Bell, Book, and Scandal by Churchill Jill

Author:Churchill, Jill [Churchill, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Mel’s second speech was even better than the first because he’d had plenty of time to prepare it. After it was done, his cell phone rang again and he took the call, then told Jane that he was leaving the hotel without staying the second night.

“That call didn’t have something to do with Zac, did it?“ Jane asked.

“No. It’s a simple shoplifting a few doors down from here. I’m back on duty.“

On the one hand, Jane hated to see him go. On the other hand, she was hoping that there would still be something interesting to learn if she stuck out the rest of the conference.

Unfortunately, the Strausmanns hadn’t gone home. At the snack supper Vernetta was dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and Gaylord was adorned with sheets of aluminum foil, pasted together with duct tape, being the Tin Man.

“They should be locked up in some institution,“ Shelley said. “At least Vernetta should. Gaylord made the mistake of sitting down and has already split the back of his pants and looks deeply embarrassed. Poor man. Those are some flashy undies he’s wearing.“

“Rich man, you mean,“ Jane said. “He’s going to live in his wife’s mansion and drive a Mercedes. He might even buy a flock of them in every color. Letting himself be made a fool in public isn’t such a high price to pay.“

“I’ll bet he becomes fed up with it soon,“ Shelley predicted. “I’d bet good money that he runs off with a shy, blonde, seventeen-year-old anorexic bimbo within a year. Maybe two years. He’ll probably be allowed to keep ownership of half the house and all of the cars.“

“Do you really think so?“

“I can but hope,“ Shelley said. “Let’s go to a real dinner. I can’t bear to be in the same room with these people.“

“Okay by me,“ Jane said. As they were heading for the nicest of the hotel restaurants, she said, “I don’t understand it. Vernetta doesn’t even know how to speak English. And I’d guess she has no idea how to spell anything over four letters long. She’s so utterly ignorant about human nature. Except her own, of course. How could she possibly write a good novel? It seems to me that making up characters that seem real, especially if they’re nothing like the writer who creates them, is the essence of fiction.“

“That’s exactly what I’ve been wondering. I wonder if it simply has a lot of really good sex scenes.“

“Shelley!“ Jane exclaimed. “Do you really suppose so?“

Shelley shrugged. “Who could guess? Maybe we should look it up if it’s still somewhere on the Internet.“

“I don’t think I could stand to read it,“ Jane said. “Good sex scenes or not. Come to think of it, we don’t even know where to look. I’ve never heard what it’s titled. I wonder if Felicity knows. She hasn’t read it but she said some of her friends had attempted to wade through it. Anyway, since it’s been sold to a real publisher, it’s probably been removed from the site, wouldn’t you imagine?“

“Maybe so.

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