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Show CHRYSALIS PAGE 235 since she left and I have not heard from her. "Wonderful news!" "Jenny," I say. "What is it?" A slat of moonlight falls through a crack in the curtain onto the phone. "I auditioned for a CBS affiliate for weather girl and newscaster - the man said newscasting is where it's really going to be at for women. I sent them tapes of some of my old commercials, and he called me back! They loved me!" "That's wonderful," I tell her. "That's really wonderful!" "Except - I'm pregnant!" She cries into the telephone. "I*11 be FAT!" "Are you glad? Or - what?" "David is ecstatic. I only wonder, why now? They won't want me fat. Oh Jody, why can't I have it a_ll? I'll never have this chance again. And I want it all. What am I going to do?" I really don't know. Nothing is perfect. |