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game is he playing with me
now? she wondered.   “I hope you aren’t implying that I’m a chatterbox.”
    “Why would I think that?   Because you returned from a day at the beach with a
sunburned tongue?   Or because you
always get the last word in, even with an echo?”
    She clenched her jaw and shook her fist at him, but he only
grinned.   Brant was the one who turned
into a great talker when he was on the air, yet he knew how to make her look
like the motor mouth.   Well, she’d show
him that she could handle the heat!
    “Excuse me, Brant, while I go get another cup of
coffee.   I need to steady my nerves
before I take another look at that wild tropical print shirt you’re wearing.”
    His expression changed into surprise as he looked down at
his shirt.   “Gee, Lindsay, I wore this
shirt to impress you.   I figured you’d
like it since it’s loud.   Don’t you?”
    “Well—it looks better without my glasses.”   She took off the stylish pair of silver
wire-framed glasses she only wore for reading small print as in their scripts.   They weren’t using scripts now.   She wasn’t sure she liked the impromptu
personal banter that Brant tossed at her.
    “Friends, so far I’m batting zero with my beautiful
partner,” Brant said.   “If anyone has
suggestions or can help me convince Lindsay to go on a date with me, I’d love
to hear from you.”
    Almost immediately all the phone lines started
flashing.   Lindsay was confused.   Did he really want to go out with her?   If so, then why did he regret kissing her?
    It was easy to see that Brant enjoyed himself as he started
talking with callers on the air.   “Hi.   Can you think of a good
reason why Lindsay should go out with me?” he asked the first caller who was a
female.
    “Sure.   You have a
sexy voice.   Besides, you sound like a
nice guy.   Lindsay, give him a break!”
    She gulped.   Already
he won listeners over to his side.   She
felt as if she accidentally painted herself into a corner.   Quickly she scrawled a note that read, I
DON’T THINK THIS IS FUNNY, and handed it to Brant while a second caller pleaded
his case for him.   Brant took the pencil
out of her hand and wrote, THE AUDIENCE IS PARTICIPATING AND ENJOYING PLAYING
CUPID.   BE A GOOD SPORT.   She shot him an “I’ll get you back for this”
glance and was relieved when soon it was time for the local news.
    When she and Brant could take a short break, she reprimanded
him for putting her on the spot.   “I hate
working without a script.   And why are
you so intent on besting me?   We’re
supposed to work together .”
    “Why are you upset?   Our listeners responded favorably to my approach.”
    “You’re a sneaky one, Brant Diamond, but I know what you’re
up to.   I wouldn’t go along with your
plan to pose as a couple, so you decided to find another way to achieve the
same type of results by pretending to pursue me.”
    “Who said I’m pretending?”
    She didn’t reply, but instead pointed out, “Do you realize
what you’ve done?   Now people will pay
close attention, expecting to watch a romance blossom between you and me.”
    “You’re right.   And
you wouldn’t want to disappoint our fans, would you?”   Forgetting that he vowed not to get involved
with her, he winked at her before he left.

 
    CHAPTER FOUR

 
    Rain drummed viciously against the large window as Lindsay
stood several days later in WBKB’s spacious lobby and gazed at the thick clouds
which hung like a dull gray blanket pulled over the sky.   The wet drops spattered on the glass and
caused the buildings across the street along with the slowly moving traffic to
appear blurred.
    “The rain doesn’t seem like it’ll ever stop, does it?” came
a husky voice from behind her.
    Turning, she saw Tony D’Marco , the
congenial sportscaster at WBKB.   He
wasn’t very tall, but he was handsome with his thick, wavy black hair, dark
brown eyes, patrician nose and a