The Design on the Table

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The Design on the Table

The rain in Los Angeles does not fall the way rain falls in cities that remember being towns. In Hollywood, rain comes down like it has somewhere important to be — fast, hard, and with no intention of waiting around to be appreciated.

Claire Devlin watched it from her office window on the Warner Bros lot and thought about two things: the Monroe gown and the contract she had found in Nick's desk three days ago.

Both had the same shape. Both were traps disguised as opportunities.




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