Doors are always open

First door. Chapter five. Match bet.

She did not tell Bill Reutov the story about the boy and his mother. She only explained that she felt sick when Murina grabbed her hand, and she was not responsible for hallucinations and visions of old witch. Bill had to leave her alone.

The next day, Murina was not there in the morning, the scenes with her participation were postponed to the afternoon. Someone tried to tease Alice about yesterday, calling her Galadriel, but Alice quickly reminded the witty who depends on how he would look in the frame, and the joker not only quiet down, but even began to suck up and personally brought her coffee...

Robert and James whispered all morning, glancing at her, and seizing the moment when all three were free, approached her.

- Alice, are you busy?

Alice shuddered. Lost in thought she did not notice as two men have gone close to her. Both huge guys, two meters tall, hung from above and looked at her with strange curiosity. Lord, what else is it?

The actors sat down on the opposite sofa. Robert took out his silver smartphone and ran his finger across the screen.

- Alice, do you generally follow the secular news?

She shook her head.

- Well, yes, you don't care about the degradation of the Russian stage.

- What happened? A new star has risen that I should know about?

- Have you ever heard that Mark Megan was supposed to get married the other day?

- Not.

- He should have.

- So what?

- Read what they write today.

Robert handed her a smartphone.

"Popular Russian showman canceled the wedding!" - Alice read the title. She shrugged and returned the gadget.

- What of this?

- Read it to the end! Open the article. Okay, let me do it myself. So, here - "the famous Russian singer and showman Mark Megan announced the breakup of the engagement with Christina Glebova, a model, the daughter of a major media mogul. We remind you that the wedding of the star couple was supposed to take place this Saturday. The reason for the breakup was an unexpected romantic story - Mark Megan told us that he had met again another girl, with whom he had an affair at school. "This is my true love," - the frivolous groom told us. - "It is with her, with my Amanda, that I want to live for many years."

Alice stared in fright at the smartphone, which Robert still held in his hands. She did not dare to raise eyes to the men, feeling with all her skin how James was drilling her with his eyes.

- He called you Amanda, remember? - he said quietly. - But you are not Amanda.

- No, - Alice lowered her head.

- Maybe you look like her? - suggested Robert. - He looked at you and remembered the girlfriend of his youth.

- Yes, it look like this, - Alice agreed hastily, hoping that they would be satisfied with this explanation.

- Is there a photo of Amanda? - James asked sharply, still not taking his gaze from Alice.

Robert moved his finger across the screen.

- Yes, here they are together. Hmm... you don't really look like her. Nothing in common. She is brunette, tall, different type of face.

- Exactly, - said Korwin thoughtfully. - Nothing in common. What do you think of that, Alice?