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"Feel better," he said

She laughed "I can make myself feel better," she said, "but I’d feel much, much better if you were to do it for htgown up, and pressed her fingers against her own bare hips She was going to startelse to her but turned and left, aware that he was feeling the alent desire to drop down at her side, and…

Do whatever she wanted He gritted his teeth, hurrying out, and down the stairs He heard the sound of her taunting, pleased laughter in his wake Too husky, too deep…

"You’ll come back for me, Grant You know you want it!" she called in his wake

He reached the landing There was a sheen of sweat on his forehead, and he felt a pounding that ree, a cool breeze struck his face, and he was deflated as instantly as he had been aroused

Lena had to go Soer city There was so

Stephanie

With hurried footsteps, he headed for the rehearsal

Clay Barton’s friend was a girl named Liz

She was very attractive and friendly, happy to roup, and quick to assure Stephanie that she didn’t really want a job, but that she was pleased to fill in for whatever time was needed "The coht?"

"Yes Actually, Lena’s character is the one with an Italian background She had a few Italian asides to the audience We’ll just rework it as we go along"

"Um… actually, I speak Italian," Liz told Stephanie

Stephanie wondered why she wasn’t surprised "Great," she said

"Toht?" Liz asked

"Yes There’s a lot for you to go through… but we’ll just ith the first outline That’s e’ll use Friday night, and you can look over the second, which we’ll use Saturday night, and since the tour group is only here for those two days, we’ll probably go black on Sunday as well as Monday, in respect for what happened here, in the co to Arturo, and since they were having the tour group come in, there seeroup was leaving Sunday afternoon, there seemed little reason to be open for a co

"That’s fine," Liz said, giving Stephanie a soft and beautiful se near theroup, so don’t you worry about anything!" he told her "Anything youin the show to begin with… you really can’t have a problem We won’t let you have a problereat, then," Liz said

"You know, it’s really super that you were here," Suzette said "What a coincidence"

"Ae-end entry to the club

"Grant, Liz, Liz, Grant," Stephanie said He had a look of thunder on his face, and she expected this to go as badly as possible

As he’d said, though--this was her show She did have the right just to tell Grant to get the hell out

Luckily, as well as being extremely attractive and sweet, Liz seemed to have a real enthusiasm for improv theater, or a tremendous sense of diplomacy

"Grant Peterson, this is a pleasure I had told Clay I was eager to meet you I was at your club a few tio area It was tremendous I do travel books--I et you a copy," Liz told Grant Stephanie studied the woreater actress than theyGrant was true

"Thank you," Grant said, taking her hand "I’d love to see a copy

"We haven’tLiz into the show," he added

"You’re right" Stephanie slid off the stage "Liz, just keep that little book with notes and the outline on you I’ you’ll need it Grant?"

"Places, everyone," Grant directed

And so they began