Delite toweled herself off wishing she could just walk off the set.
"One or two more shots and it's a wrap," Meryl said, walking toward her.
"You said that twelve shots ago," She protested from a seat without shade.
"Come on," he cajoled, hauling her from the beach chair, "On your feet. You have to pay me back for those puppies, right," he asked, training his rat-face and squinty eyes on her chest.
She walked to the backdrop cursing him silently and struck a pose.
This better be it, you smarmy snake.
Meryl snapped several shots ordering, "Shoulders back, chest out. Smile!"
She glared holes through him wishing she had been able to turn down this junket and forced a frozen smile for the camera.
"You're not giving me what I need, Delite!"
"Meryl please," she plead, wondering if one more smile would fracture her face permanently.
"I need,'Come fuck me in Hawaii!' I need,"
"Meryl, I'm begging you," She interrupted.
"I need more, Delite! I need a brochure that says, 'I'm a free whore! Come to Hawaii and I'll jack your junk!'"
Infuriated, she grabbed her shirt and yanked it down nearly exposing her rose-tinged nipples.
"Excellent," He smiled haughtily, "That's better! Great!"
She barely had a white-knuckled grip on the last of her patience and allowed herself some small amusement at his expense.
'Excellent? Great?
'
So now you think you're a professional? I'm going to be a rich supermodel and then I'll stomp you into the dirt with the rest of the scumbags in the biz.
She pushed her toes into the sand, smiling coyly, imagining crushing him like a bug.
"We're losing daylight," he shouted, pointing at the crew beckoning them to move the set, "Okay! This is it! Let's do it! Lick your lips and show me that B.J. pout," Meryl ordered, turning back to her.
Delite turned it on one last time as the sun sank behind her and prayed for an end to this grueling day. He moved in for a close shot and she yanked her bikini bottom down leaving precious little to the imagination. With pearl- white teeth clenched, she talked herself through the shoot.
He's a dick. No big. You'll work for lots in this business. Besides,
she thought,
this is just getting a start. This is the hard part; paying your dues.