Brief Encounter at the Picture House by the Sea by Holly Hepburn

Author:Holly Hepburn [Hepburn, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781471161674
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Chapter Seven

Gina spent the rest of the afternoon in the dairy, creating batches of gelato using Ferdie’s traditional recipes. She was getting the hang of the process now and her mind wandered as she combined the ingredients and set the machines to do the hard work. What film should they choose for the Palace screening? Star Wars was popular and topical but she didn’t feel it was different enough – she needed something that would appeal to Polwhipple’s older generations as well as tempting the younger ones with cosplay; if there was one thing she’d learned, it was that people loved an opportunity to dress up. An Eighties classic, maybe? Or perhaps they should look even further back – Gone with the Wind? Or was that too much too soon?

She was mulling it over as she walked home after another waistline-busting supper with her grandparents. Gina had watched nervously as Nonno had tucked into his tiramisu, wondering whether he’d be able to tell that she had made it rather than Nonna, but he seemed to enjoy it in the same way that he always did and didn’t appear to have made the connection between that and her comments about new ice-cream flavours. Elena had given her a tiny wink and had whispered as Gina left that they should meet again soon to decide how to make their ice-cream. The trouble was that Gina couldn’t think of a classic film set in Italy that would have the impact she wanted – there was Roman Holiday, of course, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, but it didn’t really have the wow factor she wanted for the Palace’s first event. So although the tiramisu ice-cream might make an appearance at some point at Ferrelli’s, it wasn’t the flavour she needed first. She had no idea what that might be.

The next morning, she woke up early and sought inspiration on the beach at Mawgan Porth. She had the place to herself; the sun was just peeping over the clifftops as she unfurled her rug on the pale sand and settled down to watch the sky change from navy blue to pink and gold, her hands wrapped around a steaming mug of coffee. The breeze off the sea was chilly – she was glad of her warm coat – but there was also a hint of spring amid the salty fresh air and she didn’t think the day itself would be cold. March was often drizzly and dull in London, although it had its fair share of spectacular sunrises, but in Cornwall it seemed as though someone had applied an Instagram filter to the view; everything looked brighter and prettier. Gina remembered Nonna’s comment about needing some sunshine and smiled; she was sure her grandmother would approve of her early morning excursion.

The surfers began to arrive, only two or three, but enough to tell Gina it was time to climb the stairs that led to the top of the cliffs. She stood up, shaking the sand from her rug.

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