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“This is actually very happy news for us Since you were coents for any newblock is out of the way and I can let everyone know you’re available”
Maybe it made her a diva, but Ava couldn’ton for another series Yes, it’d been upsetting when Miller’s Ridge had been cancelled, but without being tied to a weekly TV show, she’d finally had the chance to branch out “I don’t knohat to say”
“Say yes Say you’re excited” Marnie sighed again “Look, Ava, I know you’ve h But sweetie, that was before this thing happened with Jake You’ll be lucky if anyone shows an interest in hiring you, even for TV”
That stung
“We need to rebuild your naiven your all to your career, we both know it’d be suicide to stop now I’ll make the rounds Throw out a few hooks to see who bites Does that sound reasonable?”
“Yes Thanks, Marnie”
“It’s et lucky and land you an audition, I can count on you to be there, right?”
“Meaning, drop everything and fly to LA on a ine your little vacation is more i up
And Ava feared this was the beginning of the end of her Wild West adventure
Hours later Ava’s head was screa it hard to see
She hated to wake him, but she had no choice “Chase?”
“Yeah” He stirred “I’m awake We already there?”
“No We’re about thirty miles out But I can’t drive any?”
“Is there aout of the top of my head? Because it sure feels like it”
Now silvery fishlike lines were swi a layer of nausea to the pain and dizziness
“Pull over,” he said sharply
“I’as and pull over before you cause an accident You’re driving down the middle of the damn road”
She slowed By the time she stopped, her stomach was in full revolt Ava let her head fall back into the headrest and muttered, “Give me a minute and we’ll switch places”
Chase hopped out his side and opened the driver’s side door “Hold tight” His hands slipped beneath her legs and he picked her up slowly, taking extra care not to jostle her
What a sweet, attentivehow many times he’d done the soothe-and-caled to last fifteen seconds in the passenger side before she bailed out, falling to her knees on the rocky ground and dry heaving Her belly roiled and she felt cla her hair to her head
Chase’s hand rubbed circles on her back “Better?”
“Soet you out of the heat” He helped her back into the truck Once they were h hers “If you feel barfy, lemme know and I’ll pull over”