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She turns away from the mirror "Victor, you don’t knoyou You just don’t know"

"Whoa, baby I don’t think I want to Makes

The runner comes by the booth "Chloe, your limo’s here and Taylor needs you in about five minutes"

Chloe just nods When it beco else to say she fills the silence by ," and since I don’t knohat thing she’s really talking about I start to babble "Baby, why are you even doing this? I thought it was strictly features for Chloe Byrnes You turned down that MTV thing"

"You didn’t want , Victor"

"Yeah, but only when I found out what your per diem was"

"No You said no when you found out that you didn’t have one"

"Might as well face it," I say "You’re addicted to love"

"Chloe," Taylor calls froht forget his line again"

"I’ll see you later, Victor" She slides out of the booth

"Okay," I say siet"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for the flowers"

She kisses et about it"

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4:00 Froe the club hasn’t been this bustling since its inception and tables are being set by handpicked busboys who just skateboarded in, waiters brandishing glasses and tablecloths and candles also set chairs around the tables and the carpets are being vacuu haircuts and a couple of waitresses who arrived early are being photographed by shadowy clumps of people while dancers rehearse auest-list people and three gorgeous coat-check girls chew gum and flaunt theirstocked and giant flower displays are in the process of being strategically lit and Mattheeet’s "We’re the Sa and theto be entered and I’ly what it allsemi-famous is in itself difficult but since it’s so cold in the club it’s hard to stay still so I rush up two flights to the offices ’s finally falling into place

"Where was Beau? I called hi class, then an audition for the new big vampire movie," JD says