With the ALA Conference fast approaching, everything that could possibly have come up came up. Not only had the studio unexpectedly made the announcement that Chirade would be directing two days earlier than expected, but news was leaked that her brother Chris had already been offered the part of Aiden - causing wild speculation on who would be playing the leads. Fortunately, while Riley had kept her apprised of all these developments, they had very little bearing on Nicolette’s day to day life. Unlike the texts that Colt had been regularly sending her since returning to the west coast. Leaving Nicolette the first time had been hard. Painful, but necessary for his career - and her mental health. That was the justification that he’d been using and was sticking with, in any case. Leaving