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so.” Allison dished her food into the box, then pulled out cash to pay Bonnie. She stood and gave her a hug before grabbing her things. “Give John a hug for me, ’kay?”
    “Of course.” She smiled. “He’ll be sad he missed you.”
    Allison left the diner and walked the two blocks to her apartment. It wasn’t much, but she couldn’t complain. Two tiny bedrooms branched off of a living room and kitchen. Once her best friend, Sam, had her own place, she’d convinced Allison to come and live in New York. Not that it had taken much convincing.
    When Allison got back to the apartment, Sam sat in the kitchen with Chinese takeout boxes set on the table. “There you are. How’d it go today?”
    Allison dropped her things on the couch and sat at the table with her leftovers. “I got a pretty good take today. Until the subway broke down, at least. How was work? Did you get the raise?”
    Sam grinned. “Yes. I was going to share my celebratory dinner with you, but I see you brought your own food.”
    “We can share.” Allison opened her box, then grabbed some chopsticks. “So, tell me about it.”
    “Well, they were just going to pass over me in the meeting, but Shawn stepped in and reminded them that they’d forgotten me. It annoyed Mandy to no end, but she let me have my say. When I went into the research I’d put in, the rest of the group wanted to read my article. Mr. Reynolds gave me the promotion before we left the room.” Sam’s face glowed with pride. She’d worked hard on the magazine article.
    Allison squealed and jumped up to hug her. “I knew you could do it.”
    “I didn’t.” Sam laughed and handed Allison a carton. “Okay, I’ll trade you some of this for your steak.”
    “Deal.” Allison handed over her carton and dug into the cashew chicken. “What did Mandy do when you got it?”
    “Screamed. Freaked out. Nearly got fired.” Sam grinned and took a bite. “Mmm. Bonnie went all out with this, didn’t she?”
    “She really did.” Allison pulled out some sodas from the fridge and sat at the table.
    Sam took a soda from Allison and opened it. “Ready for the audition tomorrow?”
    “Yeah, I think so.” She’d been ready for months, but that was beside the point. “I just hope I don’t choke when I get up there.”
    “You won’t. And you know why? Because you are amazing.” Sam grabbed one of the fortune cookies and tossed it to Allison. “Do it.”
    “Fine.” She broke the cookie open and read the message, her eyes widening. “‘A chance meeting opens new doors to success and friendship.’ That has nothing to do with tomorrow night.”
    Sam took the fortune out of Allison’s hands. “You don’t know that. You could meet them at the bar.”
    Allison bit her lip. So why did she think of Nate when she read that? It was just coincidence. “Sure. What does yours say?”
    “Let me see. ‘You will become great if you believe in yourself.’ I think this was yours.” Sam set it down and laughed.
    “I don’t think so. I think it works great with what you did today.” Allison stood and threw the box away.
    “Ready for a movie?” Sam took the leftovers to the fridge. She held up a DVD and grinned.
    “You know I’m always ready for The Labyrinth .” Allison finished cleaning and dropped onto the couch with a smile as Sam got the movie set up. As the opening scene unfolded, Allison was able to push away the frustrations of the day and nerves about the gig tomorrow, and just enjoy the Goblin King.

Chapter 3
     
    Nate set the coffee maker back in its spot and grabbed the newspaper off the counter. The warmth coming from the vents was a welcome change to the faulty heater in his old place. The view from his window was much better as well. The lack of furniture was something he’d fix later. He needed to get to the office soon.
    He changed into his nice navy blue suit and gold vest, then ran his fingers through his hair one more time. His coworkers joked that he