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Page 29<br />
“Mind if I smoke?”<br />
“Yes. It bothers me.”<br />
Felix broke out a cigarette and lit it as he considered his reply. “Peter Fleming. Early<br />
days a mystery. No one really knows where you came from.” Felix rose and began to gesture<br />
around the room to the various mementos that illustrated what he was saying. “You made<br />
Fatal Attraction in ’38, directing your own script, and since then, you’ve been a machine. One<br />
big hit after another. For Kane, you won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.<br />
You’re one of the highest paid men in Hollywood right now, and you just signed a long-term<br />
deal with Fox that lets you greenlight your own films.”<br />
“What else?”<br />
Felix shrugged.<br />
back.”<br />
Fleming laughed. “Either you’re less connected than I thought, or you’re holding<br />
Felix shook his head, already regretting what he was about to say. “You’re a pervert.<br />
You like to hurt women and you’re willing to pay to cover it up. You’ve got a favorite spot<br />
out near Joshua Tree where you’ve made at least two different mistakes disappear. And you<br />
cry after sex like a little girl.”<br />
Fleming’s laugh died in his throat. He struggled not to react immediately.<br />
“Brutal enough for you, boss?”<br />
“How do you know that?”<br />
“We should all try to keep our best tricks a secret... right, Pete?”<br />
For a moment, it looked like anything might happen, and then Peter laughed again.<br />
Brushed it off. “Okay, you’re hired.”<br />
“I changed my mind. I don’t want your job.”<br />
“You don’t even know what it is.”
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