Role of a Lifetime by Wilhelm Amanda

Author:Wilhelm, Amanda [Wilhelm, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-29T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Kelly woke up suddenly. He stretched out quickly, then leapt off the couch and headed to the kitchen. He grabbed his phone and stared at it, confused. Nothing from Holly, no calls or texts. Shit, thought Kelly, she might think he bailed on her. He glanced at the clock and wondered if she could still be asleep. It was after eleven. He wasn't sure but he called her. It went right to voice mail. He hung up and sent her a text. Then he waited.

The clock on the microwave refused to change so he poked the steaks on the counter and flipped them over. Then he forced himself to empty the dishwasher. When he looked back at the clock six minutes had past. Plenty of time for Holly to have read and replied. Maybe she was in the shower?

He waited another five minutes then called again. No answer. Five more minutes. Another call. Straight to voice mail.

"Dammit," Kelly said and searched on his phone until he had the number for the hotel. He asked for the room number first.

"Umm, there's no one in that room sir," the woman told him.

"What? Holly Sawyer."

"Sawyer? S A W Y E R, let me check, no one registered under Sawyer sir."

"What? She was there this morning."

"Let me check, yes, she checked out, around eight thirty this morning."

"What?"

"Ummm, Holly Sawyer, room 402 checked out this morning, she checked out early, oh. Is this about the room fee? I can't refund it, I'm just the switchboard, I can transfer you to the front desk and see if they can help you."

"No," Kelly said, "Oh, thanks."

He hung up before the switchboard operator could say goodbye. He dialed Holly's number immediately and though it went right to voice mail it still seemed to take forever for the beep.

"Holly, hi, it's me, Kelly. Look, I'm sorry I left, I woke up and it seemed like a good idea to get out of there before the paparazzi figured out I spent the night at the hotel. It was stupid but I was just trying to protect you, I swear. Just call me and I'll drive over and pick you up, alright," even as Kelly said that he realized that Holly had checked out of the hotel hours ago, it was unlikely she was still there. He continued, "Or wherever you are I will come get you, just call me." He paused then added, "And you don't have to go surfing if you don't want to, okay."

He ended the call thinking that he may have just left the absolute lamest voice mail in the history of the technological age. He hadn't said anything about how great last night had been or how he couldn't wait to see her again or how he really was hoping she could stay in LA longer. Kelly dropped his elbows onto the kitchen counter and his forehead onto his fists. He could deliver lines, brilliantly, when someone else wrote them, and he had time to practice them.

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