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In “Le Pacte”, written by Emily Chain and Anaël Verdier, four friends promise to do everything to make their dream come true.
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Here are the episodes of the week of October 8 for those who missed them ...
Episode 31 - No Fun Without Risk
- It's perfectly in your ropes.
A heist with a message, a mix of literature and entertainment, perfect for your new collection.
Denis seems unenthusiastic.
- Has he published already, your friend?
- A news or two, but that's not the most important.
What matters to you, Denis, is the challenge that a young author represents.
You weren't built on stars for a very simple reason: ease bores you.
With the smile he tries to hide behind his glass, Louise knows she hit the mark.
She leaves a moment of silence, long enough for Denis to resolve his internal debates.
- If the book is good - and it's a big if - then I will consider giving it a place in the catalog.
Louise is beaming.
She loves nothing better than victory, and even if it is only a promise, she can already see herself holding Assane's novel in her hands, with a pretty blanket in the colors of Denis's house. .
- When can I read it?
- I'll ask him to send you his first pages.
He will be a little intimidated but I will convince him.
- For that, I trust you completely, laughs Denis.
Louise prides herself on her persuasive skills.
They have been one of her best assets since she was little.
Faced with her parents with very strong ideas, she had to develop very early on her ability to get what she wanted.
This is what makes her even more angry when she is refused, and why she never forgets a “no”.
Episode 32 - First Contact
Louise has been trying to reach Assane since this morning, except that between the control to be monitored, the lively discussion with Apprentice € writer who forgave him for his lack of tact and the meetings of colleagues angry at having to move the white certificate, he did not he doesn't have a minute.
Nevertheless, knowing his friend's insistence, he picked up on the fifth ring, whispering:
- Louise, I don't have time to talk, I have ...
- You have to write, I know.
I won't be long.
I just wanted to tell you that your story is convincing a publisher friend.
He thinks the idea is original and he can't wait to read you.
- Louise, I don't have time here.
Assane avoids the conversation without much hope that it will work.
- You could send me the beginning this weekend and I will manage to make him wait while you polish the rest!
She insists.
He grimaces.
How can he get out of this situation?
- I… Okay.
You will have this Sunday evening in your mailbox.
- Great !
I'll let you write.
Why does her friend forget that he doesn't only have writing in her life?
He hangs up and his English teacher colleague stares at him:
- How are you ?
- It could not be better, I am a writer without a novel and a friend without courage, what are the people asking for?
- The head of Louis XVI?
she said laughing.
He smiles.
Hanging out between teachers of French, history and English does not always lead to tasteful jokes.
Episode 33 - Between two waves.
Antoine walks, trying not to breathe like a buffalo in his mask.
The sea is the open air and freedom, Samia assured him when he asked what his girlfriend Alice would like for a second real date.
Anyway, in a country that is almost extinct, the choice is limited.
Neither one nor two, thanks to his schedule known in advance, he booked a weekend by the water.
Alice being unemployed, she had no excuse to refuse and she did not.
This is how he finds himself walking in the sand without the slightest hint of sportiness.
- How are you ?
Alice must be a fitness enthusiast or some other sport fan, because she is frolicking like a little hare.
Antoine smiles at her, but she does not see him since they have decided to keep the masks on to keep warm against the icy wind of the open sea.
For once he has another use than giving them buttons ...
Nevertheless, Antoine is not serene.
Earlier, while choosing their route at the tourist office, he noticed that Alice had dodged her professional situation during the conversation with the employee.
He, on the contrary, proudly declared that he was acting.
Samia nevertheless told him that she was like him, happy with his life… But why hide this then?
It is not a crime not to work and to find your way.
Except that this reflection leads him to something else: isn't he himself guilty of lying when he makes his friends believe that he wants to follow their pact?
Full of questions, Antoine is not about to see the waves calm down.
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