Now a Major Motion Picture by Stacey Wiedower

Author:Stacey Wiedower [Wiedower, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Published: 2015-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

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When she arrived on set the next morning, she was startled to find that the first item on her itinerary was a meeting with Colin. It wasn’t in his trailer this time, but in the production team’s makeshift headquarters, set up in a hallway of classrooms in the cleared-out sports complex that had filled so many roles this week. She followed a female PA down a long corridor of the low brick building, their footsteps echoing off the drab cinder block walls. They passed the catering room. She could smell the coffee from the hallway, and when she glanced in she saw a couple of people lingering around trays of fruit and donuts. Otherwise the hall was quiet.

The girl stopped in front of a closed doorway and knocked three times before turning the handle.

“Mr. Marks? Mel Henry for you.”

She pushed the door wide and ushered Amelia into a smallish room with institutional white walls and speckled-blue industrial carpet. A long table at the center of the room was surrounded by molded plastic chairs in an array of faded citrus colors. In the middle of the table, several pages of script were arranged in a neat, fan-like pattern.

She had a feeling this PA didn’t have much in common with good ol’ Rob.

“Thank you,” Amelia said in a crisp, professional voice, her eyes on Colin. The assistant nodded and left, closing the door behind her.

Colin smiled. “I figured I’d better go through proper channels, block off some space on your calendar. You’re a busy woman.”

She smiled back, but her eyes were tight. “And you’re a busy man.”

He reached a hand forward, gestured for her to take the three steps that separated them. When she did, he pulled her close against his chest.

“Now this is what I call a meeting.”

She felt her body stiffen. She’d had too much time to think last night—never a good thing for her, especially when it came to relationships.

Colin noticed. He pulled back and tried to meet her eyes, but they were intent on examining the buttons on his shirt.

“Hey? What’s wrong? I’m sorry about last night. My manager needed to meet with me. He said it was urgent. It wasn’t, though. It was really frustrating.”

He tipped her chin up. “Are you upset with me?”

She smiled in spite of herself at his hurt-little-boy tone.

“No, Colin. Not at all. I just…this is just harder than I thought it was going to be. It seems like every step we take toward each other, we get split farther apart.”

She faltered, and the tell-tale flush of pink rose into her cheeks.

“There’s more,” he guessed. He waited a couple of seconds. “Tell me what’s on your mind.”

She looked straight into his eyes, aware of the desperation, the frustration that was laid bare in hers. He stared back, his eyes filled with nothing but patience and concern.

“This is going to sound crazy, considering, but I’m worried we’re moving too fast. I want to spend time with you.” She paused and inhaled sharply. “And I’m afraid that’s never going to happen.

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