Chapter 239

"So how do you know Kelly?" I asked.

"It's a funny thing," Juliet said. "When I got my first big role when I was eighteen? My parents were really savvy. They insisted I get in touch with someone who was smart about money. It just so happened he was married to Kelly, who I met at a party the firm had for its clients. It was such a stroke of luck. I didn't go to many big parties like that after my first couple years."

"Kelly does have a way of ingratiating herself, doesn't she?" I said. "She's really responsible for me being here at all, in a lot of ways."

"She has taught me everything about keeping up normalcy in my regular life, when I'm not shooting a movie," Juliet said. "It really boils down to privacy."

I chuckled. "Let me tell you," I said, "I am amazed at what she's able to keep private."

Juliet's eyes changed. They grew sha