Ghost of a Chance (15 page)

They all felt like celebrating but postponed it until the next day because the wranglers and Omar had early shoots.

Thursday evening the studio threw a huge celebration and party for the cast and crew. Frank and Joe were the honored guests. A planeload of pizzas
were flown in from Hollywood's best restaurant.

“I have an announcement,” Dustin said when he'd finally gotten the crowd to quiet down for a minute. “The studio is so thrilled with the Hardys' discovery and the worldwide publicity it is bringing that the ending of the movie will be rewritten to include the unmasking of Jumper by Frank, Joe, and their friends.”

“Let's hear it for the Hardys,” Berk said, leading a rousing cheer.

After the speeches and the applause, the Hardys, Gene, Lloyd, Terry, and Cleo shared enormous pizzas at a private table.

“Stuffing the Bigfoot costume and having me work it like a puppet was a brilliant idea, Frank,” Terry said. “I may have to borrow it for the movie. But there's one thing that still bothers me.”

“What's that?” Frank asked. He was sure he knew what the stunt master was going to say, because it was bothering him, too.

“Jumper said he hadn't used the Bigfoot costume in ten years,” Terry said.

“That's right,” Gene agreed.

“And Sassy said she never used a Bigfoot costume,” Terry continued.

“She's too small to play Bigfoot,” Cleo observed.

“So who slammed into Frank?” Terry asked in a low voice. “And who looked in on us at the abandoned shack?”

“It was a bear, of course,” Frank said.

“A very smelly one,” Lloyd added.

“One that ran upright on his back legs,” Gene added, frowning.

“And left very Big Foot prints,” Joe whispered.