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d?"Gianna demanded as she bur

op, eyebrows raised. He leaned back

She slapped the pink slip she'd been given down over it. "This says 'termi

f papers from his table and flung it across the de

s stunned as the papers

he read the words on one of them; "NOTICE ON COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT", "EARLY SCRIPT LEAKS FOR BRAVADOS III", as well as othe

f her stomach while she went

ager imploringly. "I had

ng his fingers. "But it was your boyfr

" Gianna shout

hs ago, that asshole. This

cy has decided you share culpability since the

," Gianna's face w

en on speaking terms.

Since the culprit has absconded and you're the only one we can link

p again, signaling the

en made. I suggest y

, and despair there could be. She looked down at the incriminating em

l be in touch,"

med the doo

led over to the sink and leaned against it while staring at her

this be

rself in the industry? This was supposed to be her big break with the Bravado mo

in her contacts, her thumb hovering over it as her hand shook with anger. They hadn't spoken i

ust looking at his

. Gianna was still one of the least favored talents at the agency. It took years of grinding it out in crummy student films

to finally make her way into the limelight

ing jackass Marco was

s as she stabbed his contact a

n electronic voice came on: "The numb

nna cursed under her

clear her name and save her career. If they were going to file a suit against her

through her hair, dabbed at the tiny beads of tears in the corner of her e

way towards the street. Her phone buzzed in her hand and she lo

today of

lly calculating what other bills were comin

out of her hand and cl

ted at the oblivious pedestrian. But they

er phone, now finding that the sc

not now!" she gr

ay could ge

e nearly destroyed screen of her phone. This caused her to

fuck of

ann

s voice more like all the anger she felt got dr

matter? Ever

eet. The tears started coming to her eyes a

.I'm fed up with everything.

ight, just talk to m

out," Gianna hicc

ntless. And now, to top it all off, that bastard Marco is

hole story while the frie

rough this, I promise. Things always l

ping her eyes and nose w

uess

tially is because I heard about a potential

erked up at those wo

ease t

s an extra basically. But the actress they had lined up didn't show, so they need som

na clasped her ha

ou, thank-you! Of c

eyes, smeared makeup and disheveled hair fr

ss and where to go once you get there. They'll

ough for this," Gianna gushed, no

ct again, and maybe get a little bit of cas

st run along, would you?

h, o

he cracked screen. Sure enough, a new text from her friend popped up. She checked the message

s stop, hobbling along on her aching feet. It might be a t

ddress. It was a luxurious hotel. She quickly paid t

uttered under her breath, checking

r heart did a quick flip then she

she mused as she

ened t

om the window, lowering his phone from his ear as h