A Taste of Fame by Linda Evans Shepherd

Author:Linda Evans Shepherd [Shepherd, Linda Evans]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2010-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

To say I was happy to return to our hotel room was an understatement. But my happiness faded when Donna scrubbed her makeup off and changed out of her “Go Team Potluck” tee into one of her black T-shirts under a light denim jacket.

“Going somewhere?” I asked, already in my pink nighty and matching bunny slippers.

She nodded. “Yeah, Wade and I are grabbing a taxi to follow up on a lead we got concerning his cousin’s missing wife.”

“I’m not sure Pete’s mom wants to be found.”

“That’s what I want to find out. Is she safe? Or, do I need to go back to Summit View and look for a body?”

“Oh, dear. What sort of lead do you have?”

“We hear she might be a waitress at one of the local all-night cafés. We’re going over to snoop around.”

“Be careful, okay?”

“Don’t worry, Vonnie. It’s only 10:30 and I hope to be back before midnight. Maybe I’ll have some good news.”

“Oh, I hope you do.”

Whether Donna was back before midnight, I can’t say, but when our alarm went off at six a.m., I was happy to see her tucked into her bed.

“Good morning, dear. Rise and shine. The team is meeting in the hotel coffee shop in half an hour.”

When Donna simply turned and pulled her pillow over her head and groaned, I decided I’d get up and hit the shower so she could sleep a few minutes longer. But after my shower, no matter how much bumping and banging I did, Donna didn’t budge from her nest of tangled covers.

Half an hour later, as I opened our door to leave for the coffee shop, I called over my shoulder, “Donna, we’re leaving for the studio in an hour. Do you want me to tell the team you need to rest a few more minutes?”

“Would you?” she croaked.

“Want me to pick up anything for breakfast?”

Donna sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes. “Bagel and cream cheese, and coffee, black.”

When I saw she was getting up, I hesitated. “Did you find out anything last night about Pete’s mom?”

She shook her head. “Maybe a lead. I’ll tell you about it when you get back.”

But in all the morning’s rush, she never got a chance to tell me what she’d found out, or how long she’d been out with Wade. And I knew better than to talk to her about it in the limo. That thing was probably riddled with microphones and hidden cameras. Plus, now that I knew something called message boards was spreading dirt about our team, I vowed to be careful about what I said to whom.

When we entered the GE building, Amy was waiting for us in the lobby again. We followed her up the elevator to The Great Party Showdown kitchen on the thirtieth floor. Some of the other teams, along with Mike Romano and his camera crew, were already in position to capture our reaction to our state of the art kitchenettes.

All I can say is our little station was a caterer’s dream come true.

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