Page 63 of Hollywood Undercover
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“It’s too hot, Rick. I can’t stay here. Get meout!”
“Lexxi! Lexxi! Lexxi!” The crowd chantedmaniacally.
“No.” She shook her head again, backingaway.
A loud crash made her jump and the microphone in her hand fell to the floor with a thud and whistle of static. Pyrotechnics exploded behind her. Rick kept repeating, “You’re onfire,baby!”
“Fire,” she murmured. “Fire.”
“Alex!”
Her eyes fluttered open and she was overwhelmed by a blast of smoke to theface.
“Fire!” she screamed, awake now and back in her bedroom. It was as hot as an oven. Her panicked eyes quickly scanned the bedroom, but there weren’t any flames—just smoke pouring in from beneath the crack of herdoor.
“Oh my god!” she screamed. “The house is onfire!”
