Olivia's Winter Wonderland by Lyn Gardner

Author:Lyn Gardner [Lyn Gardner]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: olivia_s_winter_wonderland
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2012-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Georgia finished reading the speech and waited. The director whispered something to the man next to him, who then whispered something to the woman next to him. Georgia strained to hear what they were saying.

“I don’t know,” said the woman, appraising Georgia with her grey eyes as if she was thinking of putting a bid in for her at an auction but wasn’t sure she was worth the money. “She might work, but I suppose that depends on who you cast as Zelda’s friend, Trinity. We don’t want two blondes. That would never do.”

“Maybe we could dye her hair,” said the director, as if Georgia wasn’t standing there right in front of him. She was beginning to feel quite angry, but she bit her lip and said nothing. The woman rifled through the photos on her desk.

“Of course, Aeysha’s already dark; you wouldn’t have to dye her hair.”

Georgia froze. There was no way Aeysha was going to get the role just because she wasn’t blonde. “I’d be happy to dye my hair,” she blurted out. In fact, what she wanted to say was that she would dye her hair purple, cut off her right arm or donate a kidney if that’s what it would take to get the role. But of course she didn’t.

“Maybe we do want a blonde?” mused the director. He looked bored. “Or maybe we don’t. Decisions. Decisions.” He suddenly brightened. “I know – we need a redhead.”

“Actually,” said Poppet nervously, “you weeded out all the redheads at the first-look stage. You said you were certain that Zelda wasn’t a redhead.”

“Oh, did I?” said the director absently. He scrutinised Georgia again for what felt like hours. “Thank you, Georgina,” he said eventually. “We’ll let you know.”

“Georgia,” said Georgia vehemently. “It’s not Georgina, it’s Georgia.”

The director smiled weakly. “Of course, of course. Georgia. I knew that.”

Georgia glared at him, enraged. They had called her back again and again, made her jump through hoop after hoop like a performing seal and they didn’t even know her name.

“Well, you don’t behave as if you do,” she said furiously, and stalked out of the door banging it hard behind her. As soon as the door closed, she regretted what she had done. She was such an idiot! And it wasn’t as if she didn’t know better. She had behaved badly on her very first audition soon after she’d arrived at the Swan and she had vowed never to behave like that again. And now she’d done just that, at what was one of the most important moments in her life. She’d blown it completely by losing her temper.

It was over for her now. Aeysha was going to get the part. She just knew it. She put her hot head against the cool wall. She wanted to feel pleased for Aeysha, but she couldn’t. All she felt was jealousy.

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