The Garden on Sunset (The Garden of Allah novels) by Turnbull Martin

Author:Turnbull, Martin [Turnbull, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: movies, hollywood, alla nazimova, historical fiction
Published: 2011-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 29

Waves of heat emanated from white stucco walls as Gwendolyn ducked off Wilshire into a shaded walkway. She pushed open the heavy glass door of the Bryson Apartment Hotel. Someone had gone to a lot of trouble to match the iris blue carpet to four enormous Oriental pots that held miniature palm trees. The carpet and pots were all flecked with gold, as though some mad painter had come in and lost his marbles.

Ordinarily, Gwendolyn would have stopped to admire the effect, but this was no ordinary day. It had taken Anderson McRae several months to claim his favor. There had been a brief marital reconciliation, but when it fell apart, his friend needed her help after all. When McRae turned up at the Cocoanut Grove one night, serious and unsmiling, her heart sank. She’d been half hoping that she wouldn’t hear from him. The whole thing sounded terribly tawdry, but she finally had the attention of a casting director, and that put her ahead of nearly every pretty girl in Hollywood. And the Bryson is one of the classiest addresses in town, she reminded herself. It’s not like McRae has asked you to front up at some lowlife dive on the wrong side of town.

Gwendolyn approached the uniformed doorman. “I’m here to see Mr. Hank Hubbard.”

The doorman, a heavy set guy in his fifties, let his bushy eyebrows rise. “Apartment 7-G. Seventh floor, west wing.” He pointed to an elevator behind Gwendolyn.

Its brass doors were polished until they were practically mirrors. Gwendolyn pushed the call button and stared at herself. She looked a little washed-out and worried. She was so embarrassed by what she’d agreed to that she hadn’t even told Kathryn about it. She could hear her roommate’s voice in her head. It’s not too late to walk out of here. A quiet bell dinged and the doors opened, splitting her reflection in two.

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