Losing It — Beverly Sommers

Holly Benson was in a pickle

It started when Holly's ex held her New York Weight Watchers meeting hostage. The group was happy as a clam to get its mind off dieting. And though her ex didn't succeed in winning Holly back, the pretrial publicity beefed up attendance at his Elvis impersonation show.

Meanwhile Holly was stewing in her own juices. Tom Cunningham, attorney for the defense, had just invited her, the prosecution's star witness, to dinner. Was it legally correct and dietetically lawful to date a man who was clearly her enemy--a man who, by his own admission, entertained a criminal passion for junk food?