Famous (Famous #1) (32 page)

As I
w
al
k
e
d
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
h
e
w
o
m
e
n
’s t
r
ai
l
er
,
Denise
s
t
o
pp
e
d
m
e
.
“
Brook,
c
a
n
I talk
t
o you
f
or
a
m
i
nu
t
e
?”

“
Y
e
a
h
,
w
h
a
t
’s
up
?
”
I l
o
o
k
e
d
i
n
to her
f
a
ce
. She had
a
r
udd
y
c
o
m
p
lexion
a
n
d
b
l
o
nd
i
s
h
-
re
d
h
air. She
w
as fi
t
,
and attractive, but not beautiful in a conventional sort of way
. She loo
k
e
d
at
m
e
st
e
r
n
ly.

“
You a
n
d
Cade
a
r
e
goi
n
g to have
to
r
e
in
in
some
of
t
h
e
loo
k
s a
n
d
la
u
g
h
i
n
g. And,
w
h
at
is
u
p
w
ith t
h
at
k
i
s
s?”
sh
e
w
a
n
t
e
d
t
o
kn
o
w
.

“
Denise
, it
w
as a
p
ec
k
,
f
o
r
G
o
d
’s
s
a
k
e
. It’s
a
c
t
in
g
. You
kn
o
w
,
f
or
t
h
e
s
h
oot.” I
m
a
d
e
a
h
a
n
d g
e
sture
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
h
e
f
ield
w
e
’d
j
u
st
c
o
m
e
f
r
o
m
. She k
n
e
w
I
w
as ly
i
n
g o
u
t of
m
y ass,
bu
t
t
h
er
e
w
as
n
o
th
i
n
g
e
lse I
c
o
u
ld
say. “We were only doing what they told us to do!”

“
W
e
’
l
l
h
ave
to
m
a
k
e
s
u
r
e
t
h
at
s
h
ot
d
o
e
s
n
’t g
e
t p
ub
l
i
s
h
e
d
. You
n
ee
d
t
o
b
e
a
w
a
r
e
t
h
at
e
v
er
yo
n
e
is
w
a
tc
h
i
n
g yo
u
. Wendy
is
w
a
tc
h
i
n
g Cade
l
i
k
e
a
h
a
w
k
a
n
d
h
e
r
re
pu
ta
t
ion
f
or
b
e
i
n
g a
p
a
p
a
r
a
zz
i sy
m
p
a
t
h
i
z
e
r
is
n
ot
som
e
thi
n
g
w
e
want
t
o
m
e
ss
w
ith.” She
s
ig
h
e
d
in
f
r
u
st
r
a
t
io
n
.

“
W
e
l
l, the
te
r
m
I’ve h
e
a
r
d
h
e
r
re
f
e
r
re
d
t
o is
f
a
m
e
w
h
o
r
e
,
bu
t your
ter
m
is
m
o
r
e
p
ol
i
ti
c
al
l
y
c
o
r
r
ec
t.” I c
r
i
n
g
e
d
a
n
d
Denise
n
o
dd
e
d emphatically
.

“Exactly.”

“
Abo
u
t
t
h
a
t
,”
I sa
i
d
.
“
Can you
d
o so
m
e
thi
n
g a
b
o
u
t her
c
o
m
i
n
g on
t
o Cade a
l
l the
t
im
e
?”
I as
k
e
d
.
“
Do
e
s
n
’t her
c
o
n
t
r
a
c
t s
t
a
te
t
h
e
s
a
m
e
as
o
u
r
s? If
so,
c
an
you
p
l
e
ase poi
n
t
t
h
at
o
u
t
t
o
h
e
r
m
a
n
ag
er
? It’s o
n
e
th
i
n
g
f
or
Cade a
n
d
I to
h
ave
t
o
h
i
d
e
o
u
r
re
latio
n
s
h
i
p
,
b
u
t I do
n
’t
w
a
n
t to be
s
ub
j
e
c
t
e
d
t
o that
c
r
ap
all
t
h
e
t
im
e
.”

“
Brook
,
i
f
w
e
d
o that it
m
ig
h
t look l
i
k
e
yo
u
’re
je
a
lo
u
s, a
n
d
w
e
c
a
n
’t
h
ave
a
n
y
e
y
e
b
r
o
w
s
r
aised
f
or
a
n
y
re
aso
n
. B
e
si
d
e
s, it
w
i
l
l ju
s
t
m
a
k
e
h
e
r
w
o
r
s
e
. You
und
er
stand
t
h
at
d
o
n
’t yo
u
?”
She lit a
c
igar
e
t
te
.

“
Y
e
a
h
, I g
u
e
ss.”
M
y vo
i
c
e
w
as r
e
sig
n
e
d
.
“
B
u
t
s
h
e
loo
k
s at h
i
m
l
ik
e
s
h
e
w
a
n
ts
t
o
c
o
n
stantly l
i
c
k
h
im
f
r
om
h
e
ad
t
o
t
o
e
. I’m so
f
u
c
k
i
n
g si
c
k
o
f
it.”
I s
i
g
h
e
d,
a
n
d
t
h
re
a
d
e
d
m
y
f
i
n
g
er
s through
m
y
h
air.

“
Brook
, yo
u
’
l
l
h
ave
a lot of
t
i
m
e
to d
e
al
w
ith
a
ll
of
t
h
is,
so yo
u
’
d
b
e
t
te
r
g
e
t used to it. I
’
m
f
airly s
u
r
e
the second movie
w
i
l
l go
i
n
to p
r
o
du
c
tion,
a
n
d
so
w
e
’
l
l
b
e
d
o
i
n
g t
h
is
d
a
n
c
e
all
ov
e
r agai
n
.
You
h
ave
t
o lea
r
n
t
o
d
e
al with women like Wendy. Cade is crawling with them.”
She p
u
t
h
er
h
a
n
d
on
m
y s
h
o
u
l
d
er
.
“
I can ask Cade to t
e
ll
h
e
r
t
o
b
a
c
k
of
f
, and
t
h
at
h
e
’s
n
ot
i
n
t
e
re
s
t
e
d
in
h
e
r
t
h
at
w
ay.”

“
He al
re
a
d
y
h
as! S
h
e
’s
re
lentl
e
ss.”
I sighed heavily a
n
d
du
g the
t
oe
of
m
y s
h
oe
i
n
to
t
h
e
d
ir
t
, dust instantly clouded around my feet.
“
W
h
a
t
’s
the plan
f
or
t
h
e
re
st of
t
h
e
n
ig
h
t?” I was anxious to hear the managers’ plan for getting us together.