Jake Randolph in "The Eternal Night" Pt. 94

The center of attention. I wondered if that meant she wanted to be a star. That would explain why she was with a man more than thirty years her senior. She had to have known he was in the movie business when she met him. I also wondered if that random first meeting that Sperry talked about had been a bit more calculated by Lily. I only hoped Sperry could handle whatever I found out about her.

"So," I continued, "what did Lily do after high school?"

"Well, Lily got it in her head she wanted to be an actress."