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Hours later, she sat in a large booth at the Rainbow laughing hysterically. She was completely drunk now. She happily sat engaged with her old friends, taking a trip down memory lane, recalling funny incidents there at the Rainbow when Maxine used to bartend. She reminisced about all the various parties back in the day, but with reminiscing came thoughts of Sully that drove her to do even more shots. She was having the time of her life, or at least pretended to be. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d been able to let loose like this without the band and she made a conscious decision to relish every moment of it.
Sully walked into the main house around two a.m., completely exhausted. After Kit left, he headed back into the studio and talked things out with the guys. They figured out a way they could meet in the middle without sacrificing the quality of the album and meet the deadline. They devised a strategy and started implementing it immediately. It was working. They decided to wrap for the night and resume the following morning.
He waved to Jimmy as he walked out the front door of the house. “Thanks, Jim. I owe you one.” He shut the door behind him and locked it. He leaned against the door for a moment and noticed a glimmer on the entry table. He looked more closely and saw Kit’s ring lying there—the ring they had given her.
He picked it up, shook his head, and deposited it into his other free hand. He hung onto it tightly. He knew had really done it this time. He pushed her too far. He said things he shouldn’t have ever said to her and should never say again. He walked into the front room and plopped down into one of the overstuffed chairs. He was determined to wait it out until she came through the door and intended to apologize profusely once he saw her. He had to beg her to continue managing them. He figured she’d be home within the hour. He dosed off moments later.
Kit giggled with one of her friends as the valet retrieved her car. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and thanked him, tipping him with a one hundred dollar bill. He smiled as he shut her driver’s side door and wished her a good evening. She pulled out onto Sunset Boulevard and headed in the opposite direction of home, toward Beverly Hills, to go to a party her friends had told her about.
Around 4:30 a.m., she pulled out onto Coldwater Canyon and headed toward Sunset Boulevard to go home. Her car swerved dangerously along the boulevard and she had a hard time focusing. She realized she probably shouldn’t have drunk so much or partied so hard. She had a fleeting thought that maybe she should pull over somewhere, dump the car, and call a cab. Too late. Flashing red, white, and blue lights demanded her attention in the rear view mirror. Suddenly she had a moment of clarity and it wasn’t a good one. She was petrified. They were pulling her over. “Shit,” she murmured under her breath.
Twenty minutes after failing field drunk-driving tests miserably, Kit was in handcuffs sitting in the back of a squad car after being read her rights. She glanced out the window and watched her Diamond Records’ Mercedes-Benz being secured and towed away to the impound lot. She closed her eyes and swallowed hard. Her entire career and all its successes flashed before her eyes. She quickly recalled the downfall of Joe and wondered if she was eerily following in his footsteps unable to take the pressure at the top, feeling immediately like she had fallen from grace.
Her body trembled as she thought about the consequences that would ensue from her out of control behavior. She was deeply ashamed she had let it come to this. Her entire reputation—all she had built since she set foot in Hollywood was on the line now. She silently chastised herself for making such stupid choices—ones that landed her in a highly precarious position in a town that set tongues wagging. She didn’t know how she would get herself out of this one. She prayed for a miracle.
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