Hollywood Husbands by Jackie Collins

Author:Jackie Collins
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9908446-2-4
Publisher: Chances, Inc.
Published: 2015-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifty-Two

‘It’s amazing!’ Heaven exclaimed for the tenth time. ‘I totally, like, love it!’

She was referring to the beach house, which she had explored several times.

Jack loosened his tie and removed his jacket. He had been in a meeting with his accountant all afternoon and felt a strong need to flake out.

‘And my room is just brilliant!’ she continued. ‘It overlooks the beach and the ocean. I can just sit at my window all day and stare!’

‘Sounds good to me. Do you want to stare in the fridge and see what the maid got in for us? I left a note for her to stock up at the market.’

‘I’m starving!’

‘You’re always starving! Whenever I see you I get this feeling you don’t eat between my visits.’

‘I don’t.’

‘You’re a funny one.’

She giggled happily. ‘I’ll check out the food situation. Do not go away!’

As she rushed into the kitchen, he wondered what he had gotten himself into. Who would ever have thought he’d be living in a house and looking after a kid. Jack Python – surrogate father!

He kind of liked it.

Clarissa was still in New York. Because she had time between films, she had decided to do an obscure off-Broadway play for a limited run. They spoke on the phone every few days, but it was definitely a relationship that had gone off the boil. He knew she was waiting to see what he planned to do about her ultimatum. And quite frankly, the more he thought about marriage, the more he loathed the whole idea. Who needed it?

Silver had just married again. Silver could do what she damn well liked. He cared about her the way she cared about Heaven. Zilch feelings.

‘I found potato salad, coleslaw, chicken and ham,’ Heaven announced triumphantly.

‘Or we could go out,’ he suggested.

‘Let’s stay in.’

‘You don’t have to twist my arm.’

Much later, after food and unpacking and calling all her friends – including Eddie – Heaven fell into a happy sleep while Jack prowled around the house. He wasn’t at all tired. Grabbing a sweater he decided to take a walk along the beach.

The dull realization hit him that he had to go to New York and settle things with Clarissa. They were either on or off. He definitely did not want marriage. She did. Either she was prepared to go on with the relationship the way it was, or it was over.

Decision made, he felt better. He would tell Heaven to have a girlfriend stay with her, and as soon as that was arranged, he’d take the next flight into New York. The show was on a six-week break, so it was the perfect time to sort things out.

In a way he hoped Clarissa would tell him it was over. Being with her was not exactly a laugh a minute. She was a broody, intense woman, simmering with secrets. She never revealed herself to him. There was always that guarded quality as if there were an unseen wall between them. The only time she really laid herself wide open was on the screen.

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