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through it. Faith snatched it away.
    "No, I'm sorry. I had something to tell you, and I didn't know how...it's silly really...now it's blown way out of proportion."
    "So, if it's so silly, why don't you tell me now?" The club owner was now standing menacingly over the actress.
    "I'm afraid ..."
    "Of what!? ME? What have I ever done to you for you to be afraid of me?" She practically screamed.
    "You didn't let me finish. I'm afraid of how you'll react, and well, you just confirmed my fears."
    Reece suddenly felt like a shit. Of course she's afraid, look at you, you idiot! She took a deep breath and sat down on the bed.
    "Faith, look, I've been freaking out all week over this."
    "Why?"
    "I'm having trouble at the club, and now you're hiding something from me. I knew it the minute you walked in the door after the read-through. Are they killing you off? Are they gonna hurt your character? C'mon, what gives?"
    "What trouble at the club?"
    "Inspectors showing up daily, auditor sniffing my ass. It seems your friend from my favorite club has been getting his rocks off torturing me."
    "I'm sorry Reece. Really. If I had known you were having such a hard time.."
    "Please, Faith, just tell me what's going on so I can stop popping Tums like Tic Tacs."
    "Well, I, Judith, has a love interest." She paused, gauging the reaction. Reece's lips got tight.
    "Who's the lucky guy?" It looked like Reece's pupils disappeared.
    "Jim" she whispered.
    Reece made fists in her lap, her knuckles turning white. Faith stood and stepped away from the bed.
    "We, uhm.."
    "Consummate?" Reece offered through gritted teeth.
    "Exactly." Faith flinched as her tall lover stood up and seemed to grow even larger.
    "Oh. I see. Is that all?" She failed to make the smile sincere.
    Faith nodded hesitantly.
    "You were afraid I'd dislike this new character development and run amok all over your little set?" Reece looked her dead in the eye.
    Oh, that's bad. Way too calm.
    "Well, sorry to disappoint." she stated, still too calmly for Faith, "I'm very happy actually. Congratulations. This is good for "Judith".
    "Thank you." Faith said to her lover's back.
    Reece exited the room, her boots clomping across the hardwood floor.
    Wait for it...
    SLAM!
    The actress let out the breath she was holding and threw herself on the bed. She called Cori and filled her in, adding that she should be careful not to get in the way of her angry boss tonight.
     
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    The tall form restlessly paced the length of her club. Sometimes she mumbled, and other times she sneered. The dancers whispered, the patrons stole glimpses. No one looked her in the eye. They 'd heard the rumors and she did, after all, live up to her reputation. If they hadn't witnessed it for themselves they knew someone who had, and they weren't suicidal. But what they didn't know was that Reece Corbett wasn't at all angry, she was a nervous wreck.
    As the owner of the most lucrative gentleman's establishment in New York City, The Lounge, Reece already had her hands full. She didn't need this new development. Tonight, the love of her life was going to lie in bed with someone else, and she couldn't do anything to stop it. Feeling very helpless and threatened, she made fists and continued to pace. No one dared confront the agitated woman, but some people never learn.
    "Geez, boss, I saw a thing on spontaneous combustion on one of those learning channels... this woman, all that was left was an arm."
    Reece looked at Cori like she was speaking Chinese.
    "What the hell are you talking about?!?" she yelled.
    "I'm just saying , that you should stand outside or something. Don't take us down with you," Cori said rather boredly.
    The tall woman glared at her magenta-haired friend.
    "Hey, easy tiger, Faith is acting ... she's not actually doing anything with the guy. What is the big hairy deal?" The dancer shrugged. "She did more up on that stage with me."
    Reece narrowed her eyes. "And that's supposed to make me feel better?" She