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the subject.  Cassie watched her as she was paraded and introduced to several other people in the room.  She found her watching Karin throughout the evening as she herself did the same with Michael and Travis.  She was pleased to see Karin look up and look for her several times as she quickly looked away.  For some reason she found herself blushing at the thought of someone like Karin looking at her and yet she couldn’t help herself from looking back.
     
                  “Hello, what would you like me to write” Nina Lall asked the next person in line giving her one of the smiles she reserved for her public, Karin had taught her well.  She was sitting at the table the manager had set up for her in Barnes and Noble as she waited for her public.  Karin had made sure there was a good showing with all her handiwork in advance, the line stretched the length of the store.
                  “Oh, my name is Janet Hoskins, I don’t know whatever you want to write” Janet enthused thrilled with meeting the author of all her favorite novels. 
                  Karin grinned; this was so typical of her client’s fans.  As Janet went on about the stories she had liked best, Karin opened the book and using her Sharpie Nina wrote ‘Dear Janet, thank you for being a fan, best regards, Nina Lall’  It was simple and most times, depending on the fan, she just wrote her name.  People didn’t realize how exhausting it was to write for hours at a time, hear all the same stories, and deal with the public, over and over.  Many times it was the same but it was all part of the fame thing and Karin knew it was the way to keep them coming back besides writing an excellent story.  Janet thanked her gushing and Nina looked to the next fan, she tried to make each of them feel special and as though they had made an impression on her.  She didn’t want any of them to feel cheated or neglected or that they were the thousandth person that she had heard with the same story or that she had done this way too many times.  Her next fan though surprised her as she looked up into a pair of very pretty gray eyes that weren’t even looking at her much less the book she held in her hands.  She recognized her instantly.
                  “Hello Karin, I’ve come to buy ‘Ominous’” Cassie Summers smiled into her face as she looked over at her standing behind her client.
                  Karin was enchanted.  It wasn’t often she was surprised and this time, delightfully so.  Nell looked from the fan to her promoter; she knew the attraction was there, she too had been at the party last night.  She grinned a real grin this time as she asked “and what would you like me to write?”
                  Cassie shrugged.  To a degree she was in this whole fame thing too although on a different level.  “Why don’t you surprise me?” she challenged.
                  Nina thought for a second as she opened the cover and wrote “Nina Lall” on the first page.  That was all as she handed the book back to Cassie.  Cassie stepped away from the table after thanking Nina to make room for the next fan. 
    Karin stepped away from behind the table “Are you busy later?” she asked boldly.
                  The question surprised Cassie.  It secretly delighted her too.  She hadn’t been sure when she decided to come to this book signing but she was grateful no one recognized her as this was Nina’s moment and not hers.  Her hair pulled back in a ponytail and hanging out of her baseball cap as well as the large black sunglasses helped disguise her.  She had pulled them off as she handed Nina the book.  “No, what did you have in mind?” she asked curious.
                  “I’m outta here in 45 minutes if you’d care to wait?  Maybe...dinner?” Karin asked.  Her heart was beating its way out of her chest and if she wasn’t