Karma Kitty Goes to Comic Con by Mancusi Mari

Author:Mancusi, Mari [Mancusi, Mari]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-05-02T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“And then what?”

“Then I left,” Hailey concluded with a shrug, sawing at her waffle with strawberries and extra whipped cream the next day at breakfast. “Went back to my hotel room, raided the mini bar and passed out, surrounded by little empty bottles of booze.” She shoveled waffle into her mouth, a vain attempt to use fat and calories to soak up her inner pain.

“That's a very anticlimactic story,” Thomas pouted. He took a sip of the Starbucks latte he'd insisted on smuggling into the restaurant after one sip of the place's home brew the morning before. “I was hoping for fireworks. At least multiple orgasms.”

“If only that stupid ninja didn't show up,” she said, leaning back in her chair and letting out a sigh. “Why oh why do I get myself into these messes? I should have let Hiro Kim to face his enemies himself instead of getting involved. What possessed me to take on a gaggle of ninjas in the first place?”

Thomas reached over to pat her on the hand. “Well, I thought what you did was very brave.”

“Whoopdie do.” Hailey twirled her finger in the air. “Bravery, for the win and all that. Fat lot of good it'll do me. Hiro didn't even bother to thank me for putting my ass on the line. And let's face it; the guy could probably finance a small country. Shouldn't I, his kitty in shining pleather, now be entitled to a piece of that action?”

“Maybe he'll name a pirate character after you,” Thomas comforted. “Besides, I'm sure he was appreciative. He just doesn't speak the language.”

“Maybe...”

“Anyway, if you're done your self pity party, take a look at this.” Thomas pulled out a sheaf of paper from the middle of his Comic Con program. “Someone handed it to me on the way in. According to this, Darken Pictures is scheduled to make some major announcement at ten this morning. I'm betting it's a new comic movie they're working on. Aren't you dying to know what it is?”

“No.” Hailey sniffed. “Not in the least.”

“Oh liar, liar, pants on fire,” Thomas scolded. “You're just bitter 'cause Collin works at Darken. But come on! Don't you want to see which sad sack comic book artist they suckered into selling his soul to Hollywood this time around?”

She considered it. “Maybe a little. But we're standing way in the back. I so don't want Collin to think I'm stalking him or something.”

“Great.” Thomas glanced at his watch. “Nine thirty. We'd better head over to the convention hall if we don't want to miss it.”

They paid for their breakfast and headed to the Javits Center. .Once inside, they had to push through the already gathering crowd until they go to the outer limits of the flashy Darken Pictures booth. They needn't have worried about being spotted, Hailey realized, looking around. There were probably a thousand people, milling about, waiting for the big announcement.

The folks at Darken had set up a makeshift stage at the top of

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