Taffy Sinclair 010 - Taffy Sinclair Goes to Hollywood by Betsy Haynes Page B
Authors: Betsy Haynes
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Suddenly Paige began to shout.
" You think you ' re such a big deal, Taffy Sinclair! Well, you ' re not! You don ' t know anything. Not anything ! "
Taffy sucked in her breath in surprise. But before she could respond, Paige was shouting at her again.
" You don ' t know how awful it is to have a great acting career going and then lose it because your parents ' marriage is falling apart, and they think that if they move someplace new, everything will be all right. Well, it wasn ' t. Not for them and not for me. "
Paige stopped to catch her breath, and Taffy could only stare at her in bewilderment.
" Nobody liked me at the new school. In fact, they hated me. They had all seen Daddy's Little Darling, and they were jealous. The girls hated me because I ' d been a star, and the boys . . . I don ' t know what was wrong with the boys. All the other girls had boyfriends, but the boys treated me like I was some kind of freak! "
Tears were streaming down Paige ' s face now. Taffy looked at her, her own anger forgotten. There was a familiar sound to Paige ' s story. So familiar that it hurt.
" Then my parents split and my mother brought me back here to California. I thought everything was going to be okay again. I thought I ' d get back into show business. But there weren ' t any television shows that needed someone my age. That was okay because Bouquets and Rainbows Productions announced a new movie, Nobody Likes Tiffany Stafford. I read the script. I knew the part of Tiffany Stafford was meant for me because I knew exactly how Tiffany felt. I could play it better than anyone else in the world. "
Paige dropped her eyes and sniffed back tears. " Then you came along. You got my part. I have to play the villain. Now everybody who sees this movie is going to hate me. And I don ' t blame them! I h ate myself! "
Paige whirled around and ran from the set, leaving Taffy standing there alone with Paige ' s words ringing in her ears. But how could some of them be Paige ' s words when she had said them herself? Taffy wondered. Nobody liked me at school . . . In fact , they hated me . . . They were jealous . . . I knew the part of Tiffany Stafford was meant for me because I knew exactly how Tiffany felt . . . I could play her better than anyone else in the world.
" I didn ' t think anyone felt that way but me, " Taffy whispered as she headed slowly for her trailer.
All the way home from the set Paige was on her mind, and when she got to her hotel room, she checked her watch and then raced to turn on the TV. The timing was perfect. It was noon, and just as she sank onto the sofa, Daddy's Little Darling appeared on the screen.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
T he little girl on the screen had red hair and green eyes, and she was absolutely darling. She was so cute and funny and such a good actress that Taffy almost forgot that she was watching Paige Kramer, the girl who had been her enemy ever since she arrived in Hollywood.
When the program ended, Taffy sank back into the sofa and stared out the window, thinking about her life in Mark Twain Elementary. Nobody had liked her then, either. The kids were jealous of her looks and of the fact that she got modeling jobs and later got parts in television commercials. She had wanted to be friends, and it was awful to always be so misunderstood. That ' s why she had known that she could play the part of Tiffany Stafford better than anyone. She knew how it felt. She had been there. But now she knew that Paige Kramer had been there, too.
Taffy blushed as she remembered the Saturday- morning shoot at the mall and how she had stolen Paige ' s autograph-hunting fans away from her. And how she had called Paige a has-been on the way to the beach.
Turning off the television set, Taffy tried to study her lines, but she had a hard time concentrating. She couldn ' t forget the look on Paige ' s tear-streaked face when she shouted, " Everyone who sees this movie is going to hate me! And I don ' t blame them. I hate
" You think you ' re such a big deal, Taffy Sinclair! Well, you ' re not! You don ' t know anything. Not anything ! "
Taffy sucked in her breath in surprise. But before she could respond, Paige was shouting at her again.
" You don ' t know how awful it is to have a great acting career going and then lose it because your parents ' marriage is falling apart, and they think that if they move someplace new, everything will be all right. Well, it wasn ' t. Not for them and not for me. "
Paige stopped to catch her breath, and Taffy could only stare at her in bewilderment.
" Nobody liked me at the new school. In fact, they hated me. They had all seen Daddy's Little Darling, and they were jealous. The girls hated me because I ' d been a star, and the boys . . . I don ' t know what was wrong with the boys. All the other girls had boyfriends, but the boys treated me like I was some kind of freak! "
Tears were streaming down Paige ' s face now. Taffy looked at her, her own anger forgotten. There was a familiar sound to Paige ' s story. So familiar that it hurt.
" Then my parents split and my mother brought me back here to California. I thought everything was going to be okay again. I thought I ' d get back into show business. But there weren ' t any television shows that needed someone my age. That was okay because Bouquets and Rainbows Productions announced a new movie, Nobody Likes Tiffany Stafford. I read the script. I knew the part of Tiffany Stafford was meant for me because I knew exactly how Tiffany felt. I could play it better than anyone else in the world. "
Paige dropped her eyes and sniffed back tears. " Then you came along. You got my part. I have to play the villain. Now everybody who sees this movie is going to hate me. And I don ' t blame them! I h ate myself! "
Paige whirled around and ran from the set, leaving Taffy standing there alone with Paige ' s words ringing in her ears. But how could some of them be Paige ' s words when she had said them herself? Taffy wondered. Nobody liked me at school . . . In fact , they hated me . . . They were jealous . . . I knew the part of Tiffany Stafford was meant for me because I knew exactly how Tiffany felt . . . I could play her better than anyone else in the world.
" I didn ' t think anyone felt that way but me, " Taffy whispered as she headed slowly for her trailer.
All the way home from the set Paige was on her mind, and when she got to her hotel room, she checked her watch and then raced to turn on the TV. The timing was perfect. It was noon, and just as she sank onto the sofa, Daddy's Little Darling appeared on the screen.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
T he little girl on the screen had red hair and green eyes, and she was absolutely darling. She was so cute and funny and such a good actress that Taffy almost forgot that she was watching Paige Kramer, the girl who had been her enemy ever since she arrived in Hollywood.
When the program ended, Taffy sank back into the sofa and stared out the window, thinking about her life in Mark Twain Elementary. Nobody had liked her then, either. The kids were jealous of her looks and of the fact that she got modeling jobs and later got parts in television commercials. She had wanted to be friends, and it was awful to always be so misunderstood. That ' s why she had known that she could play the part of Tiffany Stafford better than anyone. She knew how it felt. She had been there. But now she knew that Paige Kramer had been there, too.
Taffy blushed as she remembered the Saturday- morning shoot at the mall and how she had stolen Paige ' s autograph-hunting fans away from her. And how she had called Paige a has-been on the way to the beach.
Turning off the television set, Taffy tried to study her lines, but she had a hard time concentrating. She couldn ' t forget the look on Paige ' s tear-streaked face when she shouted, " Everyone who sees this movie is going to hate me! And I don ' t blame them. I hate
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