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Because if I’ain, and this tiht sink instead of swim

Chapter Twenty-Six - ROOK

Elise’s knock disrupts h thenext to the door I trot over and let her in

"OK, big day today, Rook I’ve got a lot to tell you, so let’s get started"

Elise is all business and I kind of like that because she seeht shooter, she just lays it all out and steps back to let me react

"I’m ready"

And I ale stipulation in the contract Nowhere does it say I will take off my clothes, and nowhere does it say I can’t refuse to do certain shots I like this part What it does say is that if I don’t cooperate and allow the photographer to produce what he’s asked to fulfill for the contract, I will not be paid And if I don’t follow the rules of conduct for the models, I will be fired and asked to leave

It’s my choice

I initial each stipulation without blinking I can do this, I’ve decided I will be cautious and think clearly and make decisions based on facts and not eht noant that ether, I can really ain

I’ This is not a career, just a stepping stone

So I initial every stipulation and sign the contract

Because I’ve thought about my second chance a lot over the past several months I’ve dreamed it I want it very badly And for whatever reason the Chaput people have decided they want to helpwith it until I’et fros me after my hand swishes the final letter of

Elise and I walk into the studio together and I’s are compared to yesterday She reads my expression "Mondays are crazy," she explains "We have to get all the contracts for the week settled and everyone is tense until the schedule is ceet so in that’s on a short deadline"

She directs me to the salon chair and today we are the only ones, like it was last hen I first showed up Has it only been five days since I met these people? Since I was homeless? Since I spent my last ten dollars on a coffee and had that little white card flipped at me in the coffee shop?

It can hardly be possible, but it is