3 Weeks Ago

“No.”

Mark Beckett, Australia’s favorite dad, rolled his eyes at his daughter and sighed. “What is it this time, Talia?”

Talia Jane Beckett, Australia’s girl next door, grimaced. “You do realize I’m turning thirty this year, right?”

“So?”

Talia rolled her eyes this time. “So,” she drawled, “taking on the role of an eighteen-year-old is…wrong.”

“Other actors would jump at the chance to get roles for characters ten years younger than they are,” Mark said.

“Yeah, well, I’m not other actors,” Talia said, crossing her arms and spinning her chair around.

They were in the living room of her father’s house, and everything was white. White walls,...