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ID: 566134
Title: Make It Last
Author: Christine Gray
Narrator: Ebony Ford, Jameson Adams
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:37:02
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-22
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature
Summary:
ZAHN:
Do me a favor.
Four words to mess up my already messed up world. Although Im dealing with enough, some side of me never agrees. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would be standing face-to-face with her: the Naomi Henson.
Oh, the countless times I wacked off to her growing up. I should be on a cattle drive, yet here I am, training her to ride horses for a role. I dont doubt my friend asked for this favor knowing I wouldnt pass up the chance of possibly teaching Naomi how to ride a beast of my own. Its Austins way of forcing me stick around, to deal with people that are more like lingering crap on the bottom of my boots.
Yeah, its time I dealt with my past and hopefully, Ill get a sweet piece of Naomi as my reward.
NAOMI:
Washed up.Has been.Past her prime.
All the phrases that have been used to describe me and my acting career. I guess you can add reformed crackhead and whore to the list, too. No one is to blame. Well, many are, but complaining wont change the nature of the beast that says that a man in this industry can work till hes wheeled out, with wrinkles and a shady past.
However, a female actress, no matter how great her talent, has a limited shelf life. The doors age didn't close, my mistakes being played out in a constant loop will. I faced the hard facts that its a mans world in Hollywood a long time ago. Being 42 years young is a death sentence in the industry.
Yet, here I am. Completely godsmacked at the offer of the role of the century. Were talking leading lady, Oscar worthy. Then fast forward to Can you make it last?
What the hell am I saying? Im here to train for my comeback role, not for whiskey and a roll in the hay. Now this good looking, tall, 48-year-old joker that seems to say all the right lines from the raunchiest Native American romance novels is messing me up.
Zahn Ewing needs to get a clue. Im just faking it in hopes that I make it, again. If he knew, I mean really knew my history, my secret, he would understand why I pop pills just to be able to look at myself in the mirror. He would understand why I, of all people, dont deserve a second chance at anything and I definitely dont deserve the likes of him.