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.He wasn't yelling, but he was an actor.His voice was deep.Sound carried.Rita had started another rant about social niceties, empathy, putting yourself in the other person's shoes, but Max rode over her Atticus impression.He pitched his voice louder than before, angling his head toward the door and making sure the juicy tidbits of his offer were emphasized, "Yeah, Rita, Nicola wouldn't let me tell her anything about the project.She wouldn't listen when I tried to tell her she'd be playing Titania.At the Rosalind Shakespeare Festival.For you, Rita Payan de Nunez."The apartment door swung open behind him and he fell backwards, pretty much ass over elbows.Lying on his back on the apartment's hard floor, he stared up into his ex-girlfriend's face."You win," Nicola ground out."Tell me more, Fiesengerke." She paused."And say 'hi' to Rita for me.""Hi, Rita," he said into the phone, watching Nicola."Bye, Max." Rita clicked off, her satisfied smirk practically beaming through the phone to him.He sat up, draping one arm over his knee, and grinned at his ex-girlfriend."Hello again, Nic."***The Rosalind Shakespeare Festival.Wow.Just wow.Nicola could barely process anything Max said after that.The RSF was one of the best renowned theater companies in California, on the West Coast period.It was a performance of Romeo & Juliet at the RSF – watching Isabella Elton perform Juliet – which had made Nicola realize she wanted to be an actress.Basically, here was Max offering Nicola her dream job on a silver platter.But what was the catch?Nicola allowed Max to pass over her threshold, wondering as she did so if, like inviting a vampire into your home, she had compromised the integrity of her apartment.As he stepped inside she became aware Max was bigger, more ripped than he'd ever been in high school.He'd always towered over everyone, but now he seemed built on an entirely different scale than the rest of humanity.In his jeans and fitted dark blue shirt it felt as if Hercules were trying to run around masquerading as a mortal man, costumed in faded Levi's.Oblivious to her discomfort, he pushed aside of stack of papers she'd been sorting and sank onto the foot of her bed – the only guest seating her miniscule studio apartment had to offer.Besides the toilet.He explained that the actress who'd been cast as Titania had had to drop out when she landed a small but prestigious film role that required her to leave the country.Cassie went to lean against the bathroom door, hovering near Max and listening.But mostly ogling Max.Ignoring her friend, Nicola frowned at Max as he stared guilelessly back at her."All right, Max.Why me? There must be actresses already in the company who want this part."He shrugged, his massive shoulders rising and falling like some kind of geological event."This is the tent pole production of the company's summer season.We need A-level talent, and none of the girls already in the company are up to snuff.Rita knows you, she's had you in a lead role before, and you've played Titania – ""In grad school."As Nicola said it, Cassie shot her a shocked look from the bathroom door which was basically, Why are you sabotaging yourself?Nicola pretty much felt the same way: furious with herself for being so childish.But as juicy as this opportunity was, Nicola didn't want anything to do with anything that had to do with Max.Max was a trap, a dungeon, a freaking oubliette.She'd barely managed to survive leaving him five years ago.She didn't know how to process this, how to deal with him.She was swimming in cognitive dissonance.Part of her was glad to see him.Part of her was squealing with joy at the opportunity he was offering her.And part of her wanted to punch him in the head and throw him out of her apartment."Which one is A Midsummer Night's Dream?" Cassie asked, turning toward Max with a polite smile.Traitor.Nicola glowered."It's the play with the fairies," Max explained."Puck.The two couples run into the forest, and the fairies meddle so people keep falling in and out of love with each other.Nicola would be playing the fairy queen – ""I didn't say I'd do it!""Whose estranged husband, the fairy king, casts a spell on her so she falls in love with a man who's got the head of a donkey.And much wackiness ensues."Cassie frowned, thinking."Wasn't Christian Bale in that movie? He took his shirt off."Max gaped at Cassie in horror.Nicola bit back a grin."Cassie isn't much for Shakespeare.You didn't used to be either, Max.""I'm a reformed character," he said, his voice going warm and low.Nicola shifted, feeling her cheeks heat.Liar."You love this play, Nicola," he said."You know Titania's lines."She folded her arms, annoyed by his calm certainty that he still knew anything about her."It's been years.I've forgotten the lines."He cleared his throat then said, "'But if I had wit enough to get out of this wood, I have enough to serve mine own turn.'"The answering line from Midsummer leapt into Nicola's head.She fisted her hands against her sides.After a brief struggle with herself, she murmured Titania's responding line, "'Out of this wood do not desire to go: Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no.'"Cassie gaped at her easy recital, but Max nodded, gloating because he had won the point."We have three weeks of rehearsal left then it's Dress and Tech," he said."We need someone who can hit the ground running.""Three weeks? How many weeks of rehearsal does the RSF do?""Seven.""That's pretty nice." Every moment they spent talking Nicola's adrenaline spiraled higher and higher, leaving her light-headed with excitement.Titania.With Rita.With the RSF.Seven weeks of rehearsal? Sometimes you only got three, which left barely enough time for everyone to get the lines memorized, never mind perfect their performances.Oh, she wanted this job.Bad.Clawing for sanity, she stared at Max, her mind clicking over options, ripple effects.Rita wouldn't have sent Max if he wasn't in the show himself [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]