Sliding Doors - 2 (English Version)

Capitolo 106

Hero

"I know, however keep looking... No, I don't like one I've seen!"

I'm on the phone with the estate agent and my childhood friend, Eloise.
I put her in charge of finding some houses that might suit us...
Okay, just for now, let's say, my case!
I don't want to rush Jo, even though I really like the idea of living with her.
I mustn't scare her though!
She has to want it, not feel somehow 'forced' to take this step with me.

Living together would be a good step to take. We are young with a career to build and to pursue.
In this world, it is not at all easy to be an actor and at the same time have a private life that really is one.
However, I am not going to miss the chance to live a whole life together with Jo.
Yes, at my age it may seem exaggerated but I want to be with her.
She is the one and I have always known it, I just had to realise it.
I've given it a lot of thought and it seems like the most sensible choice to make: to live together to have a place to come back to after the hard work.
I realise, however, that I am asking a lot of her.
In Los Angeles she has her own friendships, her own rhythm and her own space.
Living together in London for her would mean disrupting her life, having new rhythms and new spaces.
Of course, with the work we do that keeps us away from home for months at a time, there would be no shortage of space and as for friends, everyone loves her!
It wouldn't be hard to make new friends in my world too.
But, as I just said, that is my world and it would be easy for me to live there with her.
Now it's up to Jo to see if it would be worth it. To leave everything to start over somewhere else.

From sunny L.A to melancholic London, especially in winter!
The rain should become her best friend but there is no place in the world like London.
The air and atmosphere there is like nowhere else I have seen in the world. Perhaps for me it is simply home.

"Okay, catch up!" I end the call and put the phone away.
So far, none of the pictures she showed me somehow caught my attention.

I would like to find some options before asking Jo what she thinks.

My gaze wanders around the set where I am soon to act and looks for Josephine. She should have arrived by now.
She left before me this morning to go to the make-up room.
Sometimes it really takes her forever before she comes out and is ready.
I don't understand why, since she looks good even with her make-up off!

Then I see her.
Together with Chance at the back of the room.
They are rehearsing the scene with the script in hand.
He says something that makes her burst out laughing, and I enjoy the sound of her laughter that reaches here.
I smile as I slowly finish my coffee and reread my lines.

We are about to shoot the fire scene and I have to concentrate to get into Hardin's very dark mood.
I have to be angry at the world and that's not easy when you feel extremely happy.

I take deep breaths and concentrate, trying not to think about how beautiful her laugh is.
About how beautiful she is.
I sigh again as I hear her laugh happily.
I bite my lips to keep from smiling.
I can't concentrate!

"Hey Hardin! Thoughtful?" Chance catches me off guard by patting my shoulder and I wake up from my thoughts.

"Leave him alone, can't you see he's concentrating?" I would recognise her voice anywhere.

I was so immersed in my thoughts that I didn't realise they were catching up with me.

I smile at her spontaneously and wish... In fact, you know what? I do!

I draw her to me by passing a hand around her hip and she smiles amused.

"It's going to be hard to pretend to be mad at you if you keep laughing like that!" I whisper to her.