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draw her into a good story. After a
few boring afternoons, she finally pulled out a notebook and began
writing. She picked up the story of Trish where she had left off,
planning to transfer her work to her home computer as time
permitted.
    She was lost in the life of Trish one
evening just before sunset, her hand moving furiously across the
page as she worked to get her thoughts down. She paid no attention
when someone occupied the chair beside her. The crew came and went
constantly, grabbing whatever seat they could get.
    “ Are you doing
homework?”
    Selena jumped as the smooth, sexy voice
penetrated her thoughts. She looked up, her mind struggling to
return to the current time and place.
    “ Uh, no. It’s a book I’ve
been working on,” she stammered as she looked at Matt. Her face
reddened as she realized she’d told him the truth. Beth didn’t even
know about her stories. Well, she had been caught off guard; her
mind had been in another time and place. Matt leaned closer and
draped his arm over the back of her chair. He leaned toward her as
he spoke and the intimacy of his nearness confused Selena. She
quickly closed her notebook and shifted in her seat, turning to
look at him and putting a little space between them.
    “ Are you serious?” Matt
said with the mischievous glint to his blue eyes. “You’re a rodeo
queen and an actress and now you’re going to be a famous author
too?”
    “ I’m none of those
things,” Selena laughed nervously. “I’m just a person who enjoys
horseback riding and barrel racing. I’m stuck in a movie that I
have no interest in, and I enjoy writing stories.”
    Matt threw back his head and laughed. His
laugh had a musical, happy sound. It caught the interest of a
couple of passing crew members. Selena looked up as the two women
stared at Matt, then continued on their way, giggling and
whispering to each other. I bet he gets that a lot, Selena thought,
a bit of a frown crinkling her forehead. I bet he’s used to girls
fawning all over him.
    “ I just stopped by to see
if you’d like to have dinner with me tonight?” Matt’s face took on
a serious tone as he stared into her eyes. He almost looked like a
fourteen year-old boy, asking a girl to his first dance and afraid
of the rejection, she thought, amusement replacing her frown. How
charming. I would have expected more of the, ‘I’m an incredibly
sexy movie star and you’re lucky I’m paying attention to you,’ kind
of attitude, she thought as she stared back at him.
    “ Sure, I guess,” she
answered. What was this guy doing asking her out when he
could have his pick of any of the girls here? And acting like a kid
instead of a smooth, sexy movie star. Ah, well he is an actor,
after all. She smiled as it came clear to her.
    “ Do you know Santa Fe?
I’ve mostly stayed out here in the RV. I haven’t really had a
chance to explore the town yet.”
    “ Sure. I know a couple of
nice restaurants in Old Town.”
    “ Great.” Matt whipped out
a cell phone and made a quick call. “Right by the beige horse
trailer,” he said into the phone.
    He took Selena’s arm and led her toward her
horse trailer. She refilled Rusty’s water bucket and threw him
another flake of hay. “We’ll be right back, Rusty,” she told him as
she scratched his withers. Rusty dropped his head, scratching his
face against her side, and then returned to his meal.
    Selena looked up at the sound of a long
black car bouncing across the desert toward them. “A limo,
really?”
    “ Yes. It’s for the cast to
use. I just haven’t had an excuse til now.”
    “ It looks like it should
be following a hearse.”
    Matt laughed as he held the door and she
stepped into the long, black car. The interior was a soft, beige
leather. It was so out of place out here in the desert, she almost
laughed herself. She felt like a character in one of her stories.
Maybe I can even use it, she thought. Write it into a scene. Bad
guy chases Trish across the