Chapter 40: Jenny's Anger

 After a few days of rehearsals, Jenny's solo track should be considered approved by the director and officially began to prepare for the stage. - Although the audition song that day amazed everyone, she usually rehearses, there are still many small flaws, which must be corrected through continuous practice, including her weaknesses in basic skills, which are constantly being made up for through hard practice in the rehearsal hall and performing arts space.

 This kind of hard practice is a great test of willpower, and if it weren't for the salary being paid on time, Jenny really didn't know if she would have survived. After all, this is not the movie she wants to act, but a musical, and if it weren't for the speculation that Cesare had a big plan, she would eventually return to the movie - if it weren't for the fact that she gradually developed a certain trust in him, to be honest, she might not be able to handle all the exercises every day, the feeling of not being able to eat all the time, and all the troubles in the workplace.

 Even now, Jenny also understands from the bottom of her heart why the tempers of those big-name stars are very weird: this feeling of being hungry for a long time, and then having to work at full capacity, even money can't fully make up for it, and if the pressure is not vented for a long time, people will really become very irritable, and the error tolerance rate will become very low, and it is easy to lose your temper, of course, you can't offend the director, or a colleague actor who is about the same position as you, and over time it will become a special bully for the entourage, or a small coffee. There are a lot of grievances in the entertainment industry, and it is estimated that this is how they came about.

 At present, she still has a bit of self-control, because Jenny can use the acting space to extend the rest time, as long as it is not too long, such as seven or eight hours in reality as soon as she enters, or she opens empathy very frequently, she will not have a headache. Many times she just lies on that sofa, doing nothing, staring at the darkness in a daze, completely empty, so that after a period of rest, it seems that she has a little strength to face the treacherous work environment.

 Once she was ready to rehearse the play, all she had to do was read the score, identify which piece of music she was playing in, and follow the stage manager's schedule to practice positioning, including playing with Dietrich and taking some promotional photos. Judging from Jenny's schedule, she will start rehearsing with makeup in a week, and the whole play will go down, and James and they will probably come to see it, and if it's no problem, she will be on stage as 'Lockhee' in the February season. The current promotional photos are all in preparation for the future promotion of "Our Roxie is Better".

 These tasks are more trivial, but they are more interesting than practicing the basics every day, or repeating those tunes over and over again, and there is more interaction with Dietrich, and Jenny has always behaved without any abnormality, and she is still more experienced in pretending to be stupid. - In the past, her ex-husband had a fox friend Xiao Mi, Chen Zhenming knew about it, but every time her friends had dinner together, she still talked and laughed with that Xiao Mi and the fox friend affectionately, until she left this matter in front of her in-laws when she got divorced, and her ex-husband knew that she had mastered these situations for a day or two.

 Of course, there is nothing wrong with Dietrich, she is still quite friendly with her, but Jenny is already more careful, she eats the salad she brings for lunch, and the water is too, she does not drink bottled water, she always goes to the direct drinking tap to drink water, and tries not to have any contact with Dietrich and her friends outside of working hours. Of course, all this was done as little as possible, lest her conjecture be falsified, and Dietrich would be offended in vain.

 On Tuesday, eight days after the party, Cesare called her, and as soon as Jenny picked up, he asked, "Are you in the theater?"

 Jenny said, "Yes, you're on time, we've just started our lunch break." "

 Before, of course, her mobile phone was silent when she was practicing.

 "Go out, don't stay in the theater," Cesare said, "and talk to me outside." "

 Jenny had guessed a little, she picked up her bag, walked out the door, and decided to go to the 'Jim's kitchen' that James had told me about for lunch, "I'm on the road now." "

 "There's no one else around, right?" asked Cesare again.

 "Nope. Jenny said, "You're going to tell me the results are in, aren't you?

 After so many days of coming out, Jenny was not surprised, the work efficiency in the United States is really slow, and Lilian's friends also have to transfer favors, so they definitely can't do this during work hours. However, the friend did not contact her, but called Lilian, and finally got Cesare to contact him personally, which actually allowed Jenny to guess the direction of the matter.

 "Hmm. Cesare was silent for a moment, then unveiled the cup. "The cigarette was filled with cocaine. "

 "Fuck!" Jenny couldn't help but scold, she was so angry that she punched me in the air, "She's going to kill me!"

 Cesare knew what was going on, of course, and although Jeanne didn't tell him that night, Cesare called at six o'clock the next morning, woke her up, and inquired very carefully about the whole thing. It was also his intention to let Jenny stand still for the time being, and of course, the two of them agreed on this point.

 "Are you clean?" asked Cesare. "Lilian's friend wanted to call the police, but I stopped him, and if he came looking for you, or if the police came looking for you, tell him that you got it from a stranger at the bar, because of suspicion, you didn't suck. "

 Ordinary marijuana cigarettes are not considered a big deal, but Cocaine is different, Lillian's friend should have called the police, and if he called the police, and the police were more responsible, they might ask Jenny and ask her to take a drug test. Of course, it's more likely that this matter is over, and there are so many addicts in New York that no one cares about a cigarette roll.

 "I'm clean. "But what I don't understand is that - that fucking bitch is fucking with me, and you mean to act like it didn't happen?"

 "Your debut is ten days away," Cesare said, "and the F word that comes to mind right now is probably Fuck up, not that somebody is playing with you." Factually, it wasn't a big deal on Broadway, maybe she was used to smoking cigarettes, maybe she wasn't thinking that much—"

 "Fuck you!" may be because it has something to do with drugs, or maybe it's because it's been too hard and stressful for a while, Jenny interrupted him angrily, "Fuck you, Cesare, do you have any trust in me? "

 "And what about the motive?" Cesare asked rhetorically, "I told you that day, she has no conflict of interest with you, and—"

 "And even if it's stuffed, isn't it? It's not a thing in their circles at all. Jenny furrowed her brows, "You just said this, anyway, you don't think she is trying to harm me, the whole thing is a misunderstanding, there will be no next action against me, right?"

 Cesare said, "That's what I thought and I wasn't wrong. Of course, this does not mean that I would want you to continue to associate with her, and it is a wise decision to avoid and distance herself from her, and you know that I have the same attitude as you when it comes to drugs. "

 "Fuck you. Jenny said for the third time, quietly but firmly, "What do you know? I am not in agreement with you in this matter, and I will not listen to you." Anyone who wants to fuck with me, then I'm going to have to fuck her. "

 She hung up the phone, ignoring the ringing bell that followed, ignoring the passers-by who were staring sideways at her loudly saying Fuck, holding her forehead to calm her emotions a little, strode towards the restaurant recommended by James, and as soon as she sat down, she couldn't help but ask for an oversized burger set.

 While waiting for the package to come up, Jenny's surging anger gradually dissipated, one was because Cesare didn't continue to annoy her with the ringtone, and the other was that she was not a blind person after all, since she decided to get Dietrich, it was better to think about how to get her best, rather than get angry uselessly.

 Now that her emotions have calmed down, Jenny is immediately not so desperate, looking at the oversized burger in front of her, she began to struggle: of course, Coke can never be drunk, as long as her nerves are still normal, she will never drink a tasteful drink, but can you eat a hamburger? Eat a bite? Eat half a bite? Or at least scrape off the hamburger sauce before eating?

 In such a tangled moment, she suddenly heard a familiar greeting. "Hey!"

 Jenny looked up, "Uh, hi. Jaime, you're here for lunch, too?"

 James, of course, sat down across from her to order food, and he raised an eyebrow at her, "Wow, looks like someone decided to indulge in something at noon today?"

 Jenny smiled, and instead of continuing to talk to her, Jaime turned to the waitress and smiled, "Good afternoon, Anna, I'm going to be the same." "

 "Double the cheese and more pickled cucumbers. The beautiful young waitress smiled at him, "Soda and salad?"

 "And don't forget your kiss of love. Jaime winked at Anna and gave her a kiss, and Anna smiled and replied to him casually, before going to the kitchen to place an order.

 Jenny didn't care about Jaime and Anna's flirtation, she was thinking about it all the time through the conversation, her nerves were almost burning, a plan was quickly taking shape, and she had already thought about the stakes and checked her thoughts when the two of them exchanged flying kisses.

 "So, why did you think of so much today?" Anna was dismissed, and Jaime began to turn his attention to her, and it was evident that he immediately restrained himself from playing tricks, but the urge was still there, so his seriousness became extremely awkward, obviously looking for a topic. "Someone's something's wrong. "

 "Maybe I smoked something. Jenny gestured, jokingly. (You will be very hungry after smoking)

 James's expression immediately became serious, and he looked at Jenny carefully for a moment before laughing, "Wow, you really cheated on me - for a moment I was really thinking: it's over, my Loxey is really depraved." "

 Jenny immediately raised her hand to apologize, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just kidding." "

 She flipped open the burger, wiped the white sauce from it with a leaf, then picked it up and took a careful bite, "Oh my God... It's really ..."

 Jaime stared at her and smiled, "You've wiped the sauce off, is it delicious?"

 "I'm light, and that's good enough for me. Jenny took another bite and continued the conversation, "But then again, I thought in your circle, pumping this-"

 Gesturing, Jenny said, "It should be a very common thing, you know, you look like you're one of them." "

 "Why do you think that?" Jaime asked, and he began to joke, "Do I look like I'm the star of 'Poison Network.'"

 "Not really. Jenny furrowed her brow in surprise, "It's just that you often go to Dietrich's parties - you know, when I went there last Monday, everybody was smoking, and I thought you often went to High a few bites." "

 Jaime's face changed slightly, he furrowed his brow, and after a moment he said, "Well, I know some people in the troupe have this habit, and I don't really care, as long as it doesn't interfere with work, and basically they are too busy to do this during the season, but anyway, I don't get involved very often - that thing is brain-destroying." However, Dietrich herself should be okay, and I have rarely heard of her throwing this kind of theme party in recent years. "

 "Hmm. Jenny said. "That's interesting. "

 Jaime raised an eyebrow and asked cautiously, "Is there anything I should know?"

 "No, I'd love to know why she hates me. Jenny replied. "Of course, maybe it's my heart, but it's hard for me to imagine how a person with a small addiction would hand me a cigarette with cocaine and not smoke it himself. "

 Jaime's face changed immediately, "What are you hinting at? And most importantly, did you suck it?"

 "Of course I didn't suck," Jenny said, observing James' expression. "Big hemp is one thing, but caine is another thing entirely. But maybe it's just my heart, Jaime, and I know that you and Dietrich have been friends and colleagues for many years, and you believe she wouldn't do such a thing, and of course I have a hard time believing that she would do such a thing. "

 Judging from the change in James's expression, his opinion on the matter should be similar to Cesare's, inclined to believe that it was just a coincidence, of course, he and Cesare also have the same worries, that is, they are afraid that Jeanne and Dietrich will have a mustard and add variables to the performance, in short, hearing Jenny's change of words, his expression brightened. "Yes, I'm sure it's just a coincidence, and seriously, maybe Dietrich herself doesn't even know what's in the cigarette. "

 Jenny also thinks that Dietrich's trick is still wonderful, this trick has three results, 1, she smoked it at the time, then she may be addicted to cocaine now, Jenny doesn't understand the difference between various drugs, but only knows that cocaine is only a step behind Heroin, and the addiction is very strong. According to the understanding of white people, many people think that Da Ma is a cigarette with relatively strong strength, and cocaine is a poison. Any person who is addicted to drugs and drugs can think of anything other than that puff every day? She will be ruined by Dietrich all her life, and at least she will have to spend a lot of effort to fight against drug addiction - even if she finds out the truth, she can't sue Dietrich, no one forces her, and when she takes it, she knows that it is definitely not an ordinary cigarette.

 2, she didn't smoke at that time, which was directly equivalent to offending the whole troupe, which was also very bad. And there's nowhere to complain, even if you sue Jaime, it will only make everyone hate her more as a small reporter, and it is clear that Jaime doesn't seem to object to his team members occasionally getting high.

 3, she didn't smoke, and calmed down the atmosphere at the time, and also realized that Dietrich was deliberately targeting her. She couldn't actually do anything to her, and if Jenny hadn't taken the cigarette for testing, she wouldn't even have any evidence to sue her. Having a big hemp party wasn't a big deal for Jaime, and now even if she took it for testing and had evidence, everyone tended to think it was a misunderstanding, and Dietrich probably thought that Jenny smoked herself, so it was just a cigarette and not a frame-up. And Jenny, who complains, will inevitably end up with a distracted, delusional comment of victimization, and Jaime may even have the impression of Drama Queen on her. In short, every result of this trick is not harmful to Dietrich, and the implementation is very simple, it is nothing more than a party for her to attend, and the cost is at most a lot of money that day.

 Jenny looked at Jaime and nodded, and she said, "Well, I'll be much more relieved when I'm done talking to you—it seems like I'm overthinking." Let this embarrassment pass, please don't mention it to Dietrich, okay?"

 "Of course. Jaime assured, smiling at Anna and raising his hand to take his lunch.

 "Ah, you're wearing a bracelet with a peanut allergy," Jenny chatted curiously. "Do you have a bad allergic reaction?"

 "It's okay," Jaime replied, "it's basically just a wheal, but no one knows what the next time it's going to happen, so I take it with me." "

 Jenny nodded.

 "Oh. She said, her eyes twinkle. "Then you should be careful. "

 The author has something to say: Note: 1 It is very common in the United States to identify allergen wristbands or badges, among which peanut allergy bracelets are the most. Because of the Caucasian physique, they have a lot of people with nut allergies, for example, Howard in The Big Bang Theory...

 2 Drama Queen means fuss, a word I don't think can be explained in Chinese|...