Free The Birth Of Eve by E. S Hoy Page B

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into her bag after slipping back into the jeans and blouse she had travelled
in. Sally was filling her in on the morning gossip columns;
    “The papers are saying wonderful things about you, we need
to sit on the train and read through them, nothing negative so far apart from
your taste in men.” They laughed, as they checked out the receptionist handed
her an envelope. Apparently it had been left for her this morning. In the back
of the cab Eve opened it whilst Sally was loading her bag in the boot; she slid
out the contents and immediately stuffed them back into the envelope heart
thumping in her chest. Rory had sent her some old photos and a letter; she
would deal with it at home not here not now.
    Sat in a first class carriage Sally and Eve had devoured
every snippet of media attention; online and in print, all from last night’s
premiere. The majority were positive and Eve was quite overcome by some of the
descriptions laid upon her appearance. The words stunning; world class beauty
and flawless were not usually ones Eve equated with herself. Some people did
criticise her choice in men but most were calling them Hollywood’s new golden
couple. The future was heading towards Eve at a rate that took her breath away;
she was really glad to reach her front door. There were a couple of cars parked
at the nursery car park next door with Lenses poking out, so her life would now
be scrutinised. She had better warn Tara and Michael as soon as possible; the
door opened for her and Michael pulled her into a bear hug.
    “Eve I missed you; we are so glad to have you home where you
belong” Eve was a little perturbed, it had only been forty eight hours hardly a
separation. She decided now was the time to tell him she would be heading off
to LA in two weeks.
    “Michael, hi how are you? Where is Tara did she let you in?”
He let go of her frowning
    “She has been out all day I haven’t seen her, sorry but I
wanted to see you straight away so I used the spare key off the hook. I told
Tara I was borrowing it” Eve wasn’t totally comfortable with him having his own
key but would leave it for now.
    “Nathan will be here in an hour or so, he is staying for a
while; we are heading off to LA to read through a script in two weeks so I will
be gone for a few days then.” Michael was agitated and Eve couldn’t work out
whether it was because of Nathan or the trip to LA.
    “Well that is lovely for you Eve; perhaps you shouldn’t rush
things with Nathan though he has rather an unsavoury reputation you know. What
about this girl he supposedly got pregnant and then deserted?” Eve didn’t
appreciate relationship advice from a man who had only just met her, she also
realised he must have been snooping into Nathan’s past.
    “The press get the wrong idea about certain things, it is a private
matter. Nathan has been totally open with me about his past and if I can accept
it then you should be able to as well.” He looked like he wanted to disagree
but a knock at the door interrupted them, he sat down on the sofa sulking. Eve
let Nathan in and kissed him chastely before leading him into the lounge. Nathan’s
face dropped when he spotted her father, she was going to have to bang both
their heads together at this rate.
    Tara arrived home as she was putting the kettle on, Eve
could hear her saying hello to Nathan and she came straight in to hug Eve.
    “How was your weekend? I am guessing it went very well as
you have brought him home with you.” Eve shut the kitchen door and gave Tara a
brief rundown of the Sasha and Rory incidents; she was very reassuring about Nathan’s
predicament. Eve was relieved she hadn’t judged him the way she herself had.
She then told her about Rory turning up on the red carpet, Tara was horrified
    “Rory has sent me a couple of photos and a letter; I haven’t
even looked at them yet. I imagine he is going to squeeze me for cash but I
can’t let Nathan see he will go nuts.” Tara offered