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Lorenzo eed fro but a pair of loose-fitting basketball shorts He smiled when he saw me and climbed onto the bed, and because his eyelids were heavy, I said, “You look like you could use a nap”

“I really could, but I’ht it”

“Why?”

He joked, “Because I don’t want you to think you’re with an old geezer who needs to pass out after sex”

I curled up next to him and pulled a blanket over both of us “I’d never think that In fact, I could use one, too” He drifted off soon after, and I tried to do the sa long enough for me to fall asleep

After a while, I returned to the TV room and found my phone That hen I discovered Sylvia had sent a text just ot the part! Call me to discuss details

My heart leapt, and when I called her back, she answered with, “Congratulations, Will!”

“It’s really happening?”

“Yes it is I’ with the studio and one of their lawyers at nine aotiate your salary and draw up the contract”

“This doesn’t feel real” I dropped onto the couch and took a deep breath

“I’m sure it’ll take a while to sink in,” she said “Meanwhile, we need to get busy I’hts as we speak, and there’s one ton the contract around noon, will that give you enough tiet to LAX, or should I look for a later flight?”

“You think I should fly up Thursday night? Not Friday ?”

“It’s going to take a while to get you to Mendocino You’ll need to fly into Santa Rosa, which is two hours away, and there’s always the possibility of flight delays We want to et the time they need with you before the weekend”

“Okay, I can et there?”

“You will, but I don’t know the details yet It’ll be on the studio’s tab, since you’re filive you whatever they’d booked for Trent Cha of it, don’t cut your hair between now and Friday Don’t shave, either The character is described as scruffy-looking, so ant to give the hair andto ith”

“No proble my cat?”