[Mace Bauer #4] Mama Sees Stars by Deborah Sharp

Author:Deborah Sharp [Sharp, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Chick-Lit, Cozy, Fiction, Humour, Murder, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Women's Fiction
ISBN: 9780738730837
Google: Mo73cK3LWkgC
Amazon: 0738726982
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2011-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

“I wonder if Jesse would give me some notes on my character’s motivation. Do you think I should ask her, Mace?’’

I was half-listening to Mama’s dissertation on everything Jesse had done right in playing her big scene as the terrified, bereaved older sister. Of course, I was far more interested in some of the other roles she’d been playing: Toby’s sexual conquest; a sworn enemy of Norman; supplicant to Norman’s ex-wife and business partner, Barbara.

Mama nudged me in the arm. “Well, do you, Mace?’’

“Do I what?’’

“Think that Mama should go bother one of Hollywood’s most famous young actresses for tips on how to read her one line,’’ Maddie said.

Mama sniffed. “It’s actually two sentences, Maddie.’’

“That’s right. And Rosie’s part is essential to the plot.’’ Sal looked adoringly at Mama.

“I stand corrected,’’ Maddie said.

My sisters had finished their business in town. They met up with Mama, Sal, and me under some shade trees in base camp. We hid from the late afternoon sun, as we waited out one of the many delays on the set. Now that I knew a little bit about filmmaking, I realized it was amazing that any movies ever made it to the theater. Hurry up and wait.

Marty suddenly clutched my hand. “Don’t look now. Carlos is headed this way.’’

Everyone except me immediately shifted or turned in their chairs to watch him approach. Subtle.

“Sal, I need a word.’’ He nodded, unsmiling, at the rest of us.

“No problem.’’ Sal started to rise, when I saw Mama place a restraining hand on his tree-trunk-sized thigh.

“Carlos, honey, why don’t you have a seat and rest a bit. You look like something the dog dragged up from under the porch.’’

He offered Mama a weak grin. “That bad, huh?’’

I thought he looked gorgeous, if a bit tired. I wanted to smooth the frown line from his brow, and kiss the tension off his lips. I resisted an urge to reach over and straighten his hair. Whenever he was deep in thought, he scratched at each side of his head near the temples. It left his thick hair sticking out in peaks over his ears.

I interlaced my fingers on my lap so I wouldn’t be tempted. I was still angry about the way he’d left me standing at the horse corral, calling after him like a desperate, needy girlfriend.

Marty slid over on a bench seat, patting a space for Carlos. “Mama just means you look tired. You’ve been working so hard. Why don’t you take a break?’’

Marty looked up at him with that sweet, imploring way she has; the way I don’t have.

He glanced at me, raised his eyebrows in a question.

I shrugged. “It’s a free country.’’

I immediately felt a pinch on my thigh hard enough to leave a bruise: Maddie.

Mama said, “Ignore my middle daughter, Carlos. She was raised by wolves.’’

“Sorry. Do have a seat,’’ I mumbled. “We’d love to have you join us.’’

“Don’t mind if I do.’’ Ignoring the frost I tried to put in my voice, he squeezed in next to Marty, sitting across from me.

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