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A year later, and still no closer to figuring out where she might be, hope was slowly slipping away of ever getting another shot at things.
After yet another dead end phone call to a friend, I threw my phone across the room and watched it hit a wall.
"What was that about?" Scott asked as he came around the corner. He'd taken up residence at my house. I'd figured he might as well.
"The same freaking answers over and over and over again." I gritted my teeth. "I don't....I don't know what else to do Scott." I slipped into a chair and covered my face. "If she was going to forgive me, she would be back already."
Scott came and sat on the coffee table in front of me. "You need to let go. I know you don't want to," he added in when I gave him a look, but he just shrugged. "Come out with me tonight. Mingle with some of Hollywood's newest and brightest. You have noticed your co-star, Alexia right?" He raised an eyebrow at me.
I shrugged. "What about her?"
"She's beautiful. And she wants you. It's in her eyes every time you guys are near each other. Marriage or not, she'll make you forget the hurt you're feeling right now."
"I don't know, man. I don't think going out partying is good for me right now."
"So don't think, get changed and come to the new club everyone's been talking about. A bunch of people will be there, you won't think about Katy and that mess at all. We'll just relax and have a good time."
After some internal arguing, I finally gave in to Scott. Having a good time wouldn't kill me and a little bit of distraction was welcome.
I quickly got changed into some dress slacks and a button up white shirt and ran some gel through my hair before I walked down the stairs where Scott was waiting.
"Ready to go?"
I nodded. "I guess so."
He patted my shoulder as we both went out the door and I slipped behind the wheel of my little sports car. "I'll try to have fun, I promise."
Scott smiled and nodded as he turned the radio on. "Good, that's all I ask."
A little bit later we drove up to a large building that had a line wrapped around the building. There were strobe lights going, masking out the camera flashes of paparazzi that were just waiting for people like us to drive up.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I asked Scott, looking at the long line before we got out of the car.
He smirked at me. "Our pictures are all over the place right now, we can just bypass all this," he motions to the lines. "You know what Mitch always says about the paps. Any publicity from them is good as long as we don't destroy anything." He shrugged and pulled me up to the front of the line by the bouncer.
"Oh my God, Liam Warren and Scott Adams!" A red-headed girl that was flirting with the bouncer squealed when she saw us. "I can't believe I'm standing right beside you!"
The bouncer shook his head as he looked us over. "You're both legal, right?"
"Yep," Scott answered for the both of us and grinned as the bouncer stepped back and let us in easily.
"See? No problems." He smiled over at me and directed me to a barricaded area where there were two different bouncers blocking the area.
"Names?" one of the guys asks us.
"I'm Liam Warren. This is Scott Adams." I pointed in his direction.
The other bouncer looked over his list, nodded and let us go by. Immediately we were handed a drink, and I took a quick glance to see that it was beer before taking a drink and following behind Scott to a table in the back. Sitting there was Alexia Dalton and another actress I can't remember the name of.
Alexia looked up at me with a big grin. "Liam! I'm so happy you decided to come!" She jumped up and hugged me before I realized what she was doing.
"Um yeah," I ran a hand through my hair and sat down.
The actress I can't remember looked over at me and smiled shyly. "I'm Josie." She reached her hand out and I shook it. "I'm an extra on the movie you're working on right now."
"Oh, right." I nodded. "That's why you look a little familiar."
She smiled a little bigger and nodded. "Yep, Alexia is showing me all the fun stuff to do around L.A."
"Yeah, I wouldn't be here if I could help it. I'm kind of being forced." I looked over in Scott's direction. "He says I need to get out more."
"Getting out can be good," she shrugged.
I shook my head and glanced around until I noticed Alexia had her eyes glued on me.
"So Liam, how do you like L.A?" She asked as she crossed her legs and sent the hem of her dress riding up.
"It's alright, I guess. It would be even better if my wife was still here with me."
She pouted as he set her chin on her hand, "I heard about that." She reached her hand across to pat mine. "I'm so sorry. Some people just aren't cut out for this life."
I narrowed my eyes and pulled my hand away from her as Scott brought another round of drinks over.
"Everyone know each other?" he asked, taking a drink of his beer.
"Yep," Alexia smiled and looked me up and down again. "You know, Liam, our characters get very cozy over the next couple days."
I just shrugged. "Great," I replied dryly.
Scott kicked my foot under the table and sent me a glare. I just took another drink and sighed.
Over the next few hours the four of us ended up downing drink after drink and Scott was right. I forgot why I was so mad and hurting in the first place. Alexia had scooted herself closer to me and I didn't even mind her rubbing her fingers up and down my arm.
"So, Liam," she whispered by my ear and I looked down at her.
"Hmmm?"
"How about we get out of here and get to know each other really well?" She raised an eyebrow at me suggestively and leaned in a little closer until she pressed her lips to mine, and for a minute, I froze. But the alcohol was flowing through me, and it had been a whole year since I'd had the comfort of my wife, and I needed this; I deserved this. I thought I could find another way to be happy. I let myself kiss her back and smiled flirtatiously as I pulled her up out of her chair. "Let's go."
The next morning, when I tried to roll over I was stopped by arms and legs draped all over me. It was then that everything crashed down on me. I slept with Alexia, I betrayed Katy. Oh God, what had I done?
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