Famous by Todd Strasser

Author:Todd Strasser
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2011-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

MARCH OF TENTH GRADE, SEVENTH DAY OF SPRING VACATION IN LA

I’M SITTING IN THE PINK POWDER ROOM IN WILLOW’S MANSION—a digital gold mine in my hands—hearing voices in my head.

Me: “Can I really do this? Destroy Willow’s career in order to advance mine?”

Carla: “Darling, are you crazy? This is your ticket. Everything you’ve dreamed of since day one. People would kill for this kind of opportunity. You think if it was the other way around—if Willow Twine needed to wreck your career to advance her own—she’d hesitate for a second?”

“But Willow and I are friends.”

“Oh, please! You’ve known her for exactly one week.”

“You don’t know. You haven’t been out here with us.”

“My dear, they were calling me an old-timer in this business back when you were still in Pampers. I’ve seen and heard it all. Believe me, I know.”

My BlackBerry vibrates. I slide it out of my pocket and check the number. Speak of the devil. It’s Carla. I almost answer, but something stops me. We spoke yesterday. She said we’d speak again when I got back to New York. So why is she suddenly calling?

Instead of answering, I let the phone take a message and then listen to it. “Jamie, sweetheart. Wuzzup, girl? So listen, there’s a rumor going around that Willow was partying with old Rexxy last night. Any truth to that? You wouldn’t happen to have any shots, would you? Let me know, because those shots could be worth their weight in gold.”

Huh? I stare at the BlackBerry, seriously puzzled. This is totally beyond strange. How in the world could Carla know that Willow and Rex were partying last night? That was supposed to be top top secret.

The BlackBerry rings again. This time it’s Edie McGovern, one of the editors from the Weekly Dish website. Again I don’t answer and wait instead to listen to the message. “Hey, Jamie, s’up, babe? Heard you’re out in LA hanging with Willow. Any truth to the rumor she was out with Rex last night? We’d give any pix you’ve got big money and big play. Here’s my direct line in case you don’t have it.”

Even as I listen to this message, another call is coming in, and I listen to that message next. It’s from Suzie Feld at the gossip website Hear It Here First. “Jamie, darling, listen, there’s word on the street that you may have hit the mother lode. Whatever you do, talk to me before you sell those shots to anyone else. I could make this huge for you. Call me as soon as you get this message. I’m giving you my personal cell phone number, the one I never give out.”

I’ve hardly finished listening to that message when the phone vibrates again. It’s Carla. “Jamie, what’s going on out there? I’m swamped with calls about these photos you’re supposed to have. They’re going nuts. I’m getting offers sight unseen. You have to call me immediately.”

The phone keeps vibrating, but I stop paying attention. How do all

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