VIOLA
“Steve, this is really difficult. I can’t just increase the band’s fee. You know this wedding was booked months ago. I calculated the fee based on what I was paying you then. Whoever is offering you this, obviously has the budget to pay what they’re offering.”
“I’ve spoken to the band,” Steve replies. “They want extra pay.”
“Look, let’s talk about extra pay for the wedding after this one and all future weddings. Just not this one. I’ve cut my profit a lot already just to get this wedding. It’s important to me. Having this wedding is good for my resume.”
“Well, it’s not good for our pockets,” Steve replies firmly.
“Steve, c’mon. Where is this coming from? We’ve always been able to negotiate. Why the big push now?”
“I only have a few hours and then the offer’s off the table.”
“Well, can I ask who it is that’s making this offer?”
“Does it matter? It’s not going to change anything,” Steve replies.
“Sure, but I’ll find out anyway.”
“Christine. Christine Jackson.”
model until recently. My
“Vi?” Steve asks.
more this weekend and from now
“Okay.”
“I can’t afford these kinds of
Steve says.
a
“What’s that?” Steve asks.
to anyone okay? If this gets out, everyone else is going to demand more money and I
can keep
better,” I
“Um, Vi,” Steve says.
to tell me something and seems hesitant about doing
is it,
let it slip that you use a wedding whisperer,”
something I don’t advertise not even to my clients. No-one else in the game uses one, at least not that I know of and now the cat is out of the
to scream at
me to break my
“I’m here,” I reply.
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