Complete 03/17/2021
Rey Kanata is a young physical therapist who returns to work in the private clinic of her friend Amilyn Holdo. Ben Solo, a movie star made famous by the "Galactic Wars" saga, has just had an accident and finds himself recuperatin...
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Finn Storm.
He was a handsome guy, with dark skin, a bright smile, and designer clothes.
So this was the famous "Finn" whose call Rey had missed the week before.
"Nice to meet you," Ben smiled as he shook hands with him.
"Nice to meet you too, I'm a big fan," the other man replied politely.
His discomfort was perceptible, Rey's more than obvious.
The three of them eyed each other warily for a short time before Ben slipped away on the pretext of having a phone call to make, leaving them alone.
Damned. Who was this guy to her? Was he a friend? A boyfriend? An ex?
The actor was strongly leaning towards option three, asking himself a thousand questions all evening without ever managing to get rid of the frozen lump in the pit of his stomach.
The clock hanging on the wall of his room now showed ten p.m. and Ben was staring distractedly at the television, his mind elsewhere, when his cell phone rang. A glance at the screen caused him to slide his thumb over the LCD surface.
"Good evening, Amilyn."
"Hi, sorry to bother you so late, but I have good news for you: your laser procedure will finally take place tomorrow morning. Gwendoline Phasma had a time slot open up, and she'll take care of you around ten a.m. You will then have time to settle all the paperwork for your discharge, and you can leave Whitegrove in the afternoon, if you wish."
"All right, thanks for letting me know," Ben replied.
He was finally going to be able to resume the normal course of his life, get back to his apartment, look for a new agent, and immerse himself in reading whatever scripts anyone was willing to send him. Perhaps he should go through auditions again, just to show that his accident had not in any way diminished his desire to give the best of himself, but there was no real reason to do that. And anyway, the prospect of having to prove himself excited him just as much as ever. He had every intention of working once again with top directors and getting involved in projects that were important to him.
Yes, he wanted all those things.
And also to continue to see Rey. Or at least that's what he'd been planning to do before Finn appeared at the clinic earlier in the day.
"Tell me, Amilyn, do you know a man named Finn Storm? He was waiting for Rey in the lobby earlier when we came back from our walk on the beach."
"Finn came here?" the psychologist repeated, astonished.
"So you know him..."
"How did she react?"
"She was completely cordial. She introduced us to each other and then I came back to my room."
