“To leave Jesse?”
“I left him.”
“Why?”
“I always say it was his drinking, but it wasn’t. His drinking got worse after I left.”
“So what was it?”
Jenn shrugged.
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“I was an actress,” she said. “I had an affair with a producer.”
“Was he going to make you a star?” Sunny said.
Jenn made a face.
“Something like that,” she said. “When Jesse found out, he said he could forgive anything once.”
“You promised never to do it again,” Sunny said.
“Yes.”
“But you did it again.”
“Jesse couldn’t really forgive it. He didn’t rant and rave or anything. But . . . his drinking got away from him, I guess.”
“So you divorced him.”
“Actually, he divorced me. But it was my fault. By the time we divorced, he had no other choice.”
“Do you know why you continued to cheat on him?”
“Yes, I’ve talked with shrinks about it until my tongue hurts. It’s too boring to try and explain.”
“I don’t need to know,” Sunny said. “You still using the same techniques?”
Jenn smiled.
“Fucking my way to the top?” she said.
Sunny shrugged. Jenn ate a crouton.
“It’s worked great,” Jenn said. “I just recently got promoted from weather girl.”
Sunny smiled.
“Show-business opportunities are not unlimited in this market,” she said.
“For sure,” Jenn said.
“Did you come here because Jesse was here?” she said. 8 3
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“Yes.”
“You still love him?”
