The Girlfriend Curse
Chapter One
Peg Silver, thirty-two, could make a man come, but she couldn't make him stay. She'd just spent two hours bemoaning this problem to her friend Nina at dinner, parsing to the syllable what she'd like to say to her most recent exboyfriend, if such an unlikely opportunity presented itself.
The night's chosen scenario: Bumping Into Each Other by Chance. Peg would be in a glorious gown, on her way to the Oscars, a nominee for Best Set Design in a Major Motion Picture. As she stepped out of her limousine onto the red carpet, she'd spot Paul in the crowd, looking like he'd just been attacked by dogs. He'd congratulate her, beg her to take him back. She'd be gracious. Briefly pitying. But she had to rush, since her date, Johnny Depp, was waiting, and he was a very possessive man. Besides which, having just won the lottery ("The same day I got the nomination!"), she was flying to the
Bahamas for a year as soon as the awards ceremony was over.
Peg smiled to herself as she unlocked her apartment door.
She knew, rationally, that spending hours refining tone and
nuance in a conversation that would never take place was a
waste of time. But, she thought, a girl can dream, can't she?
Peg dropped her purse on her bed. The phone rang. She
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