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“I’m afraid I can’t reveal my sources,” he replied, being intentionally stubborn.

“Then you’re definitely not allowed in the house.”

“Okay, Hallie, I won’t go in the house if it’s against your wishes,” he said with an air of noble resignation, “but if anyone wants to come out and talk to me, you can’t stop that from happening.”

“Please, just go away!You know this is just Terry putting you on.”

“I guess that’s for me to find out.They don’t assign me these important news jobs for nothing.”He patted the side of the van as if it gave him a special sense of authority.“But I still have the feeling there’s something more going on here.If there’s no story, why are you so eager to keep me out of the house?”

Hallie sighed, realizing he was going to be impossible to get rid of.She had to tell him something.

Chapter 73: The Negotiation

“Maybe there is a prince...”Hallie began, not knowing exactly how to complete the sentence.She had to improvise, and felt she was on the verge of being in “the zone”.

“Really?!”Perry perked up at once.

“But here’s the thing.I don’t think he’s ready to meet you, and it wouldn’t be a good idea to go barging in there.”

“But why not?”

“Trust me.This is all Terry’s doing.She’s hoping to embarrass me, and you’d be playing right into her hand by going in there.”

“You expect me to not go in there after you’ve told me I could get an interview with a real royal?”Perry exclaimed.

Hallie felt like shaking him.“Have you forgotten what Terry is like?Remember when she told everyone I had rabies in the third grade?”

Perry shook his head, his eyes filled with painful memories.“Yeah, that was something.I was terrified.”

“It didn’t do anyone any good, except Terry, right?”

“Right!”

At this moment, Terry herself came out the front door, hurtling straight for them.

“What are you still doing out here, Perry?”she yelled.“I thought you were going to make some news headlines.”