Light My Fire (Man of the Month Book 11) by J. Kenner

Author:J. Kenner [Kenner, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940673691
Publisher: Martini & Olive
Published: 2018-06-25T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Griffin watched as Beverly juggled a series of phone calls as they rode in the limo from the airport to the Stark Century Hotel, a stunning property in the heart of Century City, just minutes from the theater that would be hosting the premiere.

“No,” she was saying to the studio publicist, “I can go to the boutique for a fitting, but I need to get dressed and do makeup at my hotel.” She paused for a beat as she shot him an I’m sorry look, then, “That’s fine. Just tell me what time everyone is arriving. Perfect. Great. That gives me plenty of time to meet Chris and get to the press function before we need to do the red carpet routine.”

She wrapped up the conversation, then fell back against the seat, shooting him an apologetic glance as she did so.

“I’m sorry this is so crazy,” Beverly said. “Everything moves at the speed of light the day of a premiere, and I made it worse by waiting until the morning of to fly in.”

“Not a problem. My sister’s done the premiere thing, too.” A dancer, Kelsey had made a splash in her now-husband’s photography exhibition of erotic images, A Woman In Mind. And that had led to a starring role in the film adaptation of a Tony award-winning musical, The Far Side of Jupiter.

“Oh, that’s right,” Beverly said. “I loved her in Jupiter. She lives out here, doesn’t she?”

“I thought I’d hang out with her while you do your thing tonight.” He watched her face, trying to judge if she was truly okay with him not going. He hoped so. He’d been to his share of Hollywood parties—his friend Bird had directed him when he’d done voiceover work for a major release, and Bird had insisted Griffin come to a few parties at his house—but there was no press there, he could dress how he wanted, and he didn’t have to stay too long.

A film premiere was basically an excuse to gather every camera in the greater Los Angeles area in one place.

Right now, he was known as a reclusive writer and voice actor. There’d been some press about the fact that he was a burn victim, but not much, and not in any of the major trades, and it never trended on social media. Griffin Draper had been burned as a child in Santa Barbara. Griffin Blaize mostly remained a mystery.

That, he knew, was partly because his success was small-scale. Success, yes. But not world premier, multi-million dollar movie budget, red-carpet success.

Hidden Justice had that potential, though. And what then?

“We’re here,” she said as the limo pulled to a stop. She took his hand and offered him a small smile. “You looked a million miles away. Or were you only back in Texas, wishing you hadn’t come?”

“Definitely not,” he said, lifting her fingers and kissing her hand. “I was thinking that in the not too distant future, we’ll have our own premiere.”

He thought the words would make her smile, but she only studied his face.

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