NOVEL NEXT Project Rewrite (Redux)
Everyone looked up at the stage in horror. Judging from the yelp, someone had clearly been injured by Le Savage's knife throwing antics.
Blind grasped his arm and turned around, grimacing. He has two knives sticking out of his briefcase, but one of them was AWOL.
"Willy!" Mina gasped, rushing to the foot of the set.. "Are you hurt?!"
"I felt something cut through my sleeve!" Blind said, revealing a tear in the fabric of his suit's sleeve. Mina rushed to his aid, followed by Ashley. Everyone gathered around Blind to see if Le Savage had injured him.
Miraculously, it was only the clothing that had been sliced, but it was an extremely close shave.
"I don't see a mark at all," Mina said, embracing Blind tightly. "Thank Dog for that!"
Only the director remained in his chair. "I hope you know, that I hired the best knife thrower I could, baby. Le Savage is a Cirque De O'Slay headliner! He'd never make a mistake!"
Mina's expression did a 180, going from teary and concerned to bright red and furious. She looked across the room and seeing a silver sparkle, she stomped over to it. If it was what she thought it was, she'd have a bone to pick with the director.
When she got over to it, her eyes widened. She was right. A large throwing knife lay in the ground covered in strands of black fabric. It glinted on the ground like a sinister smile.
Grabbing it by the handle, Mina marched towards Artie Decor who was suddenly terrified of the bubbly lawyer wielding an oversized throwing knife.
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"I'm sorry," she said, suddenly acting like a protective mother. "But this knife guy isn't such a nice guy. He could have killed my Willy. I've read all about hazardous stage props when it comes to Gollywood lawsuits and you're in direct violation of several!"
Artie shuddered in her shadow as she held up the knife. "Like what?"
Mina moved closer and closer to Artie with every sentence. "You should have had everyone participating sign a legal waiver. You should have gotten professionally trained stunt doubles. And maybe, I dunno, you should have PROP knives! This knife could chop off fingers like carrots and boil them in a stew!"
"Please don't kill me over this, darling!" Artie cried. "I only wanted to put your story up in bright lights!"
Mina placed the knife on the table beside him. He lowered his dark glasses to gape at it in horror
Mina observed the set and all the extras who were staring at her in shock. Her friends and partners were too.
"This hasn't been a very accurate play," she said softly. "Everyone says all the wrong things, I have the wrong catchphrase and I'm also played by a guy in a miniskirt!"
Raven chuckled and strutted forward showing off his Mina brand minskirt. "You gotta admit, kiddo, I rock this thing good."
Mina patted him on the shoulder. "You are fabulous. Just please don't cross your legs when you sit down."
"But anyways," Mina said to the director. "Can I at least get some input in this script and direction. We did live this story didn't we?"
Artie stopped hyperventilating into his beret and lowered it. You have my deepest apologies, lovey," he said, dabbing the sweat from his brow. "Of course I can have some input from the star starlet of this fantabulous story of Legal Loves and Woe!"
"Excellent!" Mina said, holding her hands together. "Let's call this Project Redux Deluxe!"
She was once again excited about the movie. And this time, she could add a writing credit to the story and show of her life.
As Mina and the director walked off, Ashley turned to Blind. "I don't know about you, but mommy undergrad laying down the law was kinda sexy. She's normally so bubbly."
Blind was silent, but there was a smirk on his face after having his livelihood legally defended by a professional defense attorney and girlfriend.