Snowbound Heart by Jennifer Blake

Author:Jennifer Blake [Blake, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429
Publisher: Signet
Published: 1979-11-02T04:24:43+00:00

Chapter 7

Beverly’s cabin, for all its small size, had the comfortable feeling of a home. Macrame wall hangings and crewelwork pictures softened the severity of paneled walls. There were Indian rugs on the polished wood floors, mixed with braided and hooked rugs in neutral colors. Dried flowers and lengths of weathered wood in interesting shapes ornamented the mantel of the smoke-blackened stone fireplace, and in one window was a collection of woven baskets and trays showing the black and sand colors of Indian designs.

The mint-and-lemon smell of herb tea, one of Beverly’s more recent enthusiasms, filled the room. Beverly, sitting across from Clare at an antique pedestal dining table, set down her stoneware mug and stared at her friend.

“I would not be in your shoes, Clare,” she said slowly, “for anything in the world. To have to put up with that Hobbs woman, with her saccharine sweetness and her sharp little digs when you are not looking, would drive me wild. Last night I wasn’t even involved, and was ready to pull her hair out. And then this nerve-racking business of playing up to Logan while he makes love to you, forcing yourself at the time to remain unmoved; maddening! I’m not sure it wouldn’t be best, all things considered, if Janine Hobbs didn’t tumble to Logan’s little game.”

“You may be right,” Clare admitted. “It’s just that this screenplay means so much to him.”

“Are you sure it’s not that you would hate to see the game come to an end?”

“Oh, Bev, of course not!”

“Not that I would blame you. He can be devastating when he sets his mind to it. That’s just it. He has set his mind to it.”

Clare looked down into the pale green liquid in her cup. “You make him sound so self-centered.”

“Isn’t he?”

“I don’t think so. At least, I know he would prefer not to be. He was forced into it this time, as much by the strength of his beliefs as Janine’s interference. Besides, I’m not certain everything he does is for his own purposes. He respects Marvin Hobbs for his talent as a producer and his contributions to the film industry, and I believe he genuinely likes you and John.”

“I will admit he was easier to talk to than I expected,” Beverly said. “In fact, other than his preoccupation with his privacy, he hardly seems like a superstar at all. I mean, where is his entourage? I thought people like him traveled with bodyguards, secretaries, and masseurs, to say nothing of beautiful unattached women. Where are his women?”

Clare laughed. “For the moment, you are looking at her. No, Bev, you are a victim of the propaganda put out by the fan magazines and supermarket papers. If all actors who made it big lived on that scale, they wouldn’t have anything left to invest against the time when a fickle public finds a new hero. But enough about Logan and me and my concerns. I liked your John. If he was ever a hippie, he seems to have mellowed.

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