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“It does to me,” Phoenix said “Will deserves the same respect Trent would have received Also, I don’t like the fact that this sign subconsciously conveys the e that he’s less important than the other actors” That would never have occurred to me, but okay He asked if I wanted to look inside, and when I nodded, he took two identical keys from his pocket and handed me one of them Then he unlocked the door and held it open for me

The interior was a surprisingly elegant composition of dark wood and earth tones, and it s room with an entertainment center took up most of it, but there was also a small bedroom at one end, plus a miniature kitchen and a bathroom Riley took a seat on the couch and exclai as my apartment in LA”

I ran a hand over the stone kitchen counter and said, “I know the only reason I have this is because Trent’s agent rateful for it It’ll be so nice to have a place to hide when I’m not needed on set” That probably made me sound antisocial, but it was the truth

Phoenix asked so the trailer for Monday, and then he said, “I have the call schedule and your scenes for next week, so we’re ready to go whenever you are What would you like to do next?”

“Could you please takeon my lines”

We returned to the SUV, and as we drove back across town, I leafed through the pages Phoenix had picked up They included annotated sections of the script for the scenes they’d be fil week, and when I swore under

“I’ ht I’d have a chance to work up to that Also, the first scene we’re shooting on Monday is with me and all four of the lead actors, and on Tuesday is et thrown directly into the deep end”

“I don’t kno you do it,” Riley said from the backseat “I’d be scared to death if I had to pretend I was having sex with a total stranger while a huge crew filmed me”

Phoenix shot hi at , “Want me to help you run lines?”

“Thanks for offering I’d love your help in a day or so, but for now I just want to work on them myself”

“Okay In that case, I’ll get to work on the social media audit Sylvia asked me to do”

“What does that mean?”

“You’re about to get thrust into the spotlight,” he said, “so I’ to take a look at your social media presence across all platforine you portray to your fans is iram yesterday, I noticed there was a lot of infor to return to that resort after fil to want to edit or delete soht now any overzealous fan could just show up on your doorstep”

“I really don’t knohere I’ll be living when all of this is said and done, but that makes sense”

When we returned to the house, my cat accoed into pajaot comfortable on theseat with the lines I had to ht to work, I stared out at the turbulent gray ocean while Madame Leota settled in on the center of the bed and did a half-assed job of bathing herself

As usual, ht to Lorenzo, so I sent hi He sent back a photo of hi in the resort’s lobby with a book in his hand and Vee’s little blue parakeet on his head I grinned and sent a photo in return He called a few moments later and asked, “Should I be worried that you’re already in pajamas? You only do that when you need to be comforted”

“I’ ell today I even found out I’ll haveto be awesome”

“That’s great, but so you”

There was no point in pretending with him, not when he knewnext week, including Alex’s death scene It’s a lot right out of the gate”