Round & Ravishing by Mary E Thompson

Author:Mary E Thompson [Thompson, Mary E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mary E Thompson

Chapter 12

When everyone else left, Abby pulled Olivia and I to the side. Olivia hadn’t met my eye since I told everyone what she did when we were in high school. Why I didn’t tell them it was her I was talking about, I didn’t know. I guess there was some loyalty left, even if it was entirely misguided.

“Tara and I were wondering if you could pull some strings to get her onto one of the tv shows booking spots. I don’t know if that’s something you could do, but we wanted to ask.”

Olivia glanced at me then quickly looked away. “I, um, I don’t know.”

“I know it’s a lot to ask,” Abby explained. “She wants a chance to confront him. We were thinking someone might jump on a segment about how hard it is to break into movies from the perspective of both someone who has a great career and someone who left the business. Both ends of the spectrum in a way.”

It rankled to have Abby sum up my career so succinctly, but I couldn’t argue with it. She was right. I left. It was hard. And I am as far on the other end of the spectrum from Patrick as I could get.

“Would that really be what you’d talk about?”

The gleam in Abby’s eyes gave it away, but Olivia knew what we were thinking anyway. If she didn’t, she wouldn’t have asked.

“Tara is thinking some well placed comments about how Patrick really feels about Hollywood and his coworkers might be good.”

“Are you sure about this?” Olivia asked hesitantly.

I shook my head. “I’m not sure about anything, to be honest. But I can’t just roll over and take it. Even you told me you thought I should get back at him.”

“Yeah,” Abby jumped in. “You heard what happened to her in high school. Patrick leaking these pictures is the same thing. Someone close embarrasses you? It’s not right. She trusted him. She wasn’t even living in Hollywood anymore. He shouldn’t be able to get away with what he did.”

Olivia sucked in a harsh breath. I spared a glance at her, but she wasn’t looking at me. She was staring over Abby’s shoulder.

“I’ll see what I can do.”

Abby squealed. “Thank you!”

“I can’t promise anything. I have no idea if I’ll be able to find anyone who might be interested.”

“Make sure you tell them I’m the one in the pictures he leaked. That’ll get a lot more of the vultures interested.”

Olivia nodded, finally looking at me. Her eyes were sad, hurt. I tried not to care, but I’d be lying if I said I was indifferent. She’d been my best friend for years. Even though she was responsible for the most embarrassing moment of my life, I still wanted to see her happy.

Dammit.

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