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You'll get a piece of the action, a very small piece, with the guarantee of a quarter of a million at least for the two. But Bessill already knows that. We'd already worked that out before Cathy dropped her bombshell."

He paused and looked at them both for a short time, as they look- ed back uncertainly at him. "My principals were pretty upset when they heard about Angie and how close I came to wrecking the studio. Also, they don't trust you as much as they did. Somehow, the Chair- man got the idea you might be about to skip out on us." He smiled grimly. "So you'll both move into Whiteside with me where I can keep a close eye on you and where you can carry on your marriage just as you have in the past, as far as I'm concerned."

"And what if we refuse," Jean was surprised at the ice in Angie's

voice.

Cort winced. "Then we'll co-operate in the most fantastic publici- ty campaign you ever saw to make Angie Saunders the most celebrated freak of the century. I can't 'imagine then what kind of father Cam or Margot will have to look up to."

Jean tightened her grasp, in turn, on Angie's hand. "Darling," her voice was full of fright, almost to the point of panic, "do we have any choice? We can't let the media crucify you. Think of how it will hurt the children.'

"And lastly," Cort had slumped into his chair now, his face show- ing great fatigue. "To protect Angie from undue gossip, my bosses in- sist that there will be a wedding arranged before the start of filming between Robert Cort and Angie Saunders. "No," he said, raising his hand at the looks on their faces, "it won't mean a thing. I'll be around to be a father to your kids, if you want me to, but I won't get anything else from this name-only marriage except to tie you to Pacific as securely as it's possible to tie anyone."

"B-but...." Jean was still in a state of shock. Cort stood up and stumbled toward the door.

"It'll be a white wedding, of course," he said bitterly. “And you can expect that wherever I go, I'll expect my wife to be, dressed or un- dressed in the latest fashion, as the case may be." He opened the front