Goodbye Mr Hollywood. John Escott

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      Goodbye, Mr Hollywood

      GOODBYE, MR HOLLYWOOD

      ‘The girl suddenly took Nick’s face between her hands, and kissed him on the mouth. “Drive carefully, Mr Hollywood. Goodbye,” she said, with a big, beautiful smile. Then she turned and walked quickly away.’

      Nick Lortz doesn’t understand. He only met the girl ten minutes ago when she came and sat next to him in the café. So why does she kiss him when she leaves? And why does she call him ‘Mr Hollywood’? He thinks about these questions when he is driving to Vancouver, but he doesn’t find the answers. And there is one more thing that Nick doesn’t know.

      Somebody is listening when the girl says goodbye to him – somebody who is very interested in the name ‘Mr Hollywood’. And in Vancouver Nick soon learns that it’s not a friendly interest …

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