“My name is Sophie Avent. I’m a reporter for Cook’s Illustrated.” I never gave interviews. Unless it was a part of my contractual obligation for a TV show promo, in which case I had my people go over the questions in advance with a fine-tooth comb. My past was too tangled, too complicated for me to open my life up for the world’s entertainment. “I was wondering if you would—” “No,” I cut into her words. “You didn’t hear my question yet,” she pointed out smartly. “Unless it ends with ‘let me suck your cock’—in which case, the answer would be ‘no, but thank you’—the answer is still no.”
