They watched the DVD with tears of laughter streaming down their faces, laid on sun loungers. Robert brought his laptop outside so they could stay under the stars. Eddie's dvd turned out to be outtakes from all his films, and watching himself was strange, as if it was someone else on the screen, alongside leading ladies The house seemed to loom above him more tonight than it ever had. Every empty room a reminder of how lonely he had been as a child, and how desperate he had been for human connection. Every woman he slept with was on some level, a vain attempt to feel something. The drugs themselves also served to ignite something inside him, instead of the monotony of too much money and so little of everything else life had to offer.
Eddie pointed out which films the outtakes were from, a
