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Hello, Wyoh to her long-time friend, the one person she’d always been able to count on to help her out of a ja by Ginger McKay?”
“Ava! I was just thinking about you I’er Paulson while I’m at Paulson Law Office But when it’s me, Kane and the kids at home, I’m…ah, hell, I’m just mama A frazzled mama”
“How are the McKay kiddos?”
“Hayden has developed a love of ranch work and has forgotten about his X-Box Paul crawls as fast as a cockroach Maddie is an angel, if you can overlook the death hed “You love it And how is that s He can do physical labor all day, come home, diaper and care for two babies, help Hayden with school projects, play cards withlike a contented kitten So, ain to cover how fabulous my Kane is Anyhat’s up with you? ’Cause, sweetie, you rarely call me out of the blue anyazed across the turbulent ocean “I’ht this h of it lingering I can’t even have lunch in this toithout being tracked down by the press Which is why I need a break”
Ginger was quiet for just a beat too long
“What?”
“Just thinking back to when your punkish seventeen-year-old self swaggered into my office You had your career path all laid out You couldn’t wait to be the focus of the paparazzi”
Ava tilted her head to better catch the salty ocean breeze “I was so cocky” She grimaced with bitter re but a solid belief in ht’ve listened to your parents and gone into one of the faer supplied with syrupy sarcasm
“Ha-ha”
“Come on, Ava It hasn’t turned out so badly for you You’ve been in a critically acclaimed TV show and in a few movies You’ve done it mostly on your own You should be proud”
“But?” Ava proirl Iscreenplays, studying directing and cine to start a production company to showcase projects you loved”
“True So what happened totheit as a stepping stone for bigger things, the last few years you’ve allowed coe you into a place you don’t want to be”
Ginger’s ability to get to the heart of thean in-the-closet actor co stone I would’ve loved to skip”
Ginger laughed “Sometimes what seems like the worst turn of events can turn into the best And yes, I’ fro I need new experiences I need a change I need to live so real” Ava breathed in the familiar scent of wet sand and exhaled slowly “I want to co I know your life is beyond busy, and I’d never presue of scenery will forceAva Cooper for a while Figure out who Ava Duree with you, but no matter what nanized even in the s Without ner clothes and nizeout her reflection in the picture“My stylist reverted inal brown today If his assistant didn’t recognize me, and I’ve dealt with hinizesnobby when I say I don’t want to le with the Sundance locals Luckily, Kane’s old trailer is out in theadult alone time in a house with three kids and my dad is impossible sometimes And Kane and I need a place to connect”