“You can’t be serious,” I said breathlessly, hardly daring to believe it.
“Of course I’m serious,” he said. “One project goes belly-up, you start on another. It’s the way of the artist. So… will you come?” he asked, the smile lurking in his voice.
“Yes,” I said a little too quickly, my mind whirring as quickly as the washing machine next to me. “Will I be a stylist, or will I be acting?” I asked breathlessly.
“Come on, Charlie. You’ll be acting,” he said. “We’re all staying in this bougie AirBnB with a view of the mountains. Right now I’m staring at this bomb-ass mountain that’s chillin’ right outside the window.”
I swallowed, hard. I pictured him with the other guys in a rustic, cozy cabin. Leo would be reading on the couch, Mason would be sitting in a chair going through his phone, Oliver would be locked away in a room somewhere, working.
“There’s a room with your name on it,” Crim said, a smile lurking in his voice.
It was like I was finally being accepted; I was finally being welcomed somewhere.
I finally belonged.
“When do you want me out there?” I asked, hardly daring to believe my luck. It felt like I’d been struck by lighting twice now.
Crim went over the details with me. They soothed my worried mind like warm bathwater.
“Oh, and you’ll get to meet my mother,” Crim said. “She’s just like me, though impossibly more awesome.”
I stiffened. Was Crim… was he introducing me to his family?
I was flooded with a validating sensation of importance.
“I’d love to meet her,” I said breathlessly. “What’s her name?”
“I think you and her have already met,” he said. “Her name’s Hazel.”
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