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“Hoould I ‘get that’, Trevor? When did you ever come to me? Talk to me? Tell me?”
He waved me off “What’s the difference anymore Maddie? It’s ancient history"
And then, in that instant, I realized soht As his words came to an end, I stilled er And why should I? I’d won He’d lost In the span of a second or two, I went froo over every last detail of our breakup to not caring at all
In fact, I almost felt sorry for him
“You know soht”
Trevor frowned at me “What?”
I shookDon’t worry about it”
He shook as head as he tried to decipher the change inif I’d changeout once more But I wouldn’t I was over it
As his suspicion left hied the subject
“Why did you do it, Maddie? Disappear from the movie? Not that matters anymore Call it morbid curiosity on my part”
“I’ into e long ago”
“Fine, don’t tell me,” he said, as he pushed hiether as he headed back towards his office chair “It doesn’t ot the authority to keep your filh in the pipeline now to put it off for a year, at least”
“A year!” I yelled “This is bullshit, Trevor You’re doing this on purpose, I know it!”
He slithered into his chair and rolled towards his desk, sliding his legs under it as he did
“Don’t flatter yourself, Maddie It’s my call on the picture This is a simple business decision”
“Hah!” I scoffed “Bullshit, Trevor You never believed in ether and now you’re just jealous I’ve got the opportunity in front of the camera you never had!”
Trevor leaned back in his chair and roared with laughter
“Maddie,” he began “Givebreak Why would I be jealous of you? You’ve failed at everything you’ve ever tried to do This is just more of the same”
I glared at hiesture
“When I’ain, I’ll let you know Until then, run along back to your little business ventures We’re running a serious film business here, Madds”
“Ahhhh!” I yelled, as I covered my ears “Don’t call me that!"
Trevor chuckled
“Feel free to show yourself out”
With that, he picked up the phone and began to make a call As he did, I turned and ht be over him, but this wasn’t over yet Not a chance in hell
MADDIE
Less than aTrevor’s office, I shoved the front door to the studio open and storh my hair, I shook them loose as I considered my next move I needed to cool off mentally as well as physically As luck would have it, there was a picnic area behind the studio People gathered there on breaks, for parties and so on But, for the moment anyway, it was empty
I walked across the parking lot, weaving between cars until at last I reached a short trail leading to it Loose gravel crunched beneath my feet as I made my way towards one of the picnic tables As I sat, I felt the sun-war It relaxed h at least for hts
A gentle breeze rustled leaves on nearby trees, soothing ht streaked through branches and shined down onme even further After a few ave Katy a call If anyone could help et past Trevor, she’d be the one
“What’s up?” she asked “I thought you were going to the studio today"
“I did”
“Oh yay, that’s great!” she shrieked “So what’s going on with filot a few minutes Tell me all about it”
I pinched the inside ofas I spoke, I said, “That’s just it, Katy There’s nothing going on The movie is on an indefinite hold”
“What? Why?”
I spent a fewI’d discovered a new production underhen I arrived at the studio I also discussed the conversation I’d had with Grey and how he’d insisted I handle things ot around to the real barrier to all of thisforward, Trevor
“So what? He ain?” Katy asked
“Yes, I mean, that’s how I took it”