They were poised to do another commercial, and Janine was still with him. The sales force had reported increased sales, and his father finally saw him as something more than a total screw up, without Tanner’s having to tell him he’d scored big on the stock market. Life was certainly looking up.I should do something special for Janine. She’d been game to come along for another even after their first two outings ended in disaster. The girl had spunk and a sense of humor, something most of the women he’d dated lacked.Janine struggled to hold up under the heavy weight of the boa constrictor, and her face pinched, her hands shoving away the boa’s mouth.Tanner cringed and checked his watch, then relaxed. Janine would hold her ground, and he had no doubt she’d come through with a smile. Because that was Janine. He admired her desire to become an actress, and she played every part as seriously as if it were a starring role in a Broadway production.Tanner wished he could find something he liked doing as passionately as that.
