Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Stink Spectacular by Luke Sharpe

Author:Luke Sharpe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Published: 2015-05-26T00:00:00+00:00

Just Sleep On It

THAT NIGHT IN MY ROOM, after I finish my homework, I check my e-mail to see if there’s anything from Alistair Swiped. I know I’m not supposed to open his e-mails on my bedroom computer, but I’m pretty sure it’s safe to see if there’s one in my in-box.

Nothing.

I hope Emily appearing in the video didn’t ruin everything. Maybe I shouldn’t have sent that video. Maybe I should have taken the time to reshoot the whole thing without Emily in it.

I decide to write an e-mail to my real mom. When I type in the e-mail address, I triple-check to make sure I’m sending it to Mom and not to Alistair Swiped.

Hi, Mom,

We sure do miss you around here. Can’t wait till your work lets you come back home. We’ll all be so happy to see you. Philo might wag his tail right off.

Thanks again for your help with the corporate spy. We know who he is—he’s the head of a rival company. And he’s terrible—he steals ideas and then sells crummy products to kids. Manny and I decided that we want to put him out of business for good. So we e-mailed him, telling him we had this idea for something called Stench Quench. He acted interested and asked for more info. We sent him a video of some fake test marketing. We’ll see if he takes that bait. . . .

I tell her some more stuff about what’s going on at school and home and with Sure Things, Inc. I think about asking her if she really is a spy, but then I think if she could tell me, she would. So either she isn’t a spy, in which case I’ll seem silly for suggesting it, or else she is a spy, but she can’t tell me, so asking her will just make her feel bad about lying.

I decide not to ask.

Not long after I send the e-mail, my computer makes the chiming noise that tells me I’ve got a new e-mail.

Alistair Swiped?

No, it’s my mom, writing back right away!

Hi, honey,

I’m always happy to hear from you and learn all about how you’re doing.

I think you and Manny are doing an excellent job trapping the corporate spy. I’m impressed! I’m proud of you! (Of course, I’m always proud of you.) You and Manny would make great spies! That is, I imagine you would, based on what I see in the movies.

Good night, honey. Go to bed. But first pet Philo for me.

Love, Mom (real one, not impostor)

Smiling, I pet Philo and get ready to go to bed. But before I do, I get an idea.

Ever since I thought of the Stink Spectacular, I’ve been working on coming up with the formula for it. That is, I’ve been working on it whenever I could get a free moment from schoolwork, the Stench Quench spy trap, walking Philo, and choking down Dad’s meals.

I know Manny’s not too enthusiastic about this idea, but I love it, so I’ve been working on it anyway.

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