The Stacey McKellar Rule Book

By Rebecca Rose Taylor

For a few minutes Stacey McKellar felt like she had everything - the book she had written was becoming a movie. The subject matter - drunk driving was difficult and Stacey has strong feelings about it because of an event that happened years ago. So, when Graham Thomson shows up on the movie set and Stacey overhears him telling his friend about driving drunk the night before, Stacey goes ballistic and breaks off their relationship. He pleads for forgiveness but Stacey cannot forgive him because her book and her movie – Instantly – holds the perils of driving drunk at its center and Graham’s poor choices make her question her ability as a writer. The problem is Stacey is unable to get over her relationship with Graham the way she has with other men who have wronged her in the past. Stacey lives by something she and her sister have dubbed “The Stacey McKellar Rule Book.” Can Stacey break her own rules in order to let love into her life?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rebecca Rose Taylor
• Release date: Feb 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311695857

Rebecca Rose Taylor

I've loved to create stories since before I was able to write them down. It is my dream to have other people read my work. This is why I've decided to join Smashwords. When I'm not busy writing or editing my work, I enjoy reading, and discovering new authors.

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The Stacey McKellar Rule Book

By Rebecca Rose Taylor

Copyright Rebecca Rose Taylor 2014

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Chapter 1

Stacey McKellar’s nail bitten hands shook as she said. You didn’t. Outside the dressing room, she could hear the production crew preparing for another busy day of filming. She could smell the pungency of the strong coffee and knew that Graham had used it to get over his hangover. She swallowed to keep the tears that threatened to erupt at bay.

I made a mistake, admitted Graham Thomson, I’ll never do it again.

That’s crap, replied Stacey, this isn’t elementary school, you can’t just say, oops. She stomped the heel of her leather shoe, the sound radiating through the small dressing room. Do you realize you could have killed someone?

You’ve got to believe me, Stace, I never meant to drive drunk.

How many times do you think someone says that in a day? She sighed sadly, and wished she had stayed in bed that morning and that the conversation she was now having with her soon to be ex-boyfriend was just a nightmare.

Too many, replied Graham his grey eyes not meeting Stacey’s blue ones.

"You’re a star but that doesn’t mean you get to break the law. Just because you didn’t hurt yourself or someone else, doesn’t mean I’m going to forgive you. Does Instantly mean nothing to you? said Stacey her hands moving rapidly as she spoke. Just because you -."

Stacey, please, said Graham cutting off her rant. Just listen to me for a minute. Let me make this up to you.

How dare you interrupt me and expect me to listen to you after what you did. You can’t make this better. Even though Andrew and Kara Mathis are characters in my novel doesn’t mean that their story isn’t real. People lose their loved ones all the time to drunk drivers. You’re playing Andrew in the movie, are you feeling nothing?

I know I was stupid, but please, don’t give up on me. Things were going so well between us. He reached out his hand to touch her shoulder but she took a step backwards. Anger mixed with sadness flashed behind her eyes.

Were is the operative word here. We’ve got work to do and whatever we could have been is over. Do you have any idea how many times I wanted to bring Mr. & Mrs. Mathis back to life when I was working on the book? Stacey turned towards the wall and Graham saw her lift her hand to her cheek. He heard her clear her throat before she turned back to face him, But I couldn’t because there is no backspace key on life, once someone’s dead, you can’t fix it, no matter how hard you try. Tears welling up in her eyes Stacey fled Graham’s dressing room. He looked after her stammering apologies.

Five minutes to filming, Graham, said a production assistant stopping by the dressing room.

Graham nodded and the production assistant left the room. Extreme emotion overwhelmed him as he took his hand and struck the table with it, spilling hot coffee all over it and himself. He cursed and grabbed a towel to clean up the mess before getting changed into clothing befitting of the character he played – a man devastated by the effects of another man’s drunk driving.

Chapter 2

Stacey, filming’s about to start, said her sister coming into the bathroom.

Okay, I just need a minute, she said splashing water on her face.

What’s wrong?

I don’t have time to talk about it right now.

Well you’re not leaving this room until you do.

Just because you’re my big sister doesn’t mean that you know what’s best for me.

I can tell when something’s wrong and it definitely is right now, said Lori standing by the bathroom door blocking anyone else from entering.

Please, Lori, just leave it.

No, I won’t leave it, because this morning at the hotel you were one of the happiest people in the world and now you’re not.

I told Graham it was over. Now, I’m going to put on some makeup and go out there and watch him be in the movie that I wrote.

You don’t have to do that, Stace, we could go back to the hotel and empty all the candy out of the vending machines and watch an incredibly sad movie. Lori reached