79. Why not?
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At first, Satsuki had thought it was a joke. Someone's idea of a funny prank to pay a stranger to impersonate a "famous director" and offering her a part in her production.
Things like that never happened in real life.
Things like that never happened to her.
She had accepted the business card with mixed feelings, nodded politely when the "director" had asked her to give a call if she was interested, and then she had taken the woman's order and her life had found the dull, everyday rhythm again.
That night when she had been going to bed, she remembered the odd encounter and had shaken her head.
A few days later, she still had not managed to put the strange event behind her.
She had gone online and made a search on the name on the business card.
It turned out that there actually was a credited director called Takahashi, and, according to the photographs she found, the woman at the coffee shop could well have been her.
She had leaned back in her chair, frowning.
For a fleeting moment of wild rebellion, she had actually pictured herself picking up the phone and making the call.
Then her scowl had deepened.
Her as an actress? In a TV-drama?
Now that had to be the most ridiculous idea ever.
Decidedly, Satsuki shrugged it off. Such things weren't for her. People like her didn't suit the show business.
But despite the cool rationality, the seed had already been planted in her subconscious.
It whispered into her ear at night, of once in a lifetime opportunities, of getting her foot into the doorway, of making a change, of giving it a try.
Why not? it whispered.
Satsuki swatted it away like a persistent and annoying mosquito.
A few weeks later, the idea – in all of its ridiculousness – still hadn't left her alone. That day, she happened to see an advertisement for acting lessons.
Why not?
Unable to resist the curiosity, she signed up.
And found out how amazing it felt to forget all about herself for a moment, how thrilling it was to become someone completely different, how she loved to interact with others on the stage.
Another few weeks later, she found herself fingering the business card.
Why not?
What did she have to lose?
She could at least try, right?
Satsuki picked up the phone.