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Jackson continued, and I felt my heart start to beat
rapidly in my chest.
    “We would be pleased to offer you a
place at our callbacks this week.”
    “Wow,” I stammered, feeling totally
shocked. I couldn’t believe they were getting back to me already. And I really
couldn’t believe they wanted to see me again. “That sounds great. I would be
very interested in attending.”
    “Great,” Jackson said. “Let me give
you the details.” He read out a date and location and instructed me on where to
find the audition materials online. “We’d like you to read for the part of
Jillian,” he said, and I felt like passing out. That was the largest female
role.
    “That sounds great,” I said, barely
recognizing my own voice. I felt my hands shaking and I prayed I wouldn’t say
anything stupid to give myself away.
    “So we’ll see you on Wednesday
evening,” he confirmed.
    “Absolutely,” I said. “Thank you so
much.”
    I hung up the phone and stared at
the wall blankly. I could hardly believe that only a few hours ago I was
cursing Grayson and my mother and feeling so frustrated with everything. Within
the space of an afternoon I had found out about a possible sponsor to the
theater, the trip to Vegas, and now this.
    I walked slowly back to the living
room and watched my friends for a moment. Jen was sitting close to Matt,
holding his hand while they excitedly talked about the trip. Ginny was bouncing
Danny on her lap while Josh sat at her feet. They all looked happy, excited.
    I’ve
been jealous , I realized suddenly. I never would have thought it of myself.
I loved my friends more than anything else in the world. I wanted their
happiness as much as my own. But deep down inside I’d been jealous that they were
settled, that they were successful, that they knew what they wanted and were on
their way to getting it.
    Now, for the first time, I realized
I just might be, too.

 
 
 
 
    Chapter Five

 
    ‘Do you feel nervous
when conversing with the opposite sex? It’s a very normal response for many
young ladies, and nothing to worry about. If you take the process of finding a
mate seriously, then it’s natural you’d have some nerves when you meet the
potential Mr. Right. Instead of dwelling on this, do your best to act confident.
There are few things more appealing to a man than a woman who is sure of
herself.’— The Single Girl’s Guide
to Finding True Love

 
    I felt a healthy dose of fear as
the callback approached. I tried to tell myself that it was pointless to get
worked up about it. Whatever happened would happen and the best thing I could
do to help myself was stay loose and try not to feel anxious. Stress would only
make my performance worse so it was essential I stay calm.
    I told myself that, but it was
really hard to actually do .
    “This could be it,” I told Jen the
night before the callback. She had been running lines with me for the past two
hours and I now felt that I was as ready as I was going to get. “I mean, this
could be my big break.”
    “You can’t think about it that
way,” Jen told me firmly. “Seriously, Ann. If you let yourself even think about
‘big breaks’ and all of that, you’re going to freak out. Just treat it like any
other audition. I mean, how many of these have you done?”
    “Dozens,” I told her, thinking back
to all the seemingly endless (and mostly fruitless) auditions I had been on
since I first picked up the acting bug in high school.
    “You have to convince yourself it’s
just like all the rest,” she told me. “You’re prepared, you know your stuff. If
you can go in there with a confident attitude and just relax, I think you’ll do
really, really well.”
    She was right. She usually was. But
it was much harder to actually act on.
    I pulled up in front of a small
theater on the outskirts of the city. I had seen a few live bands here over the
years, and somehow I felt comforted by the familiar setting.
    This
is your turf , I