Our Substitute
Language: en

Three days after finalizing the divorce with Holden, two videos exploded across all major platforms. One was from eight years ago, showing me, Scarlett, at twenty-four, bussing tables with Holden at a late-night diner. I was cradling a fifteen-dollar plate of fried rice, my eyes sparkling. “Future Scarlett, once Holden becomes a big-shot director, won’t it be awesome to be married to him? You better remember all the hardships we’re going through now; he’ll have to pay it all back, with interest!” The other clip was from yesterday’s film festival red carpet. The newly crowned Best Actress,…