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know."
    "No way. She's perfect for it. Chance is happy, the studio is happy, Amanda didn't even flinch when we quoted her the salary and it's half of her normal rate."
    "Wow, I, um… But don’t you think she looks a little like, um, like…"
    "Who?"
    "Barbra Streisand?"
    "What? Are you crazy?"
    "No, um, I just think she—"
    "She's one of the most beautiful actresses working right now. Jillian, get a grip on reality. Have you heard of Paul Ford?"
    "No."
    "He directed The Wedding Party ."
    "Oh, I saw that." She smiled widely. "That was good."
    "Good? It was the highest grossing R rated comedy of all time— the only one ever, to get a nomination for best picture. It would've won too if Daniel Day Lewis hadn't gotten so into his role playing Bill Clinton."
    "I didn't see that."
    "He was Clinton! I mean, he put on fifty pounds, spoke with a southern accent, ate nothing except McDonalds and hit on every woman he saw for an entire year."
    "Wow, he does really take his roles seriously."
    "Tell me about it. Four of the extras are suing him for sexual harassment."
    "That's uh, that's—"
    "Look, Ford wants to do it because of Amanda also. She starts filming the sequel to Consenting Adultery in five months so she has time right now. The studio wants to fast track this. They want to start shooting in Miami next month." Dan scoffed. "Jillian, all the planets are aligning. This never, ever, happens. Tell me you're onboard with all this. Tell me, Jesus."
    "I'm… I'm just not sure."
    "You're kidding. They're planning to release it next spring. Don't you want to see it out as soon as possible?"
    "Yeah, but look I—"
    "Jillian, you only have final approval for the director. Any director who knows Amanda is interested in this role is going to want her in his movie. You pass up this opportunity and this movie might never get made."
    "They would never do that. Remember the contract says the studio has to pay a penalty if they don't make it within two years."
    "You're right. You know what they'll do. You screw them on this and they'll make it all right, but it will be staring Ian Ziering and Tara Reid and it'll go straight to video."
    "You mean those two from Sharknado?"
    "Yep."
    "They can't do that." She scoffed.
    "Oh, yes they can. Do you really want your movie poster to say, from the director of Sharknado comes a new comedy?"
    "No way."
    "Let's face it, the books aren't selling like they were. The announcement alone that Joseph and Hart are signed on will get them moving again. The studio wants to set a meeting for Friday. Can you come to L.A.?"
    "I think so, but—"
    "Jillian, take tonight to think about it and call me in the morning because we've got to jump on this thing soon."
    "Okay, I will."
    Jillian hung up the phone, then closed her eyes and sighed.

8
     
     
    Jillian walked in to the darkened bedroom and discovered Brian already in bed lying on his side. She whispered, "Brian?"
    After receiving no response, she slipped into the bathroom, stared at her reflection in the mirror and put on a pained frown. She brushed her teeth, washed her face and put on a little night shirt and panties and crawled into bed next to her man.
    Propping up her pillows, she folded her arms and closed her eyes with her thoughts swirling. He moaned softly and turned toward her. Suddenly she felt something hard on her leg. Placing her hand on his stomach, she slid it lower until she felt his raging hard on. She giggled. "You're just pretending to be asleep aren’t you?"
    Without responding, he groaned softly. She slid down and lay on her side facing him and whispered in an affected voice, "Oh, I guess he's still asleep. Even though he's super-hard I don't think I should wake him by doing anything."
    He moved closer to her pressing his erection more firmly into her leg.
    "Goodnight, baby." She kissed him gently on the forehead.
    After four seconds, he whined, "Really?"
    "What?"
    "I thought we'd play, you know, I'm asleep and you discover I'm hard and you