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"Are you sure it won’t disturb you or ruin your performance? I don’t want toain softly, resting his forehead on mine "I need you to understand what I do I need you to see that when I’m on set, I’m an actor That what I do is pretend My lips,to you"

I looked up at hi on his conversation with Pete, I kneanted me to trust him

"Do I have to make a poster and screahed "The only ti love to you Although you did call ht That’s acceptable, too" He leaned down and gave me another kiss

I put onsleeved cotton top, with reen scarf wrapped around my neck I wanted to look nice the first ti the his parents to see him in action tomorrow Ryan showed nize theh I must admit it was hard to commit a picture flashed at me to e, but still looked quite vibrant and youthful At least I knew that his poor parents would be seeking raphed walking down the sidewalk toby the front door sinceby ns of the old blue Plymouth, and I was relieved that her car was nowhere to be seen There were, however, a few love notes stuck to my car I collected theme as I drove to the airport I was relieved that I didn’t see any

My nerves were getting the better of me as I stood in the open entrance to the airport; my stomach was filled with butterflies Dads were always easier to win over; I knew from experience that it was always the e

It was alers started to pass by Their flight from Newark actually landed a few minutes early

"Taryn?" A lovely woman politely approached me His mother was just as I had pictured She was about an inch shorter than me, five-five-ish, thin but softly padded by well earned years She also had reddish brown hair that was long and thick on the top but cut short to her neck I recognized her instantly; Ryan had his mother’s features and most definitely her eyes

"Yes! Mrs Christensen! It’s so nice to

"Oh, it’s so nice to meet you too, dear! Please, call me Ellen This is Ryan’s father, Bill"

I instinctively reached out"It’s so nice tolady!" Bill said with a huge grin on his face

Ryan’s father was tall, just like Ryan, but with another thirty or so pounds of weight I could see bits of his father in Ryan too Bill’s face was rounder and clean-shaven and he wore rectangular wire-rilasses Ryan inherited his hair color froled in it I pictured Ryan taking on his father’s looks one day

"So thiser seat I sers over the dash

"Ryan likes to drive it, and to be honest, I rather enjoy it when he does He’s a great driver," I stated proudly

"We have his car in our garage back hoht when he cashed in his first big paycheck Cooing to have to ree now Then my car doesn’t have to sit in the driveway"

"You will do no such thing, Bill," Ellen repriet him to come home every once and a while, even if it is to visit his car"

"Our son tells us that you’ve never seen any of his movies Is that really true?" Bill pressed

"Yes sir, it’s true" I nodded my head "I’ve never seen him act before He wants us to coet to see him perform for the first time then"