They both smiled and hugged each other.
“Just don’t tell Greg. Joey would kill both of us.”
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Before he went to pick up Adrienne, David called Coach Hope and Coach Mason. Both eagerly agreed, so David gave them access to his Notre Dame game films he had stored in a file folder in the cloud.
When they arrived at the airport, David paid the cop watching pickups so that he and Cassidy could go in and retrieve Adrienne. He explained it would take both of them to get all her luggage for a week’s stay.
David had made a sign for Cassidy to hold where all the other drivers picking people up were standing. It said
‘Adrienne–Supermodel.’ He stood back as a crowd began to form near Cassidy.
She came out and spotted Cassidy with her sign. They’d met when Adrienne had gone to prom with him. She read the sign and then scanned the surging crowd until she saw David filming the whole thing.
“Oh, look!” Adrienne said excitedly. “There’s Academy Award-winning actor David A. Dawson.”
Cassidy, his security, high-fived Adrienne and helped her to the car while David now faced his fans. It was just another example of God laughing at your best-laid plans.
Getting surrounded by fans made David realize how far he’d come. It hadn’t been that long ago that he was the one who benefited from Adrienne’s celebrity. She could get him into clubs when he was underage because the bouncers would just open the door and let her whole entourage in.
Now it was him helping her escape without having to take selfies and sign autographs.
When he got to the car, Cassidy and Adrienne looked pleased with themselves, and David gave them a golf clap to admit defeat.
He was quickly forgotten as Adrienne did what she did best, making Cassidy feel at ease enough to share her life story. Who knew his little ninja was such a Chatty Cathy?
But Adrienne flipped a switch and was all business when they pulled up to the studio where they were filming.
While Cassidy parked, David ran interference as the cast and crew were all eager to meet the iconic supermodel.
“Let her get settled, folks. She’s here all week,” David announced as he led her to meet their director.
Abigail and Moira, her assistant, were soon drawn into a long discussion with Adrienne about her notes on the scenes to film today. David stood back and watched from across the set, where he joined Miri, Cole, and Louis. From Abigail’s body language, she was receptive to what Adrienne was telling her.
“So, you know her?” Miri asked.
“Shortly after I got my start modeling, I was hired by Ford Models to be the face of Range Sports. Ford had a big client party in Chicago where I met Adrienne, and we hit it off, and she’s been mentoring me ever since,” David said.
“How old were you?” Cole asked.
“I was fourteen.”
“When I was that young, I was going to be a rock star,”
Louis said. “My buddies and I even had a band. We called ourselves Metal Star. We were enthusiastic, but that didn’t translate into being able to carry a tune. But that experience made me realize I liked being up on stage.”
“It looks like Adrienne wants you,” Miri said.
David looked toward his supermodel friend, and she motioned him over. When he got there, Adrienne asked, “If I made it tasteful, would you consider partial frontal nudity?”
“As long as I get the final say and have a chance to talk to my publicist first.”
“Make your call,” Adrienne said and shooed David off so she could talk to the director and her assistant some more.
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When Frank heard he was shooting with Adrienne, he called David a bad name and said he would be there in half an hour to ‘oversee’ everything.
The first scene they were doing was in a bedroom that depicted them post-coitus. Since they were both naked, the director had cleared the set of all onlookers, including Frank. David was on his back while Adrienne was on her stomach. She laid her cheek over the good stuff with her hair fanned out to help to obscure anything important. The camera was set so it filmed them from above.
This was right from what you saw in fashion magazines when they wanted the ultimate sexy shot.
During the dialogue, Adrienne moved her head, so the base of Mr. Happy was exposed. Then she rolled to give them a look at her full-frontal nudity. Her hair covered most of Mr. Happy.
Abigail’s leg bounced when he was shown it on playback, nervous he would say ‘no.’
“If you ‘leak’ the frame after Adrienne rolls over and blur out the good stuff, it’ll go viral. You’ll crush it during sweeps because people will want to see what’s hidden,”
David predicted.
“So, you’re good with this?” Abigail asked.
David looked at Frank.
“He’s good. Send me that pic, and I’ll make sure it gets to the right people to promote the show,” Frank said.
In the next scene, David called a foul because he was expected to walk around the apartment with no clothes on while Adrienne put on a bra and panties. It was shot so that all but Mr. Happy was exposed, but the rest of him was on display.
The rest of the day was much the same.
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Cassidy drove them to SOHO Hollywood House, where David had used his membership to book Adrienne a room.
He took them to dinner, and when it came time for Adrienne to ask David her favor, Cassidy went to the bar.
“We’ve decided it’s time to have a baby,” Adrienne announced, and then she added, “Tyler plans to carry it, and I want you to be the father.”
“Does Tyler know I’d be the sperm donor?” David asked because of the way she’d worded her request.
“No. I just told her we’d go to the doctor and have it done when I returned from this trip.”
David thought about it for a moment. Adrienne had broached this before, so it wasn’t a complete shock. She’d
told him that he would have no responsibilities for raising the child. The psychic had said he would have five children, and at the time, he’d reasoned that Dave counted even though he was adopted.
“You know I can’t simply do that. At the very least, I would set up a trust like I did for my other kids and agree to you being the trustee. The money is for education and a down payment on a first home,” David explained.
“We don’t need your money,” Adrienne said.
“I know, but at some point, this’ll get out, and I want our son to know that he got the same as the rest of his siblings.”
Adrienne rolled her eyes when he said ‘son’ but didn’t bother to point out that she wanted a daughter. He knew that the doctor would be able to sort out the boy and girl sperm if they asked, but he could dream.
David didn’t totally agree but promised to seriously consider it.
Then Adrienne gave him her best dick-hardening look.
“You’re on my list of celebrities Tyler will allow me to sleep with. I’m starting to feel sleepy with the time change,” Adrienne said and then yawned for dramatic effect.
There are a select few women that every man would agree to sleep with, regardless of their current relationship. Adrienne was at the top of that list.
“I’ll tell Cassidy I’ll find my own way home tomorrow,”
David said.
“I’ll go freshen up.”
He knew that she knew he was watching her walk away by the sway in her hips. He was in trouble.
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Chapter 34