Chapter 9
The next morning, while the three of them were sitting down to breakfast, suddenly Shayde burst into the room. “Grant! Grant! You won’t believe it!”
“What is it?” Grant said, looking at her with concern.
“I’m being considered for the role of Sadie Thompson in the remake of Rain!”
“Really? Well, congratulations, Shayde. That’s great.”
“Yes. It’s a delicious part. The reading…”
“Did you say reading? You? They didn’t just offer you the part?”
“Oh, Grant, don’t be so stuffy. Everyone has to read for the part, even me, but I’m not worried. This is the chance I’ve been waiting for. It’s a delicious part. It’s was on Broadway for a while until they made a movie of it. It was a fabulous film about this prostitute and this preacher. The reviewers called it lewd and dirty, especiall
