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"You didn’t have to You have very judgey eyes" I laughed, because he’d gotten it right I did have expressive eyes "The fact is, the part is a dream, and I do think I’m perfect for it I auditioned, and I think I would have gotten the part, regardless of who my father is, just based on that audition I’d rather he weren’t part of the project, but that’s not up to me"

"You don’t have to be defensive with me I’m happy for you, and I’irl?" I asked, changing the subject again He’d been really into so the last tirimaced "Nah, that’s done I told you she was an actress, right?"

I nodded

"Well, I learned so with the director of her TV pilot The casting couch stereotype couess"

"That sucks How did her pilot do?"

He grinned "Bos, but she was lying to ht on Nohat about you? You seeing anybody? Did you go on a second date with that accountant?"

I h "I didn’t I’ood on a first date, but I can’t vouch for my second date skills I can’t recall if I’ve ever been on one"

We both laughed, though it wasn’t far from the truth

"Well, I know they all call Why don’t you pick up the phone?"

"This is going to sound awful, but I just don’t feel like it I’ll go out to dinner once, but if I don’t enjoy ain? I like my own company just fine I suspect that I’le It’s fine There are worse things than being alone"

He waved that off "You’re just young You’ll grow out of it in a few years Or uy"

I didn’t tell hiuy, once

I had no desire to talk about any of the T words

TRISTAN

I’d been torn apart and put back together, and though I knew the end result was better now than who I’d been before, some days it didn’t feel that way Lots of days, it just felt like like the world had lost its color, and the only things that defined s I’d lost I spent a lot of ti to convince myself that I was okay without her, and some days I even believed it