I really find this quite amusing to believe." Rood was laughing, his face quite exuberant from all that wine. "That you, a librarian, moonlighting as an escort, an avid fan of my work, is on a professional date with me... I've never had this experience before, from any of the escorts I hired.""It's rather strange for me too." She laughed along with him, emboldened by the wine. "I would have never dreamt of even meeting you in a book signing convention, let alone being on a date with you... my first try at this, and... wow!""The situational set up sort of reminds me of some of my very early work," Rood shook his head. "When I was struggling to make it in this competitive business of writing.""Oh, would I have read any of them?""Don't think so, I wrote them under a pseudonym, and they weren't what one would label works of literary accomplishment... a far, far cry from what I do today.""Could you tell me about those books." She looked at him eagerly. "I'd like to read them, if I may
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