Make Believe
“I began, and started to cry.
The two of us hung on the line, neither speaking, our mutual grief filling in the spaces.
“I’m a prisoner here,” she said, finally. “In my own home. There are photographers camped out in the bushes. The phone keeps ringing. Reporters. Me and Max. Over and over. Reenie hangs up on them.”
I could hear someone talking in the background. Reenie, perhaps, a soft, soothing murmur. The sound of her yipping dog Rags.
“I have to be at the studio later today.”... Ava sounded as if she were talking to herself. “But all I think about is…Max.”
“Is Frank there?”
A long pause. “He’s been avoiding me. We fought over that scene at the Beachcomber.”
“Tony Pannis told me people are suspecting him.”
Again, the long silence. “I know, I know. I heard it on the radio.MoreLess
The two of us hung on the line, neither speaking, our mutual grief filling in the spaces.
“I’m a prisoner here,” she said, finally. “In my own home. There are photographers camped out in the bushes. The phone keeps ringing. Reporters. Me and Max. Over and over. Reenie hangs up on them.”
I could hear someone talking in the background. Reenie, perhaps, a soft, soothing murmur. The sound of her yipping dog Rags.
“I have to be at the studio later today.”... Ava sounded as if she were talking to herself. “But all I think about is…Max.”
“Is Frank there?”
A long pause. “He’s been avoiding me. We fought over that scene at the Beachcomber.”
“Tony Pannis told me people are suspecting him.”
Again, the long silence. “I know, I know. I heard it on the radio.MoreLess
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