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Julie is a struggling actress who once again fails to land a role after an audition. She’s beginning to wonder just how she is going to survive, because dreams don’t pay the bills.
Upon searching through the theatre district she comes across the show of The Amazing Rodan, a magician cloaked in red. It’s not acting exactly but she needs a job, and the mystery of the magician is very alluring.
Written by Odette Haynes
Published by AmorBooks
“…and I can’t believe you’d do this to me, after everything, our whole lives. Does it just mean nothing to you? Do I mean nothing? I stand here and you’re looking at me like I’m a stranger and I don’t know what more I can do. I love you, but if that isn’t enough then what is? How can you just let everything slip away so easily without a fight? I’m trying here, I’m really trying but if all you’re going to do is sit there in silence then I don’t know what more to say. You’re breaking my heart and you don’t even care.”
Julie’s voice cracked and her eyes were red and raw as tears streamed down her face. After she finished speaking she composed herself, wiped her eyes and then looked up at the casting directors. They all gazed back at her implacably and she waited for their verdict. There was a hollow feeling growing inside her as one of them spoke in a flat voice and…
