The Thing about Men
Excerpt
Chapter One
"What do you mean the chicken is still alive?"
Claire Willoughby gaped at her producer in stark-staring
terror, her mind racing with all the ramifications the live
chicken brought with it. And there were plenty. "It can't still
be alive," she said. "I have to cook it on camera in thirty
minutes. How's it going to go from cage to frying pan, unless
we ... "
The rest of that statement didn't even bear thinking about,
let alone speaking aloud. Especially not by a woman wearing
beige Ann Taylor separates and ivory Bandolino pumps.
"Sorry, Claire, but there must have been a mix-up in the
directions," her producer, Nina Ritchie, replied without a
hint of apology as she lit a new cigarette with the still-burning
butt of her last one.
The set for the show was supposed to be smoke-free, but
the first time Claire had reminded Nina of that, Nina had set
fire to a trash can in the women's room in what she swore was
an accident that occurred while she was trying to put out the offending cigarette. So Claire didn't mention her producer's
cigarette now. She didn't want to put the good ... read full excerpt from Thing About Men, The ebook
