The Perfect Romance
It was not until the end of show wrap party that I was finally able to prise Alison Taylor's private phone number from her with a combination of charm, wit, guile, and alcohol. The blow that had finally shattered her defenses was a simple one, but one that I had been saving until the time was right.
“I shall write a play,” I said, “I shall write the most perfect romance ever written, for just the two of us, and then we shall act it out together, scene by scene.” She smiled coyly, in that delightful way that she had, and said that she would take me up on my offer on the condition that her paying for dinner wasn't a part of the story.