“Betty?” She looked up as Hilary walked into the writer's room. “Is my script for 'The Land of Make Believe' ready?”
Betty sighed and handed her the requested papers. “Just finished it.”
“Betty...” Hilary sighed, “I really am sorry about the last few days. I got so caught up with the attention I was getting for singing with your voice...I forgot who was doing the singing. It wasn't fair to either of us, or even Ruth, really.”
“No, it wasn't.” Betty frowned. “Just remember that the next time you want something from me and I don't really want to do it.”
“I'm going out to dinner with Jeff. Do you want anything?”
“No. I'll just order something from the Buttery.”
“All right.” Hilary gave her a small smirk. “Oh, by the way, when you go home, you'll have to take the stairs. The elevator is out of order.”
Betty was surprised. “That's odd. It was working fine earlier. I wonder what happened?”
Hilary just gave her the most innocent look she could muster and walked off to find Jeff, whistling “I've Gotta Sing.”
Scott poked his head in as soon as Hilary left. “Hi there, Betty. Big night, huh?”
“No.” Betty glared at him. “Why did you make me do that? And don't give me your malarkey about Snow White's agent. She's a character in an animated film. It goes without saying that she's dubbed.”
“I heard what Hilary said.” He frowned. “I guess I got caught up, too. The sponsors were so happy, and it's rare that we can keep the sponsors and Hilary happy at the same time.” He looked at his feet. “I guess I got so involved with the sponsors, I forgot you were behind that screen.”
Betty sighed. “As long as we didn't lose the sponsor.”
The dark-haired station manager shook his tousled head. “Far from it. Monogram Records was really impressed with not only your singing, Betty, but everyone's performance tonight. They still want to release that single, and they still want to do 'A Night On the Town.' Only it'll be you, Hilary, Mackie, and Maple singing Monogram hits, and I swear, you'll all get credit for it.”
Betty joined him at the door. “Normally, I don't care abou the credit. I just want to help keep the station going. There's times, though, when you act like my idea is your idea. I just want you to appreciate what I do here.”
“I do appreciate it, Betty.” Scott smiled at her. “I could never run the station without you. I'd be lost in a day. Don't forget, I'm still new to all this.” He offered her his arm. “There's a new all-night place that just opened down the street, the Legacy Diner. I heard their brisket sandwich is amazing. Want to go out for a bite?”
Betty shrugged. “Why not?” She raised an eyebrow. “Oh, and we're going to have to take the stairs. Hilary said the elevator's stuck.”
“I wonder how that happened?” Scott frowned. “You know, Ruth was on the elevator. I wonder if she...”
Betty groaned. “I think I know what happened. Hilary got her revenge.” She chuckled at his puzzled expression. “Let's just go get that brisket sandwich, before Hilary comes back and decides to extract more vengeance.” They strolled down to the door as Mr. Eldridge rushed past, fussing about missing elevator keys and Ruth Geddy being stuck...
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