Chapter 30 Section 3

Then came the dinner invitation. "I'm sorry, but I almost never eat out when I'm working," Lana excused.In fact, she had no plans to meet this stranger yet. "Okay, let's go out on weekends, when you're not filming." "No, weekends are supposed to be my time with my mother and daughter." "How about lunch? Or, how about a cup of coffee?" "Well, Mr. Steele, I have your phone number, I will call you when I am free." After that, it wasn't just flowers, but Lana's favorite records, and whatever else Lana had spotted while shopping but hadn't bought (how did he know? Lana wondered to herself).

Lana thought again, she couldn't let him go on like this, so she made a second call.This time, Mr. Steele insisted on having dinner together. Lana couldn't hold back, so she said, "I'm here working late every day. But when I get home, if you want to come over, I may see you. But it can't be too long, and you must Call ahead." She gave him her home number. Everything in front of this is just a foreshadowing, which is equivalent to the prelude in Western opera.The real story began one night in mid-May of that year. During that time, Lana Turner drove a large, dark gray Cadillac that Lana called "Baby Whale."Lana returned to the apartment from the studio, parked "Baby Whale" in her usual parking space, and when she reached for the script in the back seat, she caught a glimpse of a black Lincoln sedan parked under a crossing light across the street, with a person in it.Lana got out of the car, the man got out of the car, Lana walked towards the apartment, and the man walked towards the apartment.Lana boarded the elevator, entered the house, and asked the Mexican maid, Aminda, if anyone had called, and Aminda said no.

Just then the doorbell rang.Aminda answered the door and said, it was a "Mr Steele..." "I told him he had to call first..." "He's very handsome," said Aminda, obviously knowing her mistress very well. "Then let him wait in the living room." Three minutes later, Lana Turner saw her "uninvited guest": about 1.8 meters tall, strong and strong, with slightly dark skin and curly black hair, he was indeed "not ordinary handsome".Ilana felt at the time that she should be about the same age (Mr. Steele later told her that he was 39 years old, three years older than her).Lana asked, do you drive a black Lincoln?

The guest blushed slightly, and said: "I didn't want to be so presumptuous..." "So, the car is indeed yours?" "If you wish me to leave now..." Lana's heart softened: "Since you've already come... But, let's not take this as an example." The bulk of their conversation that night was about Eva Kadler. More phone calls, more flowers, more gifts.Of course, the most important thing is that Lana feels that "this guy is not too annoying". This time, it was Lana who took the initiative to invite Mr. Jonny Steele to "have a simple lunch" at her residence.Lana was not stingy, she just didn't want anyone to see her with this Mr. Steele in public, and she didn't want to provide tongue-twisting "tidbits" for those tabloid columnists.

Mr. Steele said: "If you want to save trouble, just let me bring something to eat." Mr. Steele brought Lana's favorite vermicelli vermicelli with white clam sauce, and it was made to order from Lana's favorite "Mario's Restaurant" (how did he know? Lana secretly said wonder). Before Mr. Steele and Macaroni arrived, the postman brought a small box containing a gold bracelet with a diamond-encrusted gold leaf supporting a small gold watch with Lana's initials "L. . T. ”. Even for a millionaire like Lana, this gift is too expensive.She insisted on refusing to accept it.

Mr. Steele said: "The name is engraved on it, what do you want me to do?"