Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

Author:Chevy Stevens [Stevens, Chevy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 0312595670
Amazon: B004F9OV7K
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010-07-06T05:00:00+00:00

I tuned back in when Mom said, “You know, Luke’s a lot like your father.”

“You think? I guess in some ways. He’s patient like Dad was, that’s for sure. We’ve been talking a lot recently, I’m going to help him with his bookkeeping.”

“Bookkeeping?” She said the word like I’d just announced I was going to become a prostitute. “You hate bookkeeping.”

I shrugged. “I need to make some money.”

“So you haven’t talked to an agent or a producer?”

“I decided I don’t want to make more money off what happened to me. It makes me sick that people, including me, have made any money off it at all.”

The first time I saw an old high school friend being interviewed on TV, I sat stunned on my couch while this girl I hadn’t seen in a decade told the talk show host about the first time we tried pot, about the outdoor party where I got drunk and threw up in the backseat of a car belonging to a boy I had a major crush on, then read aloud from notes we supposedly passed each other in class. That wasn’t even the worst of it—the guy I lost my virginity to sold his story to a major men’s magazine. Jerk even gave them pictures of us from when we were together. One of them was of me in a bikini.

Mom said, “Annie, you really need to think about this. You don’t have the luxury of time.” Her face was concerned. “You never went to college or university. Sales is just about all you can do, but try selling anything now—all people see when they look at you is a rape victim. And bookkeeping for Luke? How long is that going to last?”

I remembered a call a few days back from a movie producer. Before I could hang up on her she said, “I know you must be sick of people bothering you, but I promise if you just take a few minutes to hear me out, and you still say no, I’ll never call again.” Something about her no-bullshit tone of voice connected with me, so I told her to go ahead.

She gave me her pitch on how I could set the record straight and my story could benefit women all over the world. Then she said, “What’s holding you back? Maybe if you tell me what you’re afraid of I can see what we could do.”

“Sorry, you can talk, but sharing my reasons wasn’t part of the bargain.”

So she talked, and it was like she knew exactly what I was worried about and what I wanted to hear—she even told me I could have final script and actor approval. And she said the money could set me up for life.

I said, “It’s still a no, but if anything changes, I’ll call you first.”

“I hope you do, but I hope you also understand that there’s a time limit to this offer….”

She was right, and Mom was right. If I waited much longer I was going to be a hell of a lot more than a day late and a dollar short.

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