Invisible: A Novel by Danielle Steel

Author:Danielle Steel [Steel, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Women, Family Life, General, Romance, contemporary
ISBN: 9781984821591
Google: GUEnEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2022-01-04T13:15:47.705074+00:00

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Hamish noticed Antonia on set the next day, and stopped to talk to her, in his gentle velvet voice.

“You were amazing yesterday,” he said so no one else could hear him. “I saw the dailies last night. You were the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. You’re a natural, the way you move, the look in your eyes, your expression. The camera adores you. You could have a major career on the screen.” He barely spoke above a whisper, but she heard him clearly, and felt afraid.

“I can’t do that, Mr. Quist. It’s not me. I want to write screenplays one day. I want to work behind the camera, like you do, not in front of it. I want to be invisible, not have everyone seeing me.” There were tears in her eyes and he reached out and touched her arm ever so gently, almost like a feather, but she felt his strength passing through her.

“Don’t be afraid, Antonia. You can’t hide. Your beauty is begging to be seen. Don’t deprive others of it.”

“I’m not beautiful,” she said, her lip trembling, and she didn’t want to be like her mother, but she couldn’t tell him that. He wouldn’t understand.

“You’re very, very beautiful, and you can be a great actress one day, if you want to be. You can learn the rest. You understood exactly what I needed yesterday and gave it to me. We were one person while you were moving toward me.” She had felt it too, and had been mesmerized by him, but she didn’t want to be. “Think about it. And thank you for giving me yesterday,” he said, and went back to the others. She was haunted by what he said and tried to forget it, but she couldn’t.

The rest of the filming went smoothly, and the three months she spent in L.A. were a magical experience. She loved working with the three women, and watching Hamish on the set. He truly was a genius. He brought out the best in everyone.

They gave her a small birthday party on the set, and she went to say goodbye to him and thank him when she left at the end of August, to go back to New York.

“I will never forget you coming out of the forest toward me,” he said to her. “I will keep that little piece of film forever, and watch you again and again. It was perfection, and so are you. Don’t forget that, and don’t let anyone tell you something different. If they don’t see the magic that is in you, then they’re blind.” He was a very dramatic person, and she had loved working for him, and had learned a great many things about filmmaking. He was an extraordinary director, and got the best performances out of everyone, not just her.

She was sad to leave the women she had worked for. They were staying for another month of shooting, and then post-production. They all felt like mother hens as they said goodbye to her, and told her to be good at school.

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