The Story Between Them by Molly O'Keefe

Author:Molly O'Keefe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY MINUTES, two cups of coffee and three false starts later, she finally managed to dial Kerry Waldo’s number. The pencil between her fingers smacked into the edge of the desk and her knee beneath the desk bounced like a wind-up toy.

Nervous much? she thought, wishing she could laugh at herself. Then the ringing stopped midring and a cold sweat bloomed over her forehead.

“Kerry Waldo,” Kerry said in her no-nonsense way.

“Where’s Waldo?” Jennifer said, an old joke between them. Kerry was quiet and Jennifer winced in the silence and put her head in her free hand. Stupid joke. It had always been a stupid joke.

“Jennifer?” Kerry asked. “Is that you?”

“It’s me.”

“You better be calling to say you’re ready to go to work, because I don’t have time to chat.”

Jennifer smiled. Good old Waldo.

“I’m ready to work,” Jennifer said.

“Excellent, I’ve got about four stories I could use your touch on. Two of them are edits, but we’ll give you a—”

“I’ve got my own story,” Jennifer said. “I’ve got a big story.”

Kerry paused and Jennifer heard the squeal of her desk chair and she could picture Waldo sitting back, kicking one foot up on the edge of her desk.

“How big?”

“Biggest thing I’ve ever done.”

Kerry whistled. “Gonna need some details.”

“It’s the Annabelle Greer follow-up.”

“Excellent. What’s the angle?”

Jennifer swore under her breath. She did not want to do this. Kerry hated sensationalism and everything about Ian Greer was sensational up to this point.

“Okay,” she said and squared her shoulders. “Remember you trust me.”

“Now you’re making me nervous. Give me something or we’re—”

“Ian Greer.”

There was a long pause, a deadly pause. “Ian ‘sexiest man alive’ Greer?”

“Yes.”

“Ian ‘supposed to be in rehab’ Greer?”

“Ye—”

“Ian ‘son of the former President of the United States of America’ Greer?”

“Yes.” Jennifer blew out a long breath. “I get it, Kerry, it’s not my usual thing. But this is a real story.”

“Says Ian Greer?”

“Says Ian Greer and me.”

On the other end Jennifer heard something that sounded like a door being slammed shut.

“Kerry, I don’t even need a soft yes,” she said quickly, trying to stop whatever tirade was coming. “I’ll write the piece and send it to you. You get first—”

“What are you doing, Jennifer?” Kerry asked. “And I’m not asking as your producer, I am asking as your friend.”

“What do you mean?” She tried to play dumb, but it didn’t work.

“I mean, you are tying your name, your career, to a sinking ship. The guy is supposed to be in rehab after showing up drunk at Annabelle’s memorial. Two years ago you wouldn’t have touched this with a ten-foot pole.”

“I know it’s risky, but this story is astonishing.”

“But is it real?” Kerry asked. “What if this guy is wrapping you up in a lie.”

“He’s not,” she said definitively.

“Be sure, Jennifer. You’ve already compromised your career, don’t do it again for this guy. Be sure that Ian isn’t going to drag you down to his level.”

Jennifer shook off the sting of Kerry’s all-too-true words and the bone-deep worry that maybe, just maybe, Ian was no better than he had to be.

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