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Chapter 28
Chapter 28 I wore a cream-colored cocktail dress with heavy gold beading and a plunging neckline. I pulled my long blond hair into a high ponytail. I wore diamond earrings.I glowed. The first thing you need to do to get a man to elope with you is to challenge him to go to Las Vegas.You do this by being out at an L.A. club and having a few drinks together. You ignore the impulse to roll your eyes at how eager he is to have his picture taken with you. You recognize that everyone is playing everyone else.…-
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Chapter 27 "I'm going out on a date with Mick Riva.”“Like hell you are.”When Celia was angry, her chest and her cheeks flushed. This time, they’d grown red faster than I’d ever seen.We were in the outdoor kitchen of her weekend home in Palm Springs. She was grilling us burgers for dinner.Ever since the article came out, I’d refused to be seen with her in Los Angeles. The rags didn’t yet know about her place in Palm Springs. So we would spend weekends there together and our weeks in L.A.…-
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Chapter 26
Chapter 26 I was sent an invitation to see Mick Riva perform at the Hollywood Bowl that fall. I decided to go, not because I cared about seeing Mick Riva but because an evening outside sounded fun. And I wasn’t above courting the tabloids.Celia, Harry, and I decided to go together. I would never have gone with just Celia, not with that many eyes on us. But Harry was a perfect buffer.That night, the air in L.A. was cooler than I had anticipated. I was wearing capri pants and a short-sleeved sweater. I…-
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Chapter 25
Chapter 25 Celia was shooting a movie on location in Big Bear for three weeks. I knew that going with her wasn’t an option, nor was visiting her on the set. She insisted she would come home every weekend, but it felt too risky.She was a single girl, after all. I was afraid the prevailing wisdom erred too close to the question What do single girls have to go home to?So I decided it was the right time to go to France.Harry had some connections to filmmakers in Paris. He made a few calls on the sly for…-
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Chapter 24
Chapter 24 Ari dropped me from any productions within Sunset and started offering to loan me out to Columbia. After being forced to do two forgettable romantic comedies—both of them so bad that it was a foregone conclusion they would fail spectacularly—the other studios didn’t want much of me, either.Don was on the cover of Life, gracefully coming out of the ocean onto the shore, smiling as if it was the best day of his life.When the 1960 Academy Awards came around, I was officially persona non…-
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Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Ruby left me there, next to the dryer, with an empty cocktail glass in my hand.I needed to go back to the party. But I stood there, frozen, thinking, Get out of here. I just couldn’t turn the doorknob. And then the door opened on its own. Celia. The raucous, bright-lit party behind her.“Evelyn, what are you doing?”“How did you find me?”“I ran into Ruby, and she said I could find you drinking in the laundry room. I thought it was a euphemism.”“It wasn’t.”“I can see…-
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Chapter 19
Chapter 19 unfolds as a pivotal moment in Evelyn's life, offering a deeply personal confession that has long been withheld. The conversation begins in a light, casual manner, with Monique asking about mundane things like dinner preferences, but quickly transitions to more profound and introspective topics. As Evelyn opens up about her past, the complexities of her identity emerge, particularly her long-standing love for Celia St. James, a woman who has shaped her in ways both profound and painful. This…-
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Chapter 18
"Chapter 18" opens with Celia expressing her reluctance to attend a glamorous event. She hesitates, dressed in a stunning black dress with a daring deep-V neckline. It was the kind of dress that was too bold for anyone not in the public eye, and the kind that could cause trouble for someone trying to avoid unwanted attention. Adorning a diamond necklace, loaned by Sunset at Don’s request, Celia embodied the kind of dazzling beauty only reserved for the brightest stars of Hollywood. While Sunset wasn’t…-
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Chapter 13
Chapter 13 starts with an intimate and rather unexpected gesture from Don. On the morning of the first day of rehearsals for Little Women, he wakes the protagonist with breakfast in bed—half a grapefruit and a lit cigarette. The simplicity and the thoughtfulness of this gesture make the protagonist feel special, and as Don leaves for the day, he offers words of encouragement, mentioning that today she would show Celia St. James what it truly means to be an actress. The protagonist, feeling both cared for…-
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Chapter 11
Chapter 11 opens six weeks into the protagonist’s marriage to Don, where their life seems to oscillate between moments of bliss and tension. They are filming a movie titled One More Day, a melodramatic story about a wealthy girl, Diane, and her forbidden love affair with Frank, a local boy. The protagonist and Don had initially enjoyed their time together, buying a house in Beverly Hills, hosting lavish pool parties, and enjoying each other's company. Don’s passionate, commanding nature in their…-
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