Dead Famous

DAY THIRTY-THREE. 2.35 p.m.

Hooper pressed stop. “David knows what he’s doing, he just doesn’t know it isn’t working.”

“You what?” asked Trisha.

“Well, he’s not stupid. He must know he’s coming across as arrogant and mean. I think it’s his strategy. It’s not always the nice people who stay the course in these shows. Sometimes it’s the bastards. I reckon David wants to get noticed, noticed as someone great-looking, arrogant and uncompromising. In other words, a leading man, a star. I don’t think that man cares what he does or what people think of him. He just wants to be a star.”