Stolen (Wild Woods Book 3) by Jason Collins

Author:Jason Collins [Collins, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

“So? What are you thinking for today’s shoot, boss?” Tommy was sitting across from me in the café. “Anything come to you last night?”

Here it was. The moment of truth.

The moment when I had to admit that I truly had no idea what the next photoshoot was going to be. Despite my best efforts, I hadn’t really been able to come up with much, and certainly nothing that I’d be proud to show Tommy or the rest of the photography team.

“Oh, you know, just the usual.”

“Just the usual?” Tommy leaned in, like he wanted to soak in my every word.

His eagerness to hear what I had to say was the straw that broke the camel’s back. “Fine, Tommy! I don’t have anything! Is that what you wanted to hear?”

“What? Why would I want to hear that?” Tommy frowned. “We’re on the same team, boss. If things go wrong with this photoshoot, it’s going to come down on my head, too.”

“I know. You’re right. I’m sorry for taking my shit out on you.” I nodded toward the coffee station. “You want me to get you something to drink? I could also get you a plate of whatever Bradley’s cooking up for breakfast.”

“No, thanks. The only thing I want cooked up is a plan for how to fix this.”

“Right, you’re right again.” I let out a heavy sigh. “Maybe we should look online for inspiration?”

“Did someone say inspiration?” Diego appeared seemingly out of nowhere and took a seat at the table next to me.

“You got something to pitch, Diego? Because we’re all ears.” Tommy turned toward him.

But Diego quickly shook his head. “No. Not a pitch for an idea. A pitch for how to get an idea.”

“I’m not sure I follow.”

“Yeah, I don’t think I follow, either, Diego,” I added. “What are you talking about right now?”

“Pass the ball!” Diego shouted as he stood up from the table. “Pass the ball! Chris! Andrew! Keith!”

The rest of the guys hurried down the hall, not stopping until they were standing in front of our table.

“Pass the ball? Who needs us to pass the ball?”

“Leo, our fearless leader. And Tommy, our captain who will go down with his ship.” Diego pointed to both of us, as if the other guys had no idea who we were. “They desperately need our help to come up with an idea for the next photoshoot.”

“I think you’re making it sound more dire than it is—” I started.

“If we don’t come up with something, they’ll lose their livelihoods!” Diego interrupted. “They’ll lose their homes! Their loved ones will all abandon them for being failures!”

“Yeah, okay, that’s a bit dramatic—” I stopped myself, mid-sentence, realizing that pushing back on this was going to be a lost cause. “But I do love the energy. Still don’t know what passing a ball is going to do for us, though.”

“It’s going to open up your mind.” Chris offered me two thumbs up before he hurried back down the hall. “I’m going to grab a ball! I’ll be right back!”

“Trust me.

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