Bring Me Fire by Emily Stone Page A

answering. "Hello," she said, even though she had looked at the screen and knew who it was.
    " I've been trying to call you all week!!!" her sister screeched. "I want to know everything. Like, every last detail. Leave nothing out. Can I put you on speaker phone? Abby and Sophie are here. Let me put you on speaker phone."
    " No, don’t put me on speaker phone."
    " Really? They’re dying to hear about it, too. First-hand."
    " Honestly, Robin? There isn’t a whole lot to tell. They’re going to be disappointed. So don’t put me on speaker phone."
    " Okay, okay, fine. I’ll tell them myself when we get off the phone. So, what is he LIKE?"
A weirdo , Sky thought. But she couldn’t bring herself to tell her sister that. Especially knowing her two friends were there, waiting to hear whatever it was she had to say. She wondered why things could never just go smoothly. She’d been so thrilled to get this job and have this opportunity to work with some truly amazing art, and she hadn’t only been there a couple of weeks before her boss was trying to give her advice that didn’t even really make much sense. She felt a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, not quite dread, but something closer to disappointment. Couldn’t things ever just go how you planned them? No, she decided, probably not, because if that were the case, then she’d still be working at Prelude .
    " And more importantly," Robin continued, "when can I meet him? I told all my friends that you’re working for them, and none of them can believe it! I mean, part of the reason Abby and Soph came over is because they don’t totally believe me! They wanted to hear you say it on speaker. We’re having a Josh Davis movie night this weekend. We’re going to watch both his movies, back to back. Maybe twice."
    Sky stifled a laugh. "Okay," she said. "Have fun with that."
    " So are you going to tell me anything? I want all the details."
    " Robin, there really isn’t that much to tell. He’s not around a lot. I’m working with the art collection. If you want to hear about that, I can tell you plenty on that topic, but that’s about it."
    " I don’t really want to hear about the art. Well, you only just started; I’m sure that you’ll start seeing him more. I’m sure you’ll discover all sorts of interesting things to tell me about."
    For a second, Sky considered mentioning the secret room. Robin might even have some sort of educated guess as to what might be in there. But she knew if she did, Robin would in turn tell her friends, there would be endless speculation, one of them might even post something online. 
    "But maybe you could get a picture?" Robin was asking. "Just one? That’s not asking too much, is it? There haven’t been any new pictures of him going around in a long time. That would be pretty awesome."
    " He seems pretty camera shy. And I’m not going to try to take his photo without him realizing."
    " Ugh, come on, Sky! You can totally get a picture . Am I going to have to come there and get it myself?"
"Don’t you dare," Sky said sharply. "Do you want me to get fired?"
"No, of course not! But I don’t think that I’m asking too much. Do you know how many girls would die to be able to have your job? And the worst part is, you don’t even know who he is!"
    " Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you."
    " Ugh, I wish you could just get one picture! How does he look? I’m sure he’s still gorgeous, but it’s been years since any new photographs of him have surfaced online. Trust me, I’ve looked."
    " What is it about him that people are so obsessed with? I mean, he stopped acting years ago, so why are people still freaking out about this?"
    " Because! That’s part of the reason why. Where did he go? Why did he leave? What has he been doing? I just don’t understand why someone who was so successful, who could’ve been like the biggest movie star of all time, would just walk away from something like that. It doesn’t really make