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She felt guilty now.   She should have thought this through, she should have told Reece he was crazy and gone back to work at ‘Wheatman and Rogers’ and forgotten all about this whole stupid idea.   What on earth was she doing?
    She walked back into the bedroom and sat down on the edge of the huge king-size bed, reaching for the ‘phone.   Maybe hearing about what was going on back home in the real world might help calm her down a bit and she punched in Charley’s number.   She couldn’t help smiling to herself.   Charley was going to freak at the news she was going to be up close with Kenny Ross tomorrow, and she couldn’t wait to tell her.
      
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    Charley put down the ‘phone and sat back in the chair behind her reception desk at ‘Wheatman and Rogers’, sighing loudly as she looked at the normality going on all around her while India was in the middle of a dream.  
    She couldn’t believe her friend was going to be meeting the gorgeous Kenny Ross tomorrow.   How many times had the pair of them watched his films and fantasised about what it would be like to meet him, to look up into those gorgeous, dark eyes of his?   Now India was going to be doing just that.  
    She fiddled with the pen she was holding, unable to stop the wave of jealousy sweeping over her.   It could have been her that Reece had approached if only she hadn’t got talking to David Henderson.   He might be on track to become a partner in the firm, and he was really good-looking with a healthy bank account and a Mercedes, but if she hadn’t let that one little episode of flirting distract her then surely Reece would have come to her instead of India ?   She was better looking for sure.   What was it in India he’d seen?   She should have done what she’d originally planned and stayed close to Reece that night, made sure he’d known she existed instead of disappearing off like she had.   She could kick herself!   She was happy for India , Of course she was.   She was her best friend and this was a fantastic opportunity for her.   But Charley couldn’t help feeling just a tiny bit jealous.
    She leant forward and rested her chin in the palm of her hand as she watched Mr Rogers perch himself on the edge of the desk occupied by the pretty young temp who was covering for India, giving her that smile of his that he reserved for all the younger female members of staff.   He had no idea that it made their skin crawl and that they all giggled about his clumsy attempts at flirting when they gathered in the kitchen at lunchtimes.
    Charley smiled to herself.   She was lucky, this was a good place to work with great people and she was grateful, but she couldn’t help feeling she wanted more now.   India had been given a chance to get out of this rut, and surely she deserved it just as much as India did?
    Scribbling absent-mindedly on a scrap of paper she sighed heavily again.   Yes, she definitely deserved that chance too, that chance for something different, that chance to make her dreams come true.   But then, India might never get that chance either.   All of this could come to nothing and before anyone knew it she could be back here in the office, getting on with everyday life just like they’d always done.  
    She closed her eyes for a second and opened them quickly, almost as if hoping that, when she did, she’d be somewhere else, but it was all exactly the same.   Somehow, though, Charley had a feeling it was never going to be exactly the same ever again.   For either of them.
     
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    Reece Brogan should have been worried.   He was putting his neck on the line by introducing this quiet, unknown young girl into a world she had no idea about when he didn’t even know if she could act, but he wasn’t.   He wasn’t worried in the slightest.   He’d watched her from across the room that evening in Newcastle , he’d seen the way she’d moved, the way she’d smiled at people, the way people had responded