Semi-Scripted by Heger Amanda

Author:Heger, Amanda [Heger, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781682303030
Amazon: 1682303039
Goodreads: 29584837
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2016-11-08T08:00:00+00:00

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Marisol paced the hallway, unsure of what to do next. Leaving seemed out of the question. Who knew when James would call her back to practice her presentation? But the idea of staying here while all those photographers swarmed outside made her stomach churn. The thrill of being recognized was being worn thin. Especially after those crazy people from Oklahoma and last night’s near miss with—

“Marisol?”

“Clint?” She had to look twice. In a T-shirt and jeans he looked more human and less like a Calvin Klein model.

“Hey! So it worked, huh?”

Her face froze in horror. “What worked?”

“That whole delivery boy thing. Evan got you to come back to the show. I could tell he had a thing for you. Written all over the poor schmuck’s face.”

“What are you doing here?”

“Going to watch the taping. Same as you. Evan got me a ticket. Said if I waited here he’d give me a backstage tour.”

The flickers of fear that started with the fight outside lit to roaring blaze. It took a solid three seconds for her mind to spiral to the worst case scenario: a world where no one from the conference took her seriously. Where her last interview got cancelled, again. Where no one showed up to her presentation. Where she’d be forced to go home and tell her mother she’d screwed everything up. Proving once and for all she wasn’t responsible enough for anything.

Julia’s head poked through the maze of doors. “Marisol, we need you.”

Marisol forced her lungs to keep breathing as she contemplated her choices. One: go with Julia and hide from Clint for the rest of her life. Two: word vomit everything right there and hope he’d keep her secret. Or three: run.

She was out the door and halfway across the parking lot before she’d accepted her choice. So what if James didn’t give her presentation pointers? So what if the show took the Ahora website links down? She couldn’t breathe with the pressure and the accusations and the secrets bearing down on her like this.

Outside, she fell into a crush of people. They moved in one slow line, sweating in the sun and staring at their phones. To her right, two BIRTHDAY GIRL! balloons fluttered in the wind. Their bright red strings ended at the front of a walker and one all-too-familiar face.

“Betty,” she whispered.

This was the line for the show. She’d tried to run away and ran straight toward it.

Keeping her head down, she jutted through a small gap. “Con permiso.” The bus stop was only a half block away. If she could just—

“Marisol? Wait! Are you okay?” The tone of Clint’s voice said he was more confused than ever.

She walked faster.

“Hey, wait up. Please.”

The prickle of two dozen eyes watching her every move was becoming entirely too familiar. She froze.

“What’s going on? Are you okay?” Clint asked.

“I am—” the lie caught on her throat and she struggled to force it out. “I am fine.”

“Marisol! Marisol. Over here. Just one more picture?” A man shoved a camera lens into her face.

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