When I approached the dinner table, three rather shocked faces were staring at me. I sat down to my dinner nonchalantly, and looked around the table. The only face not looking surprised was Johnny's. He was sitting there, smiling ear to ear, and casually said.
"Well, here's the future star right now."
I told him not to tell Ben, Sue, and Father about the advertising deal with Schwippes. I was not sure how they would take it. What Johnny did burned me up.
"Johnny, do you remember what I requested of you in my room?!"
"Not to tell these guys? Sure. But, they were going to find out anyway. And, Reed kept bothering me about the letter."
Johnny could be your best buddy in the whole world sometimes, but there were other times where he would turn on you, and become the biggest rat one could ever know. I turned to Father, and interrogated him.
"Father? Did you know about the letter?"
"Why yes I did Mary. It so happens that I spotted Johnny bringing in a letter today on one of the security monitors in the Watch Room. You know how I am about any mail that comes into the premises of the Baxter Building." He responded.
"I tried to tell him that if it was something suspicious, we could tell from the envelope." Johnny quirked.
"That is not the case sometimes, lad. Most villains are ingenious enough to make the envelope as normal looking as ever." Father said back to Johnny.
Then Father turned to me, and said.
"Mary, I don't mind you advertising Schwippes Ginger Ale at all, as long as we get one thing straight. You are going to contribute half the money to the team treasury?"
One could have sworn from his tone that he was trying to say.
"You BETTER give up not just one half, but TWO THIRDS of your money!"
"Father, I will be more than happy to give up half the money I make to the treasury. After all, some of it does go to the work you and I cooperate on in the lab."
It was kind-of odd after that. I was almost expecting everyone to be in more of a shock about my being a new spokesperson. But, it is amazing how a ton of money can put one at ease.
"Well, here's the future star right now."
I told him not to tell Ben, Sue, and Father about the advertising deal with Schwippes. I was not sure how they would take it. What Johnny did burned me up.
"Johnny, do you remember what I requested of you in my room?!"
"Not to tell these guys? Sure. But, they were going to find out anyway. And, Reed kept bothering me about the letter."
Johnny could be your best buddy in the whole world sometimes, but there were other times where he would turn on you, and become the biggest rat one could ever know. I turned to Father, and interrogated him.
"Father? Did you know about the letter?"
"Why yes I did Mary. It so happens that I spotted Johnny bringing in a letter today on one of the security monitors in the Watch Room. You know how I am about any mail that comes into the premises of the Baxter Building." He responded.
"I tried to tell him that if it was something suspicious, we could tell from the envelope." Johnny quirked.
"That is not the case sometimes, lad. Most villains are ingenious enough to make the envelope as normal looking as ever." Father said back to Johnny.
Then Father turned to me, and said.
"Mary, I don't mind you advertising Schwippes Ginger Ale at all, as long as we get one thing straight. You are going to contribute half the money to the team treasury?"
One could have sworn from his tone that he was trying to say.
"You BETTER give up not just one half, but TWO THIRDS of your money!"
"Father, I will be more than happy to give up half the money I make to the treasury. After all, some of it does go to the work you and I cooperate on in the lab."
It was kind-of odd after that. I was almost expecting everyone to be in more of a shock about my being a new spokesperson. But, it is amazing how a ton of money can put one at ease.