’ Without another word, the king turned and stormed off, leaving Sanith to glance longingly after him, her cheeks flushed, a slow heat spreading fro... her belly up to her pounding heart. Slamming the door as he left his daughter’s private quarters, the king stormed through the castle, his boots echoing off the stone floors. His shadow warped and weaved along the walls as he continued, torches being lit as darkness fell. How dare she defy me thus, the king fumed silently. No one defied him, those. " I suppose," Celia said dubiously. "I'm sure you've heard all the hype they're putting out about it. Greg thinks it's going to be his Oscar next year, that it'll be the most significant film he's ever done. It's certainly expensive enough. The budget for the film is $80 million. That's pretty close to the record." Jesus," Jake said, shaking his head a little."And they've already run into a bunch of cost overruns that are pushing them up toward a hundred million." That's a lot of money," Jake. “What’s thematter, Nat. . .what happened?” A sinking feeling wasstarting to grow in the pit of my stomach.“I’m afraid to tell you…I don’t want you to beupset with me.Oh, Mike…I didn’t realize what I was doing. It’sall my fault!”She sat there rocking and crying softly while I triedto process what was going on. I was starting to have apretty good idea that something had happened betweenSteve and my wife, but I needed details. . I’m yours all night. Just gimme a call and I’ll be here.”I shook his hand and Tricia and I both thanked him again before turning toward the school. I offered her my arm again and she took it gratefully. “I’m not so steady in heels,” she admitted sheepishly.“I’ll stick close,” I assured her, patting her hand on my arm as I escorted her inside. A lot of people were watching us, having seen us get out of the limo. I was proud to be seen with her, but not as proud as she was apparently.“They’re.