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‘ Jake, I guess I'll start with you. ’

She styled my hair and matted my skin.

Then she took on Patsy, who was more of a hassle.

I walked out of the dressing room and headed outside. When I opened the door, I saw Ashley sitting on a bench under the canopy of the building. Ashley is fifty years old and owns the hotel where we temporarily live.

She knows all the news that goes around celebrities, because everyone who came here to shoot lived in her hotel.

‘ You're Jake, aren't you? ’ she asked.

‘ Yeah, ’ I said.

‘ Have a seat, ’ Ashley said.

I sat down on the other side of the bench. Ashley looks at me. And I look back and forth at her, and I feel uncomfortable.

‘ Do you have a girlfriend? ’ Ashley asks.

I turn my head and say:

‘ No. ’

‘ Well, do you like anyone? ’

And for a minute, just for a minute, I thought of Bella. The way she looks, the way her eyes shine as soon as she smiles.

‘ There is one girl, ’ I said. ‘ But we're friends and nothing more. ’

It's silly. I understand that you don't have to tell anyone anything, because if you tell one person, everyone will know. But I don't know how to get away with it.