All Chapters of The Actor's Contract: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Stepping through the arch is like passing into another world. The air is warmer here, heavy with the smell of aged leather, polished wood, and faint traces of smoke from a fire not long extinguished.Low, ambient lighting bathes the room in golden pools, bouncing off dark wood shelves that curve aro

Mel unexpectedly yanks me toward the door. “We’re leaving, going home,” she says over her shoulder and guides me to the staff room down the hall.“I need to pee,” she tells me, running into a cubicle while awkwardly pulling down her pants. She loosely falls onto the toilet seat, a satisfied expressi

At the self-checkout, the scanner’s beep echoes weirdly loud in the quiet store. I bag the loot, the plastic handles biting into my fingers as I throw them into a trolley and step out into the night.The parking lot is deserted, the air heavy with the smell of hot asphalt cooling under the dark. The

Another hooked right hits my stomach. Harder. Sharp pain blooms in my gut, hot and nauseating.“Stop!”Mel jounces forward, but the dude holding her is too strong for her. He slams his fist into her side.“Mel, NO!” Her body freezes. Her eyes lock on mine, wet and helpless.The next punch catches me

So I latch onto the first random thought that drifts into my pain-fogged brain.“Why did you call Ilkay and not Enrique?” My voice comes out thin, like I’m speaking through a throat made of sandpaper.“Because this is an Ilkay type of problem.” Her reply is instant, no hesitation, no explanation. Li