Chapter 11

Summary

• At the start of their marriage, the narrator and her husband, Don, had a near-blissful life, filled with pool parties and passionate lovemaking.
• Marriage to Don unearthed a newfound passion and need for physical intimacy within the narrator.
• The couple's marital bliss began to wane during the filming of their movie, One More Day, in Puerto Vallarta, as the daily pressures of Hollywood started causing strain.
• Don began feeling insecure about his masculinity after his first Western film was negatively reviewed, whereas the narrator's acting career was thriving.
• Don's feeling of emasculation intensified as he felt that people viewed the narrator as the dominant party in their relationship.
• An argument on their way to the set resulted in Don violently smacking the narrator, leaving her deeply humiliated.
• The narrator, though outraged, composed herself and didn't reveal the incident to anyone.
• Later that day, Don apologized profusely for his violent act and pleaded for forgiveness, which the narrator conceded.
• The couple's movie was successful, earning them nominations for Academy Awards. People loved seeing them together on-screen without knowing the turmoil in their off-screen relationship.
• The narrator admits that One More Day is the only movie she acted in that she cannot bear to watch due to the painful memories associated with it.