Chapter 4
Friday and the weekend come and go, Will is still enraged at the conduct of his friends, He hasn't spoken to them since the interview debacle. They are all feeling extremely sorry for their behavior. It could have ruined Will's chances with the Hollywood execs. Even more importantly, ruined it for them not to see themselves portrayed in a TV program. It's late Monday afternoon. Grace and Will are sitting in silence at the supper table when the phone rings. Will shuffles over.
"Hello," he says morosely.
"Hello, Mr. Truman. David Kohan," a voice says. "I wanted to tell you that we're still very interested in your story. We'd like to start production as soon as possible so we can add it to the fall schedule. Do you think you and your remarkable friends could fly out here next week so we can get some further insight into your characters?"
Will is stunned. He never thought he'd be hearing from NBC again. He just stammers, "Uh, uh…yeah."
"Fine. Of course it will be at our expense. We'll be sending you four round trip airline tickets. See you next week, then?" Kohan concludes.
"Uh…yes, yes. That'll be fine. Goodbye and thank you," Will hangs up and stands pensively a few moments. The let's out a whoop and pumps his arms so vigorously that it startles Grace. She jumps up from the dinner table, not knowing what to expect next. Will runs over and hugs her vigorously, spinning her around and around.
"Well, that was a change of mood," she gasps breathlessly as Will starts to settle down.
Will, still also breathing heavily from the excitement starts to explain, "They still want to do the show! We're all flying to L.A. next week, expenses paid, so they can get a handle on us!"
Grace squeals with delight and they hug again. "Let's tell Jack and Karen. I'll call Karen," she says as she reaches for the phone. Will heads towards Jack's apartment.