by Lexy Timms
“What was that?” Amber asked as they made the short walk home.
“Nothing.” Leslie didn’t offer to add more and thankfully the two roommates didn’t press it.
They were all fairly quiet as they ate their pizza, enjoying the sights and the sounds of their neighborhood before they walked into the apartment building.
“It was fun tonight. Thanks for taking me.” Leslie tried to keep her voice neutral. She suddenly felt like crying and couldn’t understand why. Damn drink.
“We’re doing it again. Soon,” Amber hiccupped, and started laughing as they headed up the stairs.
Unlocking the door to her apartment, she let it hang open as she walked in. She flipped on the lights and felt embraced by the familiar sounds and smells of her hovel. It felt like she’d been gone for a hundred years, as if time had changed since she’d left. Or maybe she had. She dropped down onto the couch, staring at the TV. She didn’t feel tired at all. She felt drunk, and afraid that if she fell asleep she’d wake up with a nasty case of dry mouth and a hangover that was coming with a vengeance. She wondered for a moment whether she had the ingredients to make a Bloody Mary in the morning or a Mimosa. Of course, she’d have to make it for the ladies too.
A few minutes later Josie and Amber came out of their apartment, barefoot and ready to relax after the long night. Tomorrow was Friday and they’d partied like it was Saturday. Leslie had no doubt that in the morning they were all going to be beat. She got up and changed into yoga pants and then dropped down on to the couch as Josie flipped through Netflix for something to watch.
Leslie couldn’t help but feel like tonight was the night that she’d needed. It was like someone had chipped out a chunk from the dam that had blocked up her entire life, and for the first time in a very long time she felt like she was ready to do something new and exciting. Maybe start living again.
“Can we talk about the stack of hundreds you stuffed in the tip jar?” Josie said after a while as they settled on some show that was extremely melodramatic, the kind of stuff that Leslie found herself easily engrossed by and eager to consume on a bender of bad television.
Leslie looked at her and shrugged.
“That’s was, like, half a month’s rent.” Amber leaned forward and watched her intently.
Leslie smiled and shook her head, standing up and walking toward the bookshelf where the Tiffany Black series was stuffed in the corner of her living room. Evelyn Frock’s growing canon of literature was quickly enveloping that section of the shelf. Leslie grabbed the first Tiffany Black book and handed it to Josie, who took the book and looked at it, completely confused and baffled by what it could possibly mean. When she finally opened up the book and saw the inscription Grant had written on the first page about how this was the beginning of a great friendship and an extremely lucrative career, all the cylinders fired inside of Amber’s mind and it all came together. “Holy shit!” Her eyes lit up after a moment, stunned and baffled. “That guy at the bar. That was this Grant?”
Leslie nodded. “He’s my agent.”
“Holy shit!” Amber jumped up. “You’re freakin’ Evelyn Frock!”
“Who’s Evelyn Frock?” Josie grabbed the book and read the inscription as well. “Who the hell is Grant?” She rubbed her eyes. “My mind’s foggy with booze, fun, and a brain freeze.”
“Grant was at the bar tonight,” Amber explained.
Leslie laughed. “That was kinda funny. I thought you were offering to have me buy a drink for the dick- head who had called me ‘Baby’ a moment before. I didn’t know Grant was there.”
“Who the hell is Evelyn Frock?” Josie repeated.
“Like the most popular author in America,” Amber gasped and turned back to Leslie. “You’re screwing around. You have to be pulling our legs.”
Leslie shook her head. “Only a very small select group of people know. A very select few.”
Josie jumped to her feet and let out an ecstatic scream, and started jumping up and down enthusiastically. She pulled Amber up and the two of them hopped and danced like crazy drunks.
Leslie, on the other hand, stared at the TV screen where she was watching a particularly handsome man talking to his onscreen girlfriend about their particular dilemma. For some reason, Leslie felt drawn to him. There was something about him that made her feel excited inside, something alive stirring inside of her. It was something that had been asleep for a long time, now alive deep in her belly. She had no idea who it was on the screen, but he was extremely attractive. Freakin’ hot.
Guilt made her turn her face away from the TV. She had no right to have those feelings. They had died a year ago, buried forever in California.
“Are you freaking kidding me?” Josie grabbed Leslie’s shoulders and shook her. “I’m neighbors with Evelyn Frock?”
“Yeah.” Leslie shrugged. “It’s no biggie. I just write stories.”
“So, you’re a billionaire,” Amber said after a moment, finally putting the pieces all together.
Leslie laughed and shook her head. “Just a millionaire,” she laughed.
“Damn! That’s a ton of money.” Amber blinked several times, trying to grasp the situation through the liquor-infused fog she was trying to navigate.
“Who’s he?” Leslie asked, pointing to the guy on the screen who was now fist-fighting with a werewolf or something convoluted like that.
“Conrad Danes?” Josie’s eyes darted to the TV. “Wait, I have like a million things I want to ask. No one knows?”
“Come on,” Leslie groaned. “Be cool about it, Josie. Don’t freak out. It’s part of the reason I don’t tell anyone. I don’t want to be different than who I am.”
“Okay,” Josie nodded. “Where you Evelyn before… before… you know?”
“Yeah.” Leslie leaned back into the couch, sinking into it as she hugged a pillow, wondering if she’d made a mistake telling the two of them. She guarded her privacy with the kind of fiery dedication that most people guarded their darkest secrets with. She didn’t want to be the focus of the media. She knew if they did find out who she was, it would be impossible to find a quiet little corner of the world to hide in. She eyed her friend for a moment. “You can’t tell anyone.”
“My lips are sealed,” Josie said, grinning like a child on Christmas morning.
“I’m serious,” Leslie growled.
“So am I,” Josie swore.
“Me too,” Amber said. “Man, that guy is hot. Look! That wolf just ripped off Conrad’s shirt!”
Josie snorted. “I’d drink a few from that six pack.
Leslie burst out laughing. “Only you, Josie.”
“Hey, what can I say? I appreciate fine art.”
“One thing, about my job… don’t blackmail me. Ever.” Leslie warned them as her eyes swung back to the television. “Even my parents don’t know.”
“We won’t say a thing,” Josie said vehemently. “I’m honored you even told us.”
“I trust you guys.”
“This is so cool,” Amber giggled, shaking her head as they watched Conrad Danes fight off another werewolf. “We got a secret, famous friend.”
“Don’t forget rich,” Josie joked.
“Don’t forget it’s a secret,” Leslie warned.
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