“
I don't understand! Why am I tied up?”
Thane walked around the bed, his eyes never leaving her. “You said you wanted to be in a movie, didn't you?”
“Yes, but, I thought...”
“You thought you were coming to a casting call. And you are. Oh yes, you are,” Thane said.
“But...but what about Chloe and the other girls? I'm so confused. I need my clothes. Please, please untie me!”
Her head pounded, and her brain felt so fuzzy. She couldn't think. Why was the room spinning?
Thane laughed again.
“You still don't get it, do you? You wanted to be in a movie, and you're just in time for your audition.”
Diamond tried to think straight. Nothing made sense. She felt drugged.
“Wha? What? I...I don't understand.”
Thane flicked on the lights, and Diamond twisted her head away from the sudden brightness.
“You will be the star tonight, my dear girl,” Thane whispered. Then, in a louder voice, he called, “Lights. Camera. Action.”
Diamond blinked her eyes open, straining to see in the harsh, glaring light. Two large movie cameras were positioned directly over the bed.
Oh, no! Oh, no!
Her heart thudding, she jerked and thrashed against the ropes once more.
“No!” she screamed. “Let me go! Please, please, let me go!
”
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Sharon M. Draper