“Both.”
“Okay. Thanks for the heads-up. It might be okay if she can’t fire me because the head of Universal Studios hired me, and I don’t scare easily. I’m usually the one scaring.”
The men grinned.
“This will be fun to watch,” the taller one said.
“I feel bad for Isabel. She’s always caught in the middle.”
Caleb nodded. “I’ll take care of that, too. I’m supposed to meet someone from the studios before I start my assignment.”
“Yeah, Mr. McGowen is waiting for you. I’ll show you the room.”
He shook their hands. “Thanks. I might be coming to you for advice.”
“We’ll try our best to help.”
Caleb dropped his suitcase by the small conference room’s door on the condo building’s main floor and walked to the man who stood with a smile. He reached out and shook his hand.
“You must be the bodyguard from Securities Inc.”
“I am. I’m also one of the owners. My name’s Caleb Simmons.”
“That’s even better. My name is Michael McGowen. I work at Universal Studios. We’re the ones who hired you.”
“That’s what I understood.”
“I have to warn you, Isabel’s mother is very hard to deal with. She’s a stage mom times one hundred. She has to control everything and everybody, and if she doesn’t, she loses it. I’ve never seen anything quite like it before, and I’ve been in the business for three decades.”
Caleb chuckled. “I used to be a cop in the rough part of Chicago. I worked mainly with gangs, so this woman isn’t going to scare me away. I’ll probably just be entertained.”
Michael relaxed and grinned. “Good. Little Isabel has had threats against her, and her mother is having a fit because she’s losing some of her control. We finally had to take over Isabel’s security because Helen, Isabel’s mother, keeps firing the men.”
“So, there’s no way she can fire me?”
“Absolutely none unless she wants to go to court and sue us. We have an ironclad contract with them.”
“This actually might turn out to be fun.”
Michael handed him a card. “Use this number if you need anything. It will get you directly to me.” He gave him a packet. “This is everything you’ll need. We own the condo they live in, so there’s a key, and she can’t keep you out. Isabel’s itinerary. Our car will drive you anywhere you want to go.”
“I’d like to have another guard ride with us, and if the driver has been trained, all the better.”
“I’ll get right on that.”
They shook hands again.
“I’ll keep you up to date.”
“I wish I could see Helen’s face when she sees you. You’re the most intimidating out of all the guards.”
“That will be to my advantage.”
“Good luck.”