Do You Know Dorothy?: Book 5, Part 1 (The Juliana Series) by Writer Vanda

Author:Writer, Vanda [Writer, Vanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sans Merci Press
Published: 2021-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

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I stared out my office door into the main room. It was quiet, none of the usual activity and excitement of getting ready for a show. There was no show at the Olympus tonight and we were running the whole operation with half the staff. An aura of sadness hung over the place. What a mess our audition at The Haven had turned out to be. We never even got to have the audition at all before World War Three broke out. How would I lure them back? I glanced at my bank book. Flipped open to the latest page. A couple weeks ago I’d started paying for the show from my personal finances. No, don’t worry. It’s okay. Once the show opens and is a hit… I shut the book. I didn’t want to think about that.

When I stepped outta my office, I could see our Greek statues as tall as our high ceilings, gracefully bowing toward the fountain and the lake. Both the fountain and lake were in perfect stillness. They would come to life again for the show we had scheduled for Friday. But the quietness and the stillness of now… I thought back to when Jule and I had just come home from Paris. How glorious she’d looked in that royal blue silk gown. She danced just about every dance with Max. He looked completely dashing in his tuxedo. Elegance. The kids will never know elegance. I suddenly felt horribly sad. Sadder than tears, even. I had to let go of all that.

Lucille had left a stack of mail piled high in the middle of my desk on top of the dailies.

I reached for a large envelope with an elaborate logo in the return address. Under the address it said INVITATION.

“So, this is it.” I received many fancy invitations throughout the year. Attending these events were part of my job, but I knew this one was not the usual industry invite. This one was special. I opened the envelope and pulled out a white card with an embossed design of gold ribbons around the edge. In the center, my name embossed in gold—Miss Alice Huffman—and under my name the words:

‘You are cordially invited to attend the after-show reception at Sardis Restaurant for the

opening of The Baker of MacDougal Street , staring Juliana Styles. Two tickets for the show are reserved in your name December 10, 1956.

I stared at it a moment, thinking, this should be my day too. A big lump sat at the bottom of my stomach. I took a deep breath, trying to rid myself of the rock of jealousy, anger and longing. I didn’t want such ugliness to sit in my stomach, but … I took in another breath. Funny, it used to be me who was always getting her to take deep breaths. As I breathed out again, an ease settled over me... Oh, well, she’ll have Richard. And he will drive her right out of her mind. I laughed. Not vindictively. I didn’t feel vindictive right then.

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