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I added.
    Amber rolled her eyes. "Well, of course you were. You're my boyfriend."
    My laughter grew deep as if coming from the bottom of my soul. "True. I can't sing and dance for anyone else anymore."
    "Star says you may dance with me during the event. Isn't that great? I'd be a way better partner than that other girl."
    I looked at Donna across the way and then nodded at Amber. "I think you would be, too. But I'm not in The King and I ."
    "Oh, no. I mean Star's piece."
    Chris held up his hand. "Your friend, the lady with the killer fashion, wrote something?"
    Amber nodded.
    I tried to stop the vision from coming back. I mean I actually had blocked it during my performance…sort of. But I could still smell that soft lavender scent on my clothes. "Which one did she write?"
    "She wrote…"
    "HEY there!" 
    I looked up and then back down, in order to aim my gaze on the slightly loud woman who I'd met earlier during my unforgettable encounter. 
    "Amber, hon, you have to go get ready for your scene."
    The little girl wore a frown as the woman softly pushed her away from Chris and me.
    "Well, pretty men, you were absolutely FANtastic, I can't even tell you. Jason is a lucky man to have performers like you." 
    "Thank you," we answered in unison.
    "Umm," Chris began. "Would Jason happen to be a pen name for that "Bobby" man we met earlier?"
    She smiled. "Bobby? No, love, he's a writer's assistant. Lovely boy though, isn't he?"
    Chris's cheeks reddened. "Is he this Jason person's assistant?"
    I was a little confused as the professional edge disappeared from the woman's voice and she began to look a bit like a cat cornered by a large bulldog. "No. Bobby helps out…someone else."
    I stared at the actor still receiving a rub down from the young chorus girls. "What about Lily Stone? Apparently she's written the finale that Mr. Wonderful is in. Does Bobby work for her? Is she here?"
    The woman's face grew a bit whiter as she bit down on her bottom lip. It was almost as if I was witnessing a transformation from business shark to church lady right before my eyes. "Lily doesn't actually come to these things."
    My heart dropped for some reason.
    "Why not?" Chris asked.
    "She has a certain…situation, is all."
    "I know." Chris leaned in and whispered, as if trying to keep his 'insider' information from the spies that may be located all around. "She's anonymous. Do you know that she's one of the biggest subjects on Twitter? People are really trying to figure out who she is."
    Nicole swallowed hard and looked up at the balcony. "Well, she's probably the second biggest thing—after that guy."
    I looked at Prince Charming. "So I suppose he'll get to meet Ms. Stone, or whatever her real name is, because he's performing her words?"
    "Ah…well, I have a friend who told me you need far more than just good looks to be remembered. My friend also said that young man just doesn't have it. He's a teen dream, not to mention really big with the lonely old chicks who watched The Graduate way too much."
    Chris laughed out loud.
    "Besides," Nicole added in a far-off voice, "I hear he's headed to London soon."
    I watched as the young actor shook an Italian man's hand and, like a scene straight out of The Godfather ,they left the stage.
    Chris clapped his hands. "Good. England deserves him. They need a new sex symbol now that Jude Law is past his prime."
    Nicole suddenly giggled. "I like you."
    "Everyone does, dear." Chris winked. "Amber told us her beautiful friend Star wrote something. Which one is hers?"
    Nicole straightened on her extremely tall heels and smiled. "I don't know. Star and Bobby are really just acquaintances." She kept her eyes on me. "Anyway, I actually need to speak with YOU about something."
    My heart actually skipped a beat at her new, forceful tone. Suddenly I felt like I was back in acting class being told how bad my 'charisma' really was. "Huh?"
    "I need to take you to lunch."

Five
     
     
    ~ His ~
    "I never realized how much I