Between Love and Fear by Catherine Winchester

Author:Catherine Winchester [Winchester, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Press
Published: 2018-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Ten

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“Right, so as per Marcus’s brief, this should be fairly simple.” Paul the director said while Elle was having her makeup applied. Marcus was beside her, and Conrad was close enough to hear but giving them space. “We’ll start with shots of Elle up on stage singing.”

“Not on the piano!” Elle hurriedly added. “I am not lying on that thing again for all the tea in China!”

“Ella—” Marcus began in a condescending tone.

“Nope, not happening,” she cut him off, holding up a hand. “If you think that’s such a great shot, put a kilt on and get up there yourself. We’ll see how you feel about your junk accidentally falling out as you crawl around up there!”

She’d been very nice to him since arriving, asking how he was, listening to him, complimenting him, and perhaps that was why he let her have her way so easily. Still, he gave way with an air of doing her a great favor. Conrad winked at her when Marcus turned away, and Elle flashed him a triumphant grin and a thumbs-up.

She’d awoken this morning to Conrad spooning her from behind, one arm around her waist, and she felt as if he was protecting her even in his sleep. She would have liked to have laid there and enjoyed a nice morning cuddle, but they hadn’t allowed time for that when they set the alarm, which was probably just as well. He’d promised to make it up to her later, though.

Last night’s intimacy with Conrad, as well as being the most restful night’s sleep she’d gotten since this whole thing started, had left her in a good mood, so she had more than enough energy to play up to Marcus and stroke his ego. She tried not to think about how betrayed he’d feel when he learned she and the director had gone behind his back.

“Moving on.” Paul suppressed a smile. “The extras will be here after lunch. We’ll get a few shots from behind you, looking out into the audience. Then you can go, and I’ll get some close-up reaction shots from the extras. How does that sound?”

“Brilliant.” Elle smiled at Marcus. “Such a good idea to keep it simple, just about the music,” she told him.

She was learning how to manipulate Marcus, and Conrad was rather proud of her for it.

Marcus’s head and hair looked much the same as yesterday, as if he hadn’t touched it at all, but Conrad, who was trained to notice detail, could see that the bandage around his head was fastened in a different place today.

Of course, drawing attention to or exaggerating an injury were not crimes, but each new detail helped him build a more accurate picture of who Marcus was.

He was careful not to focus on just Marcus as a suspect. The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed that Marcus was just a creeper and Elle had another, far more dangerous stalker.

Marcus stayed with Elle while she

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