Chapter One
For Bob and Melinda Wynn, it was a big night. Maybe the biggest. Bob was a Texas
wildcatter who'd made and lost fortunes and at the moment was flush enough for
his wife to serve as the chairperson of the Cattle Barons Ball, a cancer
fund-raiser that was the hottest ticket among the social elite in Dallas. Bob's
wife, Melinda, was exquisitely beautiful. He wanted the best for her, from
diamonds to clothes (like the Bob Mackie gown she'd had made for the evening) to
social status, which hosting the ball ensured.
Like so many of Bob's endeavors, it appeared to be working. Everyone who was
anyone in Dallas was on the grounds outside of Southfork, the epicenter of so
much sex, sleaze, and scandal on television's highest-rated series. It was
exciting, like being on a Hollywood set. Even better, a fleet of helicopters
swooped in, circling overhead, and then it began to rain money —
one-hundred-dollar bills.
Within moments they knew that each helicopter carried one of the stars from
Dallas and that I was in the lead chopper, the guy in the white Stetson
who was tossing out handfuls of the one ... read full excerpt from Hello Darlin': Tall (and Absolutely True Tales about My Life ebook
