Break of Day by Mari Madison

Author:Mari Madison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-06-22T18:13:38+00:00

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After she left I tried to go back to sleep, back to my delicious dreams. But after tossing and turning for twenty minutes I finally gave up, deciding to shower and dress and head to work instead. Three coffees and a massive breakfast burrito later, I was wandering through the newsroom, which was hustling and bustling with people getting ready for the six AM newscast. I yawned, trying to imagine what it would have been like if Piper had gotten this job instead. Would she have been happier in the end? The hours would have sucked, of course. But she wouldn’t have had to deal with me.

“Well, well, now there’s a sight I didn’t expect to see at this hour.”

I looked up, stifling a groan as my eyes met none other than my mother herself, standing in the doorway of Richard’s office. Her own office was a few flights upstairs, but whenever she wanted to feel “at one” with the station she’d commandeer the news director’s space as her own. Something I’m sure Richard wasn’t super thrilled with, by any stretch of the imagination. He was a good guy. Fair, honest, just trying to stay under the radar and run his ship. The last thing he needed was interference from the ship’s micromanaging owner.

“Hey, Mom,” I said, changing course to head in her direction. Because what else could I do? “You’re here awfully early yourself.”

She shrugged. “The place isn’t going to run itself.” Then her eyes locked on me. “We need to talk.”

She stepped aside, nodding her head to the entrance of Richard’s office. I sighed, realizing I had no choice but to step inside. After surveying the room, I chose the chair behind Richard’s desk—the power seat—and plopped down onto it, propping my feet up on his desk. It was a small act of defiance, but it did make me feel a little better to watch my mother relegated to the visitor’s seat, a crinkle of annoyance creasing her brow.

“What’s up, Mom?” I asked innocently, though I had a pretty good idea what she was about to say. My mother was nothing if not predictable.

Mom reached for Richard’s desk, prying a newspaper out from under my feet. I watched as she flipped to the society page then handed it over to me. Glancing down I realized it was an article from the Inside Track, the local gossip column that I had been featured in far too many times over the years, thanks to my exploits. And sure enough, once again, my mug was smirking back at me from the page.

Who is the mysterious woman who emerged from the women’s bathroom with a certain weatherman on her arm? Is there a new storm brewing in San Diego? Or maybe a heat wave?

I groaned. “Don’t they have any real news to cover?” I asked, tossing the paper back on the desk.

My mother scowled. “This is real news, Asher. You caused an absolute scene in front of everyone. Including Sarah’s

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