up and down and clapping her hands and so were a lot of the writers, eager to pull for an underdog.
But he never made it closer than third. Still, cheers went up for a rookie who had done so well.
Suddenly Liz found herself surrounded by journalists clamoring to set up interviews. Rick Castles’s finish was worthy of a feature story.
“Say, why don’t you call down on your radio and get him up here for an interview?” someone suggested. Others agreed.
Liz felt stupid not to have her own headset and radio. She’d seen how a lot of other PR reps had them to keep in touch with the crew chief, but that was something she just hadn’t thought about. Boy, did she have her homework cut out for her.
“Radio wasn’t working,” she said with an exaggerated shrug. “I’ll just go get him.” She passed the food tables, laden with sandwiches and fried chicken. “He’ll probably be hungry, anyway, since his garage space is far away from the food like the rest of the rookies.”
A writer helping himself to cake squares gave her a strange look. “What are you talking about?”
“The rookies. They aren’t near the food. They have to earn it, you know.”
Others, overhearing, turned to stare.
“The rookies,” she repeated lamely, wondering what was wrong. “They aren’t near the food like the top drivers.”
“Would you please explain that?” the one with the heaping plate of cake squares asked, a slow grin spreading across his face. “I mean, what does being a rookie have to do with being near food?”
Stiffly, defensively, Liz said, “That’s what I was told by the garage guard my first day when I asked where I’d find my driver. He said he’d be in the back, not up front with the hot dogs. I asked somebody what that meant, and they said rookies weren’t near the food stands, and—”
As the room exploded with laughter, Liz slapped her forehead and groaned to remember just who that somebody was.
The mechanic under the car.
Also known as Rick Castles.
And once again he’d made her look like a fool.
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