Clover Cottage by Christie Barlow

Author:Christie Barlow [Barlow, Christie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-02-07T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Beep … beep …

After a sleepless night Allie’s spirits took a nosedive as the alarm clock sounded. Surely it couldn’t be time to get up just yet? she thought, smacking the alarm and pulling the duvet back firmly over her head. She’d finally fallen asleep just after 4am and now it was quarter past six. She was shattered; every muscle in her body ached, not to mention the soles of her feet. The pub had been busy almost up until closing time, and everyone in the village seemed excited about Rory and Zach’s big day today. The buzz around the pub last night had brought both men a lot of attention, and Allie had spent the whole night forcing a smile. This morning it felt like her face muscles had participated in some mad extreme sport for hours on end.

Hearing a quiet rap on the door she reluctantly pushed back the duvet and sat up in bed.

‘Yes,’ she answered wearily, wishing she could have sloped back off to sleep.

‘I’ve brought you a cup of tea,’ said Meredith, placing the mug on the bedside cabinet.

‘Thanks. You’re up early. I thought I was doing the early shift today?’

‘We’re expecting another full day with the film crew arriving, and the kitchen is going to be busy. I just need to make sure everything is prepped and ready to go. Apparently word has got out exactly where Zach Hudson has been staying, which has caused a few problems up at Foxglove Farm.’

‘Why, what’s happened?’ asked Allie propping her pillow behind her and clasping the warm mug of tea close to her.

‘Apparently busloads of Zach’s fans arrived in the village late last night and descended on the farm, all wanting to get a glimpse of him.’

‘They’ll be disappointed then – he stayed at Rory’s last night.’

‘Thankfully, he did. But Isla and Drew had to call in the police to remove some of the more crazed fans.’

‘It was that bad? You wouldn’t think one person could cause so much chaos,’ said Allie, taking a sip of her tea and wondering if this would become the norm for Rory too.

‘And that’s not all. Your dad has already been out walking Nell and reported the surgery has metal fencing erected all around it to stop fans from trampling all over Stuart’s front garden. We all know how seriously he takes his gardening.’ Meredith gave her daughter a knowing look. ‘So with all this palaver going on I’m just making sure we have extra provisions in the fridge. No doubt the teashop will be run off its feet too. Chaos has descended once more on our little village,’ she exclaimed in a dramatic tone.

‘I’m here to help all day so we should be fine.’

‘Here? Why aren’t you at the surgery? Surely you want to be in on the act?’

Allie shrugged. Rory hadn’t even invited her along to the filming, he’d been so wrapped up with Zach last night.

‘I don’t want to get in the way.’

Meredith looked at her daughter and perched on the end of the bed.

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