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"Follow along with me as I explain things to you." His boss smoothed out the fax
he'd been clutching. "For the past two years, lord only knows why, Olive Bunce
has been the top mystery thriller writer in the nation. Her latest compilation
of tripe, Red Blood Reigns, has been on the lamebrained Times best-seller list
for untold eons. The paperback of her Blood upon the Rose is already #2 on the
--"

"It jumped to #1 this past weekend. But, be that as it may, Lex, I won't be--"

"Let me make two very important points. Firstly, Olive Bunce's contract with
Blitzkrieg Books is about to expire. She is now being courted by just about
every major publisher."

"I hear Barson & Sons offered her $42,000,000 for her next three --"

"We can match any offer those nitwits make. In fact, we'll top anybody's offer,"
the publisher assured him as he came inching forward. "And we have an ace in the
hole in you."

"Nope, not an ace. A Jack or a Queen, maybe a ten, but --"

"She loves you, doesn't she?"

"Loved. Years in the past. Maybe."

"I'm betting she still does. Those college romances are intense and never
forgotten."

"We only dated for about one semester, Lex, and I'm sorry now I ever mentioned
it to you. The thing is, we weren't exactly Scott and Zelda or--"

"But you slept with her, didn't you?"

"I don't feel like discussing my long ago sex life with you. I've been married
for better than fifteen years and --"

"And damn lucky you are. If it wasn't for Natalie I wouldn't even have found out
about this terrific opportunity for us to beat all the opposition."

"Natalie? What does my wife have to do with this?"

"Natalie. bless her pretty blonde head, sent me this." He fluttered the fax.

"What is it?"

"It's the final notice from the Class of '68 Committee of the Bayshore College
Alumni Association. If you don't send your money in by this Friday, Rog, you'll
miss the 25th Reunion. It's being held at the palatial Hotel Fairview, nestled
high in the Bayshore hills and overlooking beautiful San Francisco Bay."