Stephen had always figured Tommy would do as he predicted, using his financial leverage along with his decent looks—though not as handsome as himself—to hit on this actress named Sandra Block, who had only appeared in a couple of low-budget indie films.
But as it turned out, he had guessed wrong again, because Tommy, the bastard, was calling Zoey Winters from the CS group, his voice filled with meekness and fawning:
"Zoey, are you still busy?"
"Who is this?" On the other end of the line, Zoey didn't even recognize Tommy's voice and asked back with confusion and impatience.
With a sycophantic smile on his face, Tommy insincerely said, "It's me, your dearest..."
"Don't call me again, I'll report you for malicious harassment, sir, and I'll say it one more time, no matter what you offer, I will not take down that news report." Zoey didn't wait for Tommy to finish and snapped back irritably before abruptly hanging up.
