Free Hollywood Stardust Supporting Roles - Wilson and Giselle by Kim Carmichael

“Talk.”
    “ Have you heard from Ivy
today?” He made an unsuccessful attempt to keep his tone
even.
    “ We texted this morning,
and then I called, then she called and texted.” Logan narrowed his
eyes, grabbed his phone off the counter and looked at the device.
“Now that I think about it, we haven’t spoken much
today.”
    At finding his opportunity, Wilson cleared
his throat. “When you call her next can you ask her if she’s seen
Giselle, and if she may know her whereabouts?” Yes, he tried to
sound formal.
    Logan peered at him over his phone.
“Something the matter in Wilson’s world?”
    Not wanting to deal with his baby brother’s
teasing, he closed the distance between them and glanced down at
Logan. “Unless you answer my question, something is going go awry
in Logan’s land.”
    They stared each other down.
    “ Let me ask the one person
who will know.” Logan typed away on his phone. “I told her you were
concerned because Giselle is not here yet. Is that
accurate?”
    “ Yes.” Wilson shoved his
hands in his pockets.
    At the almost instantaneous chime, he ground
his teeth together. How come Logan got to have the compliant
girlfriend and he had the rebel?
    “ She said she saw her this
morning and then said don’t worry.” Logan turned the phone to
him.
    Indeed, that’s what Ivy said. “Why should I
not worry? Is she on her way here?” Wilson motioned toward the
phone.
    Once more Logan typed into the phone, once
more Ivy responded like a good little girl and once more Logan
showed him the screen.
    She sometimes disappears to clear her head.
Seriously, tell Wilson not to worry, she’ll turn up when she’s
ready.
    He read the text and yelled at the phone.
“What is she clearing her head over?”
    “ Do you want me to ask
that?” Logan got ready to type.
    The message was loud and clear, she was
either done or got a better offer. He shook his head and went to
join his new crew. “I have work to do, mine and Giselle’s, I’m
always the one who has to take over.”
    “ Oh, shut it. When she gets
back you’ll get a piece,” Logan called after him.
    He flipped his brother off and returned to
the front, deciding he wasn’t upset or worried, he was pissed.
    “ Excuse me.” One of the
women on his newfound team raised her hand the second he entered
the room.
    “ Yes.” He pointed at
her.
    “ Do you think we are going
to get to see Logan? Will he be part of our training?” She
smiled.
    Logan. Always Logan. The only person who
didn’t ask for Logan was Giselle. “If your job here lasts, I’m sure
you will see him at some point.”
    She looked down.
    Not meaning to snap, he sighed. “Anyone else
have any questions?”
    His six minions shook their heads.
    In his pocket, his phone vibrated, and he
hated the way his stomach jumped at the thought it may be Giselle
with a clear mind. Again, he turned away from his employees and
retrieved his phone. At it not being his so-called girlfriend, he
hit the button and barked into the phone. “What?” Well, he was the
only one who called her his girlfriend, but still.
    “ Hey.” Ike, the alcohol
vendor, practically screamed into the phone.
    Wilson held the device back. “What’s
up?”
    “ Are we still
on?”
    Seriously, the man’s voice was way too
cheery. Wilson looked over his shoulder at the trainees waiting for
him. “I don’t know. I’m sort of swamped and a key person isn’t
here.”
    “ I can get you some good
deals, but it’s toward the end of my month and I need to wrap this
up.” Ike continued to basically scream into the phone.
    “ Let me call you back.” He
pressed his hand to his temple and hung up.
    “ Are we going to start the
training now?” Another woman spoke up.
    “ Why not?” If nothing else,
he couldn’t stand there all day waiting for something that might or
might not happen, as always he had to trudge on. “Let’s get to
work.”
    The rest of the day seemed to pass in tense
limbo. Between sort of