I leaned forward until my mouth was nearly flushed with her ear. “If she’s just another character, then how do you think her leading man would react to her talking shit about herself?” Annie didn’t flinch. “Because from what I’ve seen, you’re a little more Whitney and a lot less Annie than you think you are.” I reclined in the chair and went back to my lunch. “So you tell me: who’s real and who’s the fraud?” Annie went for her pasta salad next. “I’m beginning to wish Ophelia gave me the stoic brick wall I thought you were gonna be.”

