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far as Rachel was concerned, Charlene had a lot going for her, including a beautiful singing voice.
    â€œI’m in no mood to argue with you, Cha. You know how mad I get when you put yourself down.”
    â€œI’m not putting myself down. I’m just stating facts.”
    â€œThen let me state a few of my own,” Rachel said. “I’m the one on set every day surrounded by gorgeous men. The only problem is that those men are checking out the tall, slender actresses, not me.”
    When Charlene didn’t say anything, Rachel had a feeling there was more going on with her friend. “Okay, Cha, what’s wrong?”
    There was another long moment before Charlene replied, “I talked to Mom today.”
    Rachel slumped down into a chair. Mrs. Quinn was the mom from hell, and that was putting it kindly. She’d always managed to boost one daughter up while at the same time tearing the other one down. “And?”
    â€œAnd she wanted me to know that Candis made the cut for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition next year and will be staying in Paris for a while.”
    â€œThat’s great, and I’m sure you’re happy for her.” Rachel knew she could say that because deep down she knew Charlene was. Candis and Charlene had a rather good relationship despite the competitive atmosphere created by their mother.
    â€œYes, of course I’m happy for her.”
    â€œAnd?”
    â€œAnd what?” Charlene asked.
    Rachel pulled in a deep breath; her patience was wearing thin. “And what else did Mrs. Quinn say?”
    â€œJust the usual about she still doesn’t understand how Candis could be so pretty and me so plain when we had the same parents. She ended the call by even suggesting that maybe she and Dad got the wrong baby from the hospital. She said it in a joking way but I knew she was dead serious.”
    Rachel bet the woman had been dead serious as well, but she would never tell Charlene that. That was the kind of garbage she’d had to put up with all her life. “She wasn’t serious, Cha. You and your mother look too much alike for you to be anyone’s baby but hers.”
    Evidently Mrs. Quinn never took the time to notice the similarity. Or maybe she had noticed and since she’d never been happy with her own looks, she was passing her insecurities on to Charlene.
    Rachel thought about her own situation. She had been raised by her uncle Jacob and her aunt Lily after her parents had been killed. Rachel had been only one year old and Sofia had been ten. Her aunt and uncle were wonderful and had raised her and Sofia as their own children, since unfortunately they’d never had any. The one thing Uncle Jacob and Aunt Lily didn’t do was play her and Sofia against each other. Everyone knew that Sofia wanted to follow in their father’s footsteps and take his place with Uncle Jacob at Limelight.
    Although her uncle and sister would have loved for her to join them in the family business, Rachel had never been pressured to do so. She chuckled, thinking it was enough to have Sofia as her agent.
    â€œHey, let’s do a movie this weekend,” she suggested, thinking her best friend needed some chilling time.
    â€œSounds super, but don’t you have a lot to do?”
    Rachel laughed. “I always have a lot to do, but I need a break to have fun, and it sounds like you do, too.”
    A short while later, Rachel made her way to the kitchen, hungry after missing lunch. On the way home she had stopped by a restaurant owned by one of the cameramen’s parents. She considered Jack Botticello her buddy, and his parents were truly a godsend. Whenever she dropped by their Italian restaurant, Botticello’s Place, for takeout, they always gave her more food than shecould possibly eat in one sitting. There would definitely be enough lasagna left for tomorrow’s dinner.
    As she sat down at the table to enjoy her meal, she