Chapters (51)
- Cover
- Dedication
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Acknowledgments
- P.S. Insights, Interviews & More . . .*
- About the Author
- About the Book
- Also by Alison Gaylin
- About the Publisher
It’s hard to trust him, but when I opened the motel room Bible this morning, this was the first sentence I read: “For I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more.” Could it be a sign? I want to believe in signs, Aurora Grace. I want to believe in things.
Right now, Gabriel and I are driving to the house of a man he knows. The man doesn’t live far from the Motel 6, which is kind of weird. I never knew Gabriel had any friends outside of Santa Rosa. Anyway, this man we’re going to see is a property master for TV shows. His job is to buy and keep track of all the props you see on-screen, whether it’s guns on the cop shows or stuffed animals, like Boo Boo Kitty on Laverne and Shirley. It sounds like a good job to me. I can’t think of a single TV show that doesn’t have props in it. And Gabriel says that this man has worked on a whole bunch of them, including Starsky and Hutch. I wonder if he’s met David Soul, who plays Hutch. In case the show isn’t on anymore by the time you’re born, I should tell you this: Hutch is my Dream Man. He isn’t beautiful, like David Cassidy. But he’s good-looking in a subtler, more grown-up way. The thing I love the most about him, though, is the way he acts. Hutch seems so calm and serene all the time, as though nothing could ever upset him—what Papa Pete used to call a “cool customer.”
Someday, I’d like to meet a man like that, a man who doesn’t let his emotions get in the way of being a good person. Gabriel is more like Starsky.
Anyway, Gabriel swears that this property master guy is superrich and can set us up with another car, more money, maybe even new identities. Gabriel’s convinced that, when all this blows over, this property master can help us break into the movie business. I have no idea how Gabriel knows this superrich man with a job in Hollywood, but I’m going to guess he’s sold him weed. We’re about fifteen minutes away from the property master’s house. His name is Ed Hart. I hope he’s not as weird as Gabriel (ha ha).
Love,
Future Mom (FM!!!)