Page 45 of Just Enough

Her eyes widened.

Things were about to get interesting.

To be continued…

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“Just get online and look,” Benjamin demanded over the phone.

“I’m too nervous,” I muttered, sitting on the toilet at Crash’s during my break and letting my nerves get the best of me. “Just read the reviews that are good.”

He laughed. “Why are you even nervous? You’ve already heard back from some reviewers, and the feedback is positive.”

“Just get on Amazon and look for me. Only read me the reviews that are positive though.”

“I’ve been refreshing the page every hour.”

“You have?” I asked him.

“Yes. Want me to read you some right now?”

I groaned. “NO… Yes, please.”

“This one’s a five star, and it says, ‘King Kong meets hilarity! I really hope the author plans to publish the second one soon. I NEED to know what happens with Gorilla Ben being called a lord!’”

I found myself smiling. “That’s not bad.”

“Here’s a three-star review, ‘This was a decent read. I feel like it’s one of those that will get better as it goes.’”

“I can deal with that,” I told him at ease.

“Another five, ‘I loved it. I really hope something will develop between Gorilla Ben and Rosie, they are perfect as is but…’” He stopped reading the review. “I feel like you’ll be getting a lot of reviews like this one.”

“Why?”

“Just wait and see,” was all he said. “You ready for the two-star review?”

“There’s already a bad review?” I cried.

“Yeah, and it says, ‘This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read.’”

I found myself nodding. “Well, I can’t disagree...”

He laughed in my ear. “It’s stupid good. People love this kind of shit.”

“Thanks for calling Gorilla Ben and Rosie shit.”

“You know what I mean.”

I sniggered. “I’ll call you tonight. My breaks almost over.”

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My reviews from the first day were from bloggers, but I sold six copies the first day it was released and although it wasn’t anything amazing, I still felt good about it. I published somethingIwrote online, and a few people were choosing to read my words and the crazy world of Gorilla Ben and Rosie.

I was on cloud nine.

“The feedback’s been good,” I told Roger as I shoved the laptop in his lap. “Read the reviews.”

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