One Night with a Star (Second Chances Book 2) by Farmer Merry

Author:Farmer, Merry [Farmer, Merry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-22T07:00:00+00:00

Maybe it wasn’t the best idea to agree to an interview immediately following the weekend Simon had just had.

“So are you and Daniel’s mother still involved?” the hungry young journalist asked a variation of the same question he’d asked nine times already, leaning across the table in the restaurant as if he and Simon were friends.

“We’re involved in raising Daniel,” Simon answered with as much politeness as he could muster. Thank God for theater school. Yvonne had insisted giving an interview to a top-shelf, respectable magazine right out of the gate after Daniel was discovered was the best way to avoid a seedier version of the story getting out. He’d never been cagey about giving interviews before, but then again, he’d never had so much to lose before.

“But are the two of you planning on, you know, making it official or anything?” the reporter asked on.

“As soon as I know, you’ll be the first person I tell,” Simon gave what he hoped would be a cheeky enough answer to give the young man something to go on.

The man scooted closer, visibly irritated. “But how did you meet her? Was it at a party? Were there drugs involved, like in New York?”

Simon’s pretend casualness hardened. “I don’t do any of that anymore,” he said. “You’d better mention that in your article. I’m completely clean now.”

“Really?” The man didn’t believe him.

“Really,” Simon answered.

“So no more wild parties or crazy vacations or any of that?”

“No.”

“And we’re not going to see you get pulled over or arrested or overdosing?”

“No, no, and definitely no.”

The interviewer huffed out a breath and leaned away from the table. “No one’s going to want to read about Simon Mercer the loving father, you know.”

“That’s their problem.” Yes, Yvonne was definitely going to hear about this waste of his time.

“Can I be honest with you, Simon?” The man leaned forward as if they were friends again.

“Go ahead,” Simon replied, not bothering to hide how over the interview he was.

“You go clean and you can kiss your career goodbye.”

“You think?” Simon asked, unamused.

“Sure,” the interviewer laughed. “You’re whole image is built on being the bad boy. The public hates it when celebs change their image.”

“Fortunately, I’m not living for the public. I’m living for my son, for his mom, for my friends, and the people who care about me.” And that was going to be spun to make him look like an asshole, Simon knew. He wasn’t sure he cared, though. Jenny’s was the only opinion that mattered to him. Well, Daniel’s too, but his son was a little angel.

“What are you going to do about your TV show?” the interviewer asked.

“What do you mean what am I going to do about it?” Simon shrugged. “I’m going to learn my lines, show up for work, and film it.”

“No, I mean about the trouble it’s in.”

Simon froze. “What trouble?”

The interviewer grinned. One of those vicious, Hollywood grins that smelled blood. “You haven’t heard? Rumor has it that the show is in trouble.”

“It was just renewed for a second season,” Simon insisted.

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