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“go-getter” and is next on the list for a promotion. I think he’s been a great addition to our firm. Not just because I found him, either. His evident ambition and hard work remind me of myself years ago. For Elle’s benefit, I add, “The hospital is so thrilled that Billy wanted to participate in the event. The press release went out yesterday and they emailed me a PDF of the program, which looks great. The actual event is the easy part.”
    “Excellent. Then I won’t worry about you taking over the Nintendo account and spearheading their new 3D system launch party next month. The executives are coming in for a status meeting on Thursday. At first I thought it might be too much, even for you, but you’ve clearly got things under control. Let me know what you need…” I think Elle keeps talking but…
What?!
When did I agree to take over the Nintendo account? That’s a huge responsibility, and I have Billy’s movie launch next month, not to mention all my regular clients. Nintendo is a major client, and I specialize in individual talent, not the corporate side.
    “So I hope Melissa is going to be okay,” Jeff says.
    I come back to reality in time to hear the nails going into my proverbial coffin.
    “Yeah, apparently her doctor had been concerned for a while and did more tests,” Elle says. “The baby is going to be fine, but Melissa is going to be on bed rest for the remainder of her pregnancy.”
    “But that’s three more months!” I exclaim. Melissa was going to take her maternity leave
after
the Nintendo launch.
    “I know. Somehow staying in bed for three months seems more stressful than just taking it easy. Melissa even said her husband was only going to let her have her BlackBerry for an hour every day,” Elle adds in a horrified whisper.
    “She was joking,” I say with certainty. Melissa is just like me, Elle, and everyone else in our industry. We wouldn’t survive without our smartphones; I know I would have a visceral reaction to rival any drug withdrawal if I lost mine.
    After properly dwelling on Melissa’s three-month-plus exile, I speed back to my office, my mind going a million miles a minute. Here’s the thing: I’m a good publicist, and I know what needs to be done for Nintendo, but with Billy’s account (when did he become just “Billy” in my head?) and all the side planning for the Tribe of Hope event, not to mention my regular clients, the Nintendo thing—a launch for a couple hundred major gaming journalists and celebrity guests, complete with food and entertainment, that should be exciting enough for celebrities to actually
stay at
till the end—is a major overload for one person to handle. There are just not enough hours in the day. But as the daughter of Dennis andJeanne Atwater, I am not someone who backs down from a challenge.
    Yes, I considered talking to Elle earlier, but there was never a good time. Plus I hate to ask for help. I can do this. Somehow it always works out.
    Following an emergency strategy meeting with Tru—and a plaintive message left on Jacob’s voicemail with a brief rundown of my new “client” and the fresh drain on my free time—I sit down at my computer. And without another thought to my personal life, I hunker down to get things moving forward for Billy Fox, Nintendo, and everyone but myself on the list.
    I come up for air around 8:30 P.M . when the cleaning lady knocks politely on my office door to empty the wastebasket. The office is almost spookily quiet, deserted by all but the few working with me on my projects.
    “Tru?!” I yell out my door from behind my desk. She leans back in her chair from her cubicle across the hall and raises her bohemian-thick eyebrows in question. I see the telltale white earbuds peeking out from behind her wavy brown hair and raise my voice. “Go home. We’ll get caught up with all this stuff tomorrow. Okay?”
    Then I see Jeff walking around the corner with a stack of press clippings. “Jeff, you

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