This is the angsty type of story that I like, people dealing with issues that stop them from realizing their dreams. Stevie dreams of a future in Hollywood, doing films with music and singing. Lex has already done Hollywood, but a traumatic event has him running away to Chicago.
Stevie is poor but has a happy home life; Lex is wealthy but has a crappy home life. Guess who is better off? He sees Stevie’s home and it smells like happiness and he loves being there, crawling from her bedroom window to the roof and look at the stars. This is the happiest he’s been.
A tragic accident tears them apart, Lex returns to Hollywood and his movies, she’s left with physical damages and a broken heart, making do with singing at a bar.
When Lex realizes he needs her at his side to give credence to the movie based on their story, he brings her home and realizes why he hasn’t been happy and why he can’t sleep. His mother is a cancer eroding their lives, and I saw Lex acting as a wimp, taking all the manipulations and believing that he’s not enough to protect Stevie.
Stevie’s side of the story is full of love, family and support. Lex’s side is full of manipulations, expectations, horrible memories. This contrast works during all the story, and I feel sorry for Stevie’s all encompassing love, and angry at Lex’s listlessness.
This story was so riveting, as Lex and Stevie work for their happiness, Stevie with a ferociousness full of love and determination. I saw Lex as an empty soul, like his life in Hollywood and his parents killed his zest for life, his acceptance of not having happiness. He was sort of floating around, accepting cues from his mother and his agent, letting events move him around, not doing anything to secure his happiness and take charge of his life.
I got a little tired of seeing him suffer from insomnia, suffer from his mother’s constant bullying, coast along in an insufficient life, and not rallying. I realized then that he’s only twenty-two, he’s young and he didn’t have the best modeling on how to live a successful life, unlike Stevie who had excellent models.
I haven’t been so happy at reaching an HEA! This couple really had a hard time getting there, but once eradicating the poison from his life, Lex finally got it and zoomed up high. Great story!
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Narrated by: Angelina Rocca & Lee Samue
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