issue?”

“It has to do with the conversation I had with Pepper this morning,” I whispered to him. “But that’s all I can say here. So, let’s take that walk and I’ll fill you in. Washington Square?”

“Fifteen minutes away,” he said. “Let’s do it.”

We walked down the stairs with his hand pressed against my back, left the building, stepped out into the warm, sunny afternoon with throngs of people on the sidewalk—and as we sliced through them, I felt conflicted. I didn’t want to betray Pepper’s secrets. But in my heart and soul, I knew that I had to look at the big picture in an effort to protect her going forward.

If her mother wound up in rehab, which was a serious possibility, Hunter and I needed to have a plan in place. Because if Savannah did wind up in rehab, Pepper wouldn’t only need our support, she’d need someone in her family to sign on as her legal guardian or she would have to be removed from the show at once, because she couldn’t work underage without a guardian’s supervision. I knew the law—and it terrified me.

Were there ways around the law? Sure. For instance, if Pepper’s deadbeat of a father did the right thing and stepped up to the plate, he could move to the city for the summer, agree to be there for his daughter, and that would take care of everything. On the other hand, if he refused to do that but agreed to give me temporary guardianship over Pepper until filming ended? She could remain on the show.

Would I do that for Pepper? After everything I knew that poor girl had gone through this morning, I absolutely would. But the decision wasn’t mine alone to make, because I wasn’t a free agent. I mean, what would Harper have to say about any of this? What would CAA want me to do? Sooner rather than later, Harper would be giving me new clients to represent, and if the time ever came that I needed to be there legally for Pepper, how would

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