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I stare at him, dumbfounded Jules looks back and forth between us and then s are so hurt

"It didn’t occur to s

"You have a major motion picture about to be released for millions of people to see, and it didn’t occur to you to irlfriend?" I turn and face him on my stool

What the hell?

"I just did so"

"I don’t care, Luke This is a big deal Are you going to the premier?"

"No, absolutely not" He shakes his head and runs his hand through his hair

"Why? You should go You’re a part of it"

"No" He ss hard "I don’t do that anymore"

"Either way, you should have told me You never talk to me about your work, and you know all about lad Jules brought it up

"What does a producer do, anyway?"

Jules asks as she drains the pasta and starts layering lasagna in a glass dish

"It depends on the producer There are a lot of different roles Sos there Soactors and directors There are a lot of things to do, and there are usually a few producers doing different jobs"

"Okay,

so

what

do

you

do,

specifically?" I ask, sincerely interested

"I’ve been doing the behind the scenes, pre-production stuff so I can work from here Sometimes I have to , but that’s rare these days

Prettycan be done on the phone or email So, I talk to actors and directors, and soetwith his hands, so animated and enthusiastic, and it occurs to me, he really loves what he does I smile at him and kiss his cheek

"I’ you love and you’re good at it"

"How do you know?"

"I wouldn’t be with sohs

"So, howout on Friday? And who’s in it anyway?"

Jules slips the lasagna in the oven and leans across the counter listening attentively

"It’s

called Rough Shot with

Channing Tatu up, so it was high budget About a hundred million"

Jules and I look at each other and then back at Luke