The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner

Author:Jamie Brenner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Matt paused the frame.

Lauren looked beautiful on camera, her dark eyes big and luminous. She had the type of bone structure that was slightly angular in person but flawless on film. She’d worn her hair back in a ponytail that afternoon and dressed in a plain black T-shirt and jeans. There was something steely and fragile about her at the same time. From a filmmaking perspective, he couldn’t have cast anyone better.

“Rory’s mom was a widow,” she said, a lock of hair falling free from her ponytail. She tucked it back behind her ear. “And he worried about taking care of her. Once the money became a reality, there was no question he would go into the NHL.”

Matt forwarded through his reel, moving to an interview with Rory’s former sports agent. Jason Cavendish, a slickly handsome LA native, looked barely older than his athlete clients. It had been an expensive shoot, flying to Hollywood and staying at the Standard. They couldn’t film at Jason’s high-profile office building, so Matt needed a sharp-looking hotel suite. The day of the scheduled shoot, Jason had an emergency meeting, and it was postponed to the tune of another six-hundred-dollar night. But it was worth it for this bombshell:

“The Kings didn’t make an offer once he was a free agent,” Jason said. “I don’t know where the press got that seven-figure rumor. But I sure as hell wasn’t about to correct them.”

Matt’s phone rang. He glanced at the screen, was surprised to find Craig Mason.

He’d been wrestling with when and how to reach out to Craig, to send him the footage of Lauren. He’d decided to wait until he had more, but this call was an encouraging turn of events.

“Great to hear from you,” Matt said. “I’d been thinking of calling you myself. I interviewed Lauren Kincaid.”

That’s how these projects went sometimes. How many film-festival panels had he listened to where people talked about things falling apart, the film looking like it would never get made, and then all the pieces clicked into place. He could see the two of them sitting side by side at Sundance…

“Good for you,” Craig said. “But I just called to share some news.”

“News?”

“I heard something through the grapevine, and since I am rooting for you—you know that, right? Anyway, I want you to know there’s a feature film about Rory in the works.”

Matt felt a rushing whoosh as he lost his breath.

“Who’s making it? When’s it coming out?”

“I don’t know anything more about it.”

“Okay,” Matt said. “Well, I think this just shows I have a hot topic. It’s not a concern.”

“I’m glad you feel that way.”

“Yeah. Thanks for the heads-up. I’ll keep an eye out for that. But in the meantime I’ll send you the Lauren Kincaid footage—”

“I’m afraid I have to pass,” said Craig. “Good luck.”

“Thanks, man,” Matt said calmly. He hung up.

And then he threw his phone against the wall.

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