Wild Action by Dawn Stewardson

Author:Dawn Stewardson [Dawn Stewardson]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

“BUT WHY WOULD ANYONE have planted that chicken?” Jay demanded.

Nick hesitated. By now, though, half the people on the set must have figured out that someone was into sabotage, so why not just come right out and tell Jay? “To disrupt the filming,” he said.

“Why the hell would anyone want to do that?”

“I don’t exactly know.” He resisted the impulse to say that someone must be harboring a major grudge, but he wasn’t going to pussyfoot around much longer.

While Jay muttered something to himself, Nick slowly surveyed the clearing. Carly was comforting Attila. Most of the crew were packing up equipment. Goodie, looking angry, was getting in people’s way.

Clearly the fact that Attila was too upset to work any more today had both Goodie and Jay fit to be tied.

“But why would anyone do it?” Jay asked again.

“Well…could there be someone working on the film who might want to cause you grief? Someone who might have it in for you?”

“No.”

“You’re sure?”

“Of course.”

Fleetingly Nick thought that he’d love to hear Sarina and Garth’s comments on that.

“If I have problems with people,” Jay continued, “I make certain they get worked out and everybody ends up happy.”

“Ahh. Then I guess it was just because I’d heard about some of the other trouble you’ve been having that I couldn’t help thinking…”

With Jay looking angrier by the second, Nick decided he’d better wrap this up fast “At any rate, I just thought I’d raise the possibility, because that chicken didn’t get under the rock by itself. Oh, and there’s something else I should tell you. The map that got you lost the other day wasn’t the one Gus drew. Somebody replaced his with an inaccurate one.”

With that, Nick turned on his heel and went to have a good close look at the fake rock.

It was far too heavy for anyone to have lifted it up and stuck something beneath it. But given the uneven ground, sliding the chicken into one of the gaps between the base of the rock and the dirt wouldn’t have been tough.

Once he was finished inspecting things, he headed over to where Carly and Attila were waiting. When they walked across the clearing, everyone gave them a wide berth, and he could practically hear a collective sigh of relief as they started off through the woods.

“Nick?” Carly said after they’d gone a few yards.

Before she had time to say anything more, Royce caught up with them. “Boy, you two were sure right about somebody trying to sabotage this film.”

Nick tried to ignore the little stab of resentment he felt, but he was still annoyed that Carly had confided in Royce. Or maybe, he admitted silently, what was really bothering him was the way Royce always seemed to be hanging around her.

Whatever the reason, it didn’t really matter that Royce knew. By this point, even Jay would have to admit that sabotage was the only explanation—as soon as he actually started thinking about it.

“But you were off base suspecting Garth and Sarina, eh?” Royce said.

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