‘Would you like a sample, Sir?’ Heidi waved the perfume bottle.
‘Wow, Helen Jacobs,’ the American boomed.
‘Heidi. How can …’
‘I always wondered … You were terrific in After the Storm.’
‘I don’t know …’
‘And here you are, working in an airport shop! So?’
‘Please, people are staring.’
‘So they should; you should have been a star.’
‘Clearly not.’
‘Look, I’m making a series for Netflix. You’d be perfect for the mother.’
‘I sell perfume.’
‘You’re an actor between jobs.’
‘I don’t ...’
‘And you’ve just landed a job.’
‘Is this a prank?’
‘This is a second shot.’
A drabble is a story of exactly 100 words.
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Second shot
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I love that hesitation she has, Rob - as though she doesn't want to believe it's possible to resurrect her career. And now I wonder what happened to it in the first place. Well done
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