Seaside Lies by Sherryl Woods

Author:Sherryl Woods
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2019-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Molly figured she’d escaped the worst of Michael’s wrath. Despite his anger and his protests, she felt much better knowing that he was on the case. In fact, she was downright cheerful as she went back into the production office.

Jeannette looked far more harried than she ever did in the film office, even on the worst days with Vince on her case. She glanced up from the phones and waved Molly over. When she’d put the caller on hold, she asked, “You have anyplace else you can be for the next couple of hours?”

Molly shook her head. “Why?”

“You might want to stay out of Laura Crain’s path. She’s convinced you carried some tale off to the police that explains why both Daniel and Hank were called in for questioning. They just left in the middle of one of her production meetings and went downstairs.”

Molly glanced around the room. Jerry Shaw was the only other person in here, and he was busy scribbling all over one of the scripts. “Where’s Laura now?” Molly asked.

“The bathroom.” The normally unflappable Jeannette looked genuinely distressed. “You sure you don’t have urgent business back at the office? She is a crazy one.”

Molly shook her head. “I can’t run off and have her accuse me of abandoning her in her hour of need. You can imagine how Vince would love that. I’ll stay here and take my chances. Thanks for warning me, though.”

She crossed the room and stopped by the production assistant. “Hi, Jerry. Anything I can do to help?”

He looked up at her and shook his head.

Molly persisted. “Has tomorrow’s schedule been worked out? I can start coordinating with the Beach authorities as soon as I know what locations you need.”

“You’ll have to ask Laura. She keeps changing her mind. It’s driving everyone crazy.”

“Why isn’t Hank making the decisions?”

Jerry blinked at her. “Well, he is. Sort of. Laura keeps countermanding him. She’s better at logistics and stuff. She wants Jonathan to make some adjustments to the script that’ll speed things along. Daniel and Hank agreed, but no one can find him.”

“Maybe he got tired of everyone ignoring his suggestions,” Molly said.

“Not everyone. Just Veronica. She made the guy’s life a living hell. If I were him, I’d be back in L.A. by now. Laura made sure that wouldn’t happen. She’s holding all the tickets.”

“Has he checked out?”

“No. He’s just laying low.”

“Then maybe he’s on the beach or having lunch at one of the cafes.”

“Could be, but I don’t have time to go look for him. I have to finish these script notes. Could you try to track him down?”

Since looking for the writer beat waiting for Laura to throw one of her tantrums, Molly agreed.

She found thirty-year-old Jonathan Fine some fifteen minutes later on the porch of a hotel five blocks south. He was sipping what looked like a double shot of Scotch and staring at the ocean, his expression bleak. Molly slid into the seat across from him, wondering how he stood the glare and scorching heat of the direct midsummer sun.

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