Chapter Sixty-Four : Jay pov The three months before Paris disappeared faster than I could blink.One day I was staring at a blank canvas. The next, I was packing paintings into crates, labeling boxes, filling out customs forms. Margaret called every week. The gallery in Paris called every other day. Everyone wanted something. Everyone wanted more."You're stressed," Cole said."I'm fine.""You're not fine. You're grinding your teeth.""I don't grind my teeth.""You do now."I stopped. Started again. Didn't notice."The show is in two weeks," I said."I know.""I'm not ready.""Yes, you are.""How do you know?""Because you've been working for this your whole life."I didn't know what to say.So I said nothing.Rivera came to the studio."You're panicking," she said."I'm not panicking.""You're painting the same thing over and over.""It's the same woman.""It's the same pose. The same expression. The same fear.""What do you want me to do?""Trust yourself."I looked at the canvas.
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