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Still smiling, Victor turns around and produces a bottle and two wine glasses from the back of the boat.
“It’s non-alcoholic wine,” he informs me before I can protest. “Don’t worry your pretty head.”
I blush.
He thinks of everything...
“You shouldn’t have, Victor.”
“I wanted to,” he replies. “I want to make it special tonight, for just you and me.”
He pours us both a glass and hands it over.
I raise mine to him.
“To the movie,” I say. “And to you winning that award one day.”
Victor laughs. “Yeah, to winning that award one day.”
“I believe in you,” I say. “I really do. I think you’ll win it, and you’ll stand on that stage, and you’ll feel on top of the world.”
The man stares at me for a long while.
“Thank you, Josie,” he finally says.
“No need to thank me.”
“Thank you for everything,” he says. “For coping with me and my crazy schemes. For coming all this way. For living a lie.”
“It’s not all a lie,” I say softly.
“No,” the man says. “It’s not.”
And then we chink our glasses together and drink.
Yeah, he looks beautiful in the sunset. His blue eyes twinkle – the same color as the surrounding lake. His skin is so pure and smooth. His lips are full, and his jawline is impeccable.
I kissed him...
And then, as the sun dips below the horizon, there’s a loud bang in the distance. Both our heads turn to the sudden noise.
It’s fireworks. Over the lake.
I gasp and put down my wine, straining to look at the fiery explosion.
Bang!
Another colorful display of fireworks.
Bang!
“Wow,” I exclaim to Victor. “Fireworks? They’re amazing. I wonder who’s setting them off...”
“They’re for you,” the actor says nonchalantly.
What?
I stop and turn around to stare at him as another explosion ripples in the air above us.
