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Walking towards the auditioners was the most gorgeous woman Cosmo Brown had ever seen. She had curly dark blonde hair that cascaded down her back. She wore a beautiful powder blue dress and carried a matching handbag.

"Good afternoon," she nodded to each of them, tossing her resume onto the table between them.

"Good afternoon Ms…" Bob paused to look down for her name. "Ms. Jean Larson."

She glanced at Cosmo, who had been staring at her since she came in, and stared harshly back at him He laughed and she grinned. "Whenever you're ready, Ms. Larson."

As soon as Jean began singing, her entire persona changed. Her eyes widened, she smiled big, and her hair bounced as she danced. In fact, Cosmo had a hard time even noticing what song she was singing.

"Cosmo," Bob whispered. Cosmo kept on staring at Jean and her incredible stage presence. "Cos!" Bob nudged Cosmo in the ribs.

"What?"

"Well, what do you think?"

"I think she's…phenomenal!"

Bob smiled at Cosmo. "I can see that."

When Jean finished her song and dance, she barely paused for a breath before plunging into a passionate monologue, finishing with a single tear running down her cheek. Everyone in the room was astonished. Debbie stared at Jean in amazement as her pencil clattered to the floor.

"Ms. Larson, wow!" exclaimed Bob. "That was amazing! Did you teach yourself how to do that?"

"Well I sure didn't learn it from Lina Lamont!"

Cosmo laughed. "Are you kidding? Lina Lamont couldn't teach a fish how to swim."

Jean smiled. "Oh, I can swim!" she said excitedly. "I can do anything you want for this movie!" She blushed. "Well, maybe not anything."

Cosmo smiled at her.

"Thank you Ms. Larson," said Bob, "We'll let you know."

"Thank you for seeing me," replied Jean as she walked toward the door. She opened it then turned and looked back at them with a sly grin. "Finally."

The door swung shut and left the auditioners in a stunned silence.

"Bob, I think we just found our Eva Heart!" Cosmo said excitedly. "Her singing, wow! What did you think of her dramatically?"

"Well, Cosmo, I'm not going to lie to you," Bob said gravely as he put a hand on Cosmo's shoulder and stood up. He paced for a moment then whipped around to face Cosmo. "She was great! She IS Eva Heart, wow! Wait'll R.F. meets her!"

"R.F.!" Cosmo exclaimed. "Let's go tell him right now!"

"Debbie, is there anyone else waiting?" Bob inquired.

"No, Mr. Johnson."

"Swell. Come on, Cosmo!"

*~*

"Well, she doesn't have much experience," R.F. observed. He was reading Jean Larson's short resume, chagrinned to find she had done nothing more than a few plays.

"This from the man who hired Cathy Seldon!" Cosmo protested. "Fresh from being a dancer at the Coconut Grove! Jean's great too! She'll work great with the cast, she can really keep up with Don and Cathy! And on top of that-"

"Okay."

"Okay? Gee, I had a whole speech prepared."

"I trust your and Bob's judgment, Cosmo. If you say okay, I say okay. But she'd better be good," R.F. warned. He picked up the phone. "I'll call her right now." He spun the numbers for Jean Larson.

"Hello, Ms. Larson? Hello, my name is R.F. Simpson, Monumental Pictures. I would like you congratulate you on nailing the part of Eva Heart for 'The Big Apple.' Yes. Yes. No, Ms. Larson, I am not joking," R.F. smiled. "Alright. Monday morning, 8 o'clock. I'll send a car for you."

"He sends a car for a new actress, forget about your music director," Cosmo sighed to Bob.

"Wonderful," R.F. continued. "Of course. You're welcome. Goodbye, Ms. Larson." He hung up.

"You're sending a car for her?" asked Cosmo.

"Yes, and you're driving it."

"I am?"

"Pick her up on your way here, Cosmo." R.F. put on his hat. "See you Monday, gentlemen."

*~*

Don laughed loudly. "So you're giving this rookie a lift to work in the morning--and R.F. called it 'sending a car?'"

"She's worth it, Don. R.F. can call it whatever he wants to! Hope the car and I are still on speaking terms in the morning…"

Cosmo was at Don and Cathy's house and Cathy was just bringing out dinner.

"Cath, it looks marvelous!" exclaimed Don.

"Good enough to eat!" agreed Cosmo.

Cathy laughed as they settled down for dinner. "So Cosmo," she said, "tell us about this girl. Did she sweep you off your feet?" she inquired dramatically.

"Oh c'mon, Cathy," said Don. "Cosmo isn't like that, easily swayed by feminine wiles. Right, Cos?"

"I don't know anything about any wiles, but whatever she's got, I'm swayed!"

"Were you swayed by my wiles, Don?" Cathy asked with a grin.

"I think I was swayed the minute that cake went straight over my head and hit Lina Lamont right in the kisser! Or was it when you called me a shadow? Either way, you got me."

"Oh, I got you, did I?" said Cathy leaning closer to Don.

Don stared back with a dreamy look in his eyes.

"Okay, okay," said Cosmo waving his napkin like a futile white flag of surrender. "I'm eating here!"

"Just you wait, Cos," said Don.

"If I ever get like that, you can hit me with the cake that got Lina. Cathy, I'll even let you do the honors."

Cathy chuckled. "I'll start baking."

*~*

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