The Glass Heart

By Alexander Hope

The beautiful teen star of WB's most popular TV show has thirty days to live.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexander Hope
• Release date: Aug 29, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476189949

Alexander Hope

I’m an old man who is ever so astonished by the human brain. In my long life I have owned many businesses; from a potato farm, a pumice mine, and a gold mine; to a casino, an insurance company, and a bank. I knew very little about the products of these many companies, with the exception of an acting school, but I was smart enough to hire brilliant people to make my ownership delightful.

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Chapter One

Outside a small café, three drama students waited for Elisabeth Gooding. Candy Wade, a conservative young wanabe actress, thought of all the time spent and wasted pursuing this monthly ritual; waiting for Elisabeth Gooding. Miss Perfect. Never take a friend, who is more beautiful than you, to your auditions; eventually, someone will see Miss Perfect and decide that she should audition alongside you; and damn if your friend doesn’t get the juiciest part of the year. The three of them had been doing the Elisabeth Gooding ritual for five years. Ever since Elisabeth became a TV child-star. Candy felt Elisabeth had got the job and the fame and the money and had done very little to help her best friend, Miss Candy Wade, get into the business. All four of them had started drama school together in Orange County, but now Elisabeth was living in Hollywood and visiting only once a month. A couple of years back, when Elisabeth started her new series, Candy cornered her old friend, at the Burbank Studios, and started a conversation with her.

But, you promised me Candy said to Elisabeth.

I got you three auditions, Elisabeth said.

You said I didn't nail the Jenny part, but you said I nailed the Ashley part.

"You nailed