Ch. 2: Take It With Your Eyes Open

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     Stella's voice was that of a woman who could get anything she desired without being pleasant

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     Stella's voice was that of a woman who could get anything she desired without being pleasant. "Hey, Doll."

     Delilah struggled to keep her cellphone between her ear and her shoulder as she dropped her gym bag in the trunk of her Honda Civic. "Stella, my favorite Hollywood agent, give me good news or I'm hanging up."

     With artificially-whitened teeth, Botox in all the right places, and a plethora of impeccable pant suits, Stella Blumenfeld was a physical manifestation of how show business morphed people

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     With artificially-whitened teeth, Botox in all the right places, and a plethora of impeccable pant suits, Stella Blumenfeld was a physical manifestation of how show business morphed people. In need of an abrasive liaison, Delilah hired her two weeks after landing in Los Angeles from Italy, when Stella reached out and assured her that she hadn't cried since elementary school.

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