Dear reader, this is 100% fiction although in a "me too" world parts may seem quite believable Enjoy.
Sam and Sara Griggs had a pretty good life together. Sara was a model and an actress. At thirty five years of age she was finding fewer modelling jobs even though she was still a beautiful and fit woman. She had been cast in a few stage plays that had paid well but still didn't net a lot of money. Thank God she invested her earlier modelling money wisely.
Sam's band had a steady gig at The Rocket Club. It was reliable income for him. His song writing had also paid off. Several major artists had recorded some of his songs. He was also a highly in demand studio musician.
Sara and Sam met at a benefit concert twelve years ago and felt an instant attraction. Within the year they married and moved into a midtown apartment.
Many people figured that the two of them wouldn't make two years. Marriages between two artistic partners rarely stood the test of time yet here they were coming up on year twelve.
The biggest challenge for Sara was that her career seemed to be waning and her husband's career was waxing big time.
Sunday morning found the couple having a late breakfast and discussing their schedules for the coming week. Sara had no modelling jobs but she did have two auditions for plays. The play she was most interested in was Dark Romance. The script had been written by Dirk Smythe. Dirk Smythe was a famous playwright and an award winning actor/director.
Sam spent most mornings writing songs. His afternoons usually in the recording studio. He was getting so much studio work that he was considering giving up his Rocket Club gig.
"Elwood is working on a new recording project and has booked the studio from Wednesday to Sunday. He usually comes in with good charts prepared so it should be finished on time. Although it will mean some late nights."
"I have auditions Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. The Dark Romance is the show I would really like to land but there will be hundreds of people there. I might be getting a bit too old to get choice parts anymore."
"You are still a very beautiful and talented woman and you deserve the limelight! I am sure you will be a knockout!"
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"What a knockout!" Dirk Smythe commented to his assistant. Sara Griggs eh? I have heard that name before."
"She has done a few decent stage plays. She is probably better known as a model." Said the assistant.
"Sara, could you please sing for us? I need to hear your voice."
"Yes, I would like to sing "A Thousand Hearts", a song written by my husband."
Sara's voice was low and sultry. It was somewhere between alto and tenor and she loved to sing. She knew the song suited her voice to a tee.
She had also dressed for the part of a vamp. A black dress with a plunging back and neckline and a slit up the left side that would open up enough to show off the stockings she wore over her sculpted legs.
At one point in the song she made sure she bent over from her hips so the dress gaped to show her breasts cradled in the sheerest of bras. Dirk Smythe was duly impressed and moved her very near the top of the call back list.
Later that evening she had a text from Sam. "Working out arrangements with Elwood. Could be a long night."
She replied, "ok sweetheart. Say hi to Elwood for me."
So she settled in for another night of Netflix and a bottle of wine. She really wished Sam could be there with her but musicians hours were pretty irregular. Still it made her lonely.
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Sam never made it home. Not unusual considering the amount of booze and substances these guys can put away. Sessions are like that and the pay was good.
Sara got a callback later that morning. Dirk would like to follow up. This was really exciting!
This time she wore her black leathers. Sam absolutely went bonkers when she would wear her black leathers for him. The pants looked sprayed on. If you had a coin in the pocket you could read the date. She also had a short leather jacket. Under the jacket was a white blouse tied in the front which bared her toned midriff. Sam thought it was her sexiest look.
Apparently Dirk thought so too as he exclaimed "Holy mother of fuck you are hot!" She read some parts of the script with a few different people. It lasted about an hour. Dirk hardly took his eyes off of her the whole time.
Dirk thanked everyone and said he would be in touch. He stopped Sara on the way out "Mrs. Griggs. I would like you to stay. Please, let's go have a drink and talk about your audition."
"Sure, thanks Mr. Smythe."
"Call me Dirk, my people call me Dirk and you are my people."
Sara blushed.
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Sara was offered the lead role. The other actor still needed to be determined.
"Sara you are absolutely made for this role. I wasn't sure whether I would direct it or play the male lead but now I am sure that I will do both. I want to work with you so much!"
Dirk put his hand over Sara's hand on the table. Sara let him hold her hand for a few beats longer than she should have before saying, "Dirk, I am married you know."
"We all have our faults and crosses to bear Sara, a husband is yours." At that bit of wisdom he raised her hand to his lips and kissed her hand.
Dirk gave her a full copy of the script and told her the first read through for this two person play would be in a week. She was so excited to get this opportunity to work with a legend.
Sam was thrilled for Sara. This was a major coup to be working directly with Dirk Smythe.
Dirk was not only a legendary figure he also had a reputation as a womanizer. He had been married to two famous actresses, both great beauties. He had affairs while married to both of them. This reputation worried Sam because Sara fit rather nicely into Dirk's partner profile. But then again twelve years with her had proven to him that she could handle herself.
The recording sessions with Elwood had gone very well. In fact Elwood was so impressed with the guitar parts that Sam played that he offered him a job playing in his touring band. This was a big North American tour, months long. The pay was fantastic but the schedule was gruelling. It would also mean he wouldn't see Sara for much of that time unless she flew out to the various tour cities, hard when she would be working on The Dark Romance.
Sara and Sam had a long discussion about what to do. Sam wanted to turn the touring job down so he could concentrate on songwriting and studio work. Sara thought the touring gig was just too good to pass up. Sam argued that their relationship would suffer. Sara said that it would be fine. They could FaceTime after shows and she could fly out to a couple of dates. In the end Sam accepted the offer from Elwood. Rehearsals began the following week.
Sara had already memorized half the script by first read through. She always had the ability to memorize quickly. She was excited but also a bit scared. There were several scenes she wasn't crazy about. In the first act there was a love scene that was pretty graphically described. In the second act she would spend most of the act nude.
The play was in two acts. It was about two lovers who had only recently become an item. The action takes place in a small apartment in a high rise building in New York. It takes place during a long blackout in the city. The scene is supposed to be lit by candles. The leaping shadows from candle flames makes for a very creepy and disorienting visual environment. In the last act he tells his lover that he has a fatal illness and he wants to take a poison cocktail and die in her arms. Obviously the dark in Dark Romance can be interpreted in many ways.
The first read through went well. Sara had questions about the necessity for nudity but Dirk insisted it was essential to the play. She also asked in the sex scenes could be a little less graphic. This met with same answer.
Rehearsals started in two days. She figured she should have the entire script committed to memory by then.
Sam's rehearsals were tough because Elwood was a perfectionist. Sam had a leg up on the other band members since he was the guitarist on the recording. All in all they were ready within two weeks to hit the first leg of the tour.
The night before the tour busses were set to roll Sam and Sara ate dinner at Lagriffe, Sara's favourite restaurant. After that the went to a club and danced till the wee hours. Once home they fell into their bed and made passionate love to each other, several times. The next morning they kissed goodbye. It would be a month and a half till they could be together again.
Rehearsals for Dark Romance were well underway. Dirk was certainly a bit of a prima donna but she found him very interesting, talented and yes, very attractive. She could see why so many women went gaga for him.
The first love scene was the first bone of contention between them. The script called for her character to be naked and kneeling in front of Dirk's character and taking his cock into her mouth giving him a blow job. Dirk explained that yes they would both be naked but he would be wearing a false penis. He laughed and said his real one was too short and unimpressive. He explained to her that the fake penis was also for her comfort too since he was certain that her husband wouldn't approve of a real blow job.
Dirk wanted to try it out and film it so he could see the effect from the audience perspective. They both went backstage and stripped naked. Dirk came out wearing an enormous ten inch long, soft drink can thick prosthetic cock attached to his real unit.
"Ok, places everyone, Sara your line..."
