We're starting with Oscar Sunday for a special reason. If you've read Back to December, you know that Rob Deacon, aka Deac Roberts, is nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, an honor that happens quite unexpectedly. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences makes an appearance in all of the first three Ward Sisters series books, including Right Here Waiting, where it has a surprisingly pivotal role.
As an added bonus, today's contest answer will come, not from the book itself, but from a segment of the original epilogue, which wasn't published. Do you know what that means? Bonus content! That's right, this can only be seen here. The scene ties directly into the first day of the contest, since it takes place at the Oscars. Which Oscars? Well, you'll have to read the series to know for sure. And for anyone who wished that Emily got her chance to give Rachel a piece of her mind again, she did. Potential SPOILERS AHEAD!! Here it is:
Em waited until
the next commercial break, then she headed backstage, both use the
bathroom and to find Rob. It had been their ritual this awards
season, for her to sneak away and find him as he answered questions
after his win. She stopped at the bathroom first, glad
for Christopher's genius. Her dress, a flowing, Empire-waist
custom Valentino gown in the same hue as her dress for the Fluxus
Gala, was both gorgeous and comfortable.
As she checked her
makeup in the mirror and reapplied lipstick, Rachel walked into the
ladies room.
“Oh, look who's here. If it isn't Mrs. Deac Roberts,”
she said with saccharine in her voice.
“Actually, it's
Mrs. Robert Deacon. I'm not married to the movie star. That's just
some costume he puts on when he steps onto the film set. Not that you
ever really understood that about him. How is it that you're here
tonight? I thought you got divorced. And I know you didn't get
nominated for anything.”
Rachel seethed. “I'm here with Ronin Edgars as his date, if you must
know.”
Emily laughed. Of
course she was. “Lucky Ronin.” She shook her head and the baby
kicked. She flinched a little and put her hand on her belly. “I
hear you, honey.”
“What did you
say?” Rachel asked.
“I wasn't
talking to you, I was talking to the baby.”
Rachel scoffed,
“Yes, that was quite a coup for you, to get pregnant so he'd marry
you.”
Emily laughed.
“Oh, Rachel. Will you never learn? I don't know why I let you
convince me that he wanted you back. You're pathetic, you know that?
Unlike you, I was there when this baby was conceived and when he
proposed. What order that happened is really none of your business.
But don't think, ever again, that you'll make me doubt him. I know
better, now. I wouldn't have taken you for a hockey fan.”
“Did Liam tell you about that?”
Emily shook her
head. “No. Rob did. Yes, Rachel, that's right. Liam told him the
minute you walked out of his life on your own. You're lucky Liam is a
good person and didn't tell me before. I'd never have believed Rob
would go back to you knowing what you did to his best friend and to
him. So I suggest you give up on ever stealing him from me. He loves
me. He has only ever really loved me. And there is no way I
will ever again think he has any interest in you. Enjoy Ronin. I'm
sure he'll like you at least until his star rises.”
Rachel's mouth
hung open and Emily turned on her sparkly black Louboutins without a
backwards glance.
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