The discovery of those manuscripts could convince Ted to do the show so he could mitigate the damage to Audrey. Still, she knew she had to do the responsible thing. And so she had reached out to the five most influential television people she knew, sending off her current résumé. Norah opened her laptop to check her e-mail. Two had written back, saying they didn’t have any openings. One said she would keep her résumé “on file.” Another simply ignored her. The last one—a network showrunner—told her he forwarded her e-mail to the executive producer of a new reality show about people who have overweight pets. Seriously? Chubby Chihuahuas? Dumpy dachshunds? She’d rather go back to accounting. Norah tried making a list of other contacts she could reach out to, but her heart wasn’t in it. She loved working on Simon Janey Live. And it wasn’t just her coworkers. She believed in the show. She loved being in the studio and watching it live, that heart-pounding moment when Simon put his hand to his mouth just before letting out the question—the one nobody had dared ask.
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