Typist #2 - Spanking the Billionaire Novelist by Strong Mimi

Author:Strong, Mimi [Strong, Mimi]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ORLY Press
Published: 2012-12-07T06:00:00+00:00

The band played until dusk, and then a trio of clowns appeared to make balloon animals for the kids who hadn't yet fallen asleep in their sleeping bags.

As the clowns were finishing, the fireworks started. All four of us lay on our backs on the blanket, enjoying the show high overhead, laughing at the crowd's oohs and aahs and then eventually joining in with our own.

After the fireworks, some of the families with younger kids packed up and went home. The crowd thinned, with many of the teenagers running off to find trouble. With everyone in the park, they had the run of the town, and they knew it.

We stayed right where we were, since we were already in a prime position. The movie would be playing on a screen over the band stage.

The movie was Ghostbusters, which I'd never seen before.

Smith stared at me, his mouth dropped open in exaggerated shock.

“I know of the movie,” I said. “It's just … kinda old.”

Callum grinned at me and said, “His generation thinks eighties movies are the best.”

Cassie asked Smith, “Did you have a Ghostbusters lunch box?”

“Ha ha,” Smith said. “Everybody gang up on the old guy. Don't get me started, or I'll regale you all with my tales of 'When I was a kid.'”

I squeezed his knee. “I'm sure it wasn't that different from today, although the transition to horseless carriages must have been exciting.”

“Ha ha,” he said again. “When I was a kid ...” He paused, as though waiting for someone to stop him, but we didn't. I couldn't speak for the others, but I was genuinely interested. He continued, “When I was a kid, if you wanted to rent a movie, you also rented a VCR to watch it on. They were so expensive, people didn't buy their own, not for the first few years.”

Callum said, “That doesn't seem very convenient.”

“It wasn't, but it made movie night kind of a big deal. You had to plan for it, like an event.” He looked around the dwindling crowd of people in the park. “Not like this, but you get the idea. Now people watch movies on their phones.”

“And read books on their phones,” Cassie said.

“That's right.” He smiled. “The only downside to ebooks is I can't see the cover, so I can't tell if someone in a public place is reading one of mine.”

“Aww,” Cassie said.

“I know.” He pretended to pout.

After a moment, I smacked him on the arm. “Smith Wittingham! You made me feel sorry for you, you scammer! You're a mega bestseller, and I'm sure everybody here in this town owns one or more of your books. Don't make that pouty face. You don't deserve to.”

He laughed and rubbed his hands together like an evil supervillain.

Cassie said to me, “I'm glad you call him on his nonsense.” To Smith, she said, “This one's a keeper. Don't you dare frighten her away.”

Callum said, “And don't mess with her head.”

I held up my hand to stop things before they got embarrassing.

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