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Show CHRYSALIS PAGE 168 "How long can you stay?" I ask her. "I don't want to waste a minute!" "I have an audition in New York a week from Monday. It's mainly acting. Not much dancing. God, I hope I get it. Lately I've been doing nothing but commercials and voice work,"she says. "Jody, would you like to be acting?" "No. I'm happy writing. I've been lucky. And I have this fantastic editor who loves me almost as much as you do. She thinks I'm a real writer." "You are," Jenny says. "Jo, are you ready for this? I am jealous. I. wanted to be your Mentor! Hell, I can't even guide myself. . .God knows, you were always the strong one. I wanted so much to be somebody. It never mattered so much with you. You didn't really care." "I cared." I loved the amber magic of the lights, the make-up and the costumes. . .and the applause. If I live to be a hundred I will never fill that void. But Jenny is right. I was never possessed by it, as she is. I didn't care enough. She wants to stop for drinks. "I thought you were drinking less," I say- "Oh, I ami But this is special." "Do you remember the night you locked yourself in the |