Beauty Shot by Zoe Dawson

Author:Zoe Dawson [Dawson, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780990907541
Publisher: Blue Moon Creative
Published: 2015-03-15T18:30:00+00:00

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Deke

When Minnie jumped out of my arms, I stiffened, and then it registered. A voice calling out. A woman appeared in her office doorway.

“My darling. How are you?”

She was talking to Minnie, but her predatory eyes were on me. I straightened, recognizing a man-eater when I saw one. I also knew her. Angela Harding. A bona fide movie star. For a moment I was completely caught off guard.

“What are you doing in here with my daughter? Surely she hasn’t thrown caution to the wind? After all, she’s British.”

“Angela, please,” she pleaded, biting her lip. I didn’t like how upset she looked.

“Oh, Minnie, sweetheart, please introduce us and stop being a little tight-ass.”

“This is Deke West.” She gave me a long-suffering look.

This woman was Minnie’s momma? Holy shit. She was notorious for…ah…that was why Minnie was worried about being seen in public with me. Her mother wasn’t shy about consorting with a lot of young guys. I didn’t dare offer her my hand, since she’d probably eat it, so I nodded. “Miz Harding.”

“Oh, my,” she purred, running her hand down my arm. “Such a dreamy accent. Exactly how old are you?”

“He’s eighteen,” Minnie said, shouldering her way between us and making her momma step back. “He’s off-limits.”

“Oh, he is? Yours? Well, you are a chip off the old block, huh?” She gave her daughter a bright smile and a nudge. Can’t we share?”

My mouth fell open.

Minnie’s face darkened and she scowled. “That’s not funny, Angela.” She put a hand on her momma’s arm and dragged her away from me. “Deke, you’d better go.”

“Minnie.”

“Please, please,” she said, squeezing her eyes shut. “Go.”

I had to admit as I walked out of her office and into the street that I was pretty damned disappointed with the way the afternoon had turned out. There was something powerful and strange going on with her momma. I had heard about the scandals, because my momma loved reading them stories in the tabloids, but I’d thought most of that stuff was made up. Now I was pretty sure it wasn’t, at least in Angela’s case.

Welcome to New York City.

The next day I went to class, and when I came out there was a woman standing there in a business suit. She handed me a card. “Deke West?”

“Yes,” I said.

“You are a tough one to track down and I’ve been looking since the fashion show.”

I walked a few feet away from the curious eyes of my classmates. “Who are you?”

“Susan Carter.”

I just stared at her blankly. It was clear to me that she expected me to know who she was. “I’m sorry. I’m new to all this.”

“Oh, I own Models Elite. We are the premier agency, and I’d like to represent you.”

The back of my neck got hot and all those feelings from high school rushed back at me. The unhappiness of being treated as just a pretty face. This was totally not the kind of business for me. “Um, I’m not interested.”

“As a college student, I bet you’d love to have some spending money.

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