The Vow by Denene Millner

Author:Denene Millner
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780061758485
Publisher: HarperCollins

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AMAYA

Today is the day. According to the tip that I got from my girl Candy, whose cousin, Sharonda, is temping in the Soular Son office, the execs are making offers this morning, and word is, the actress selected for the role is a relative unknown (hello, me all day long). The muscles in my stomach tighten involuntarily. I gotta get up. I’m way too nervous to try to go back to sleep. I slip out of my bed, grab a robe, and head downstairs to my living room, leaving my overnight guest soundly snoring in the bed.

I grab the cordless off the base and curl up on the chaise. Ring, dammit, ring! Any other day, this freaking phone would be off the hook, but now that I actually want someone to call, it’s dead-ass quiet. Okay, I’m officially panicking. What if I don’t get the role? What if I’m just not good enough? I’ve been telling myself that if only I could just catch a break, I’d show them all. And now look, I finally got my big break and I probably don’t even have what it takes. How will I face everyone? I won’t be able to blame it on anything but a lack of talent. I can just see the looks of pity now. My friends say that they’re completely behind me, but I know that they’ve all had doubts about my ability to make it as a certified actress… especially Trista. Shoot, her ass wasn’t even willing to take me on as a client back in the day, before she started landing the real A-listers. Let’s not forget about Benita. Jesus! More importantly, how can I really expect Keith to leave Trixie for a wack-ass B-list actress? If I’m even that, truth be told, sometimes I’m not even sure. So on top of everything else, I’m also going to lose my man. As my throat starts to clench up, the receiver rings. I inhale deeply, promise to get right forreal, forreal if God hooks me up just this once, and answer the phone.

“Hello,” I answer hesitantly.

“Amaya, wow, am I glad that I caught you,” Clarence’s nasal voice greets me. “You know, normally you never pick up your home phone when I call…”

“Yes, yes, Clarence, I know,” I snip, cutting his attempt at small talk short. “But I did pick up this time, so what’s going on? Do you have something that you want to tell me or are you just calling to hear the sound of my voice?”

“Well, now that you mention it, I do so love the sound of your voice…especially when you’re saying those nasty things to me. And considering I haven’t seen you in the office in a while…” he begins with the bullshit again.

“Jesus, Clarence! I’m so not in the mood for it this morning,” I respond, getting increasingly pissed off by the second. “Do you have something to tell me or not?”

“Okay, okay, you don’t have to be mean,” he huffs. “I was just calling to tell you that I finally heard back from the Soular Son office.

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