Chapter 28

Betty hit his arm. “Don’t be a boor, Jack.”

“Yeah, Jack,” Paul said, only a trace of smugness in his voice. “Don’t be a boor. Anna also has a really lovely voice.”

Anna’s eyes darted around the table before she giggled again. “It’s okay, but hardly good enough for the movies. But Paul told me that the two of you have a great voice coach.”

“Oh, Richard’s wonderful,” Betty gushed. “He’s even made Jack sound like he doesn’t have marbles in his mouth.”

Jack scowled. “That’s the way the words are supposed to sound.”

“The words, maybe, but not the notes.”

Anna leaned forward. “I don’t think you sound like you have marbles in your mouth, Mr. Wells. I saw the movie you did last year, and I thought you sounded really good. You bring a certain…something to the screen.”