“That’s great.”

“Yes, but not really. She got the experience on a job that I didn’t get three years ago. I lost that one because of the bottle.”

“Shit. That isn’t right.”

“I can delude myself that way too but look at it this way. You’re a patient. Would you want a nurse doing your care who was badly hung over or even still drunk from last night’s binge? Would you want someone responsible for the floor who had no experience if there was someone with experience? I wouldn’t and I shouldn’t expect someone to cut me a break where it could harm someone.”

“I guess I would want the best.”

“And I would too. It stinks but we did this to ourselves. I didn’t get the job because I was drinking. You didn’t get parts because you were drinking.”

“How well do I know. And I had to loose a leg to learn it.”

“How much money have you lost? Or the things that matter, how many real friends?”

Denise Chapter 01: Success in Hollywood

Denise Chapter 32 – Getting Denise More Mobile

Denise Chapter 34 – Denise Faces Her Past and Her Future