Love Lives by Emlyn Rees

Author:Emlyn Rees
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781446494141
Publisher: Random House

Chapter XII

‘WHERE HAS THIS week gone?’ Ellen asked Scott, as they packed up the equipment on Castle Hill. They’d taken advantage of the afternoon sun to film the ruins of Shoresby Castle and the panoramic view that Castle Hill afforded over the town and along the coastline.

Now, in the late afternoon, the light was gradually fading. There wouldn’t be a sunset tonight, but the overcast light-grey sky was getting darker by degrees, like some giant swathe of blotting paper, soaking up ink.

‘We’re getting there,’ Scott said, fastening the metal clips on the camera case and hauling it towards the car.

Ellen smiled at him. She knew he’d put himself out again, staying to complete the shots, when she knew he was keen to get going on a trip down to Cornwall to see the Eden Project.

‘At least we’ve got Michael Francis, the vicar and Clive in the can,’ Ellen said, following him and consulting the thick pile of notes on her clipboard. ‘And there’s three more interviews planned for next week already, so don’t get too wrecked this weekend.’

Ellen’s phone beeped with a text message as Scott rolled his eyes at her fussing.

‘That’s good,’ she said, reading it. ‘Roy’s confirmed that he’s coming down again next Thursday to do sound, so we’ll be able to do the bower scene we planned out and two of the interviews. God! There’s so much to do.’

‘You can’t do very much more this weekend,’ Scott said, fixing her with a calming stare. ‘Why don’t you come with me? It’ll be fun.’

‘Thanks for the offer, but I’ll leave all that tourist thing to you. I think I’ll just hang around here.’

‘But won’t you be bored?’ Scott asked. ‘Why don’t you go home and catch up with some friends or something?’

Ellen groaned. ‘I haven’t got the energy,’ she said, meaning it. She’d already been back and forth to London yesterday and she was exhausted. ‘Besides, I hate being in the flat when Jason is away,’ she added, thinking that if she went back there now just for the comfort of sleeping in a double bed, she knew she’d end up losing her whole weekend to a dozen household chores. She might as well make life simple for herself and go to the launderette in Shoresby. She followed Scott to her car, which she was lending him for the weekend.

‘I’ll drop the camera back at the cottage and then I’m going straight off. Do you want a lift?’

‘No, I think I’ll walk.’

‘Are you sure you’ll be OK?’ Scott checked again. ‘What are you going to do?’

Ellen smiled affectionately at him, appreciating his concern. ‘Sleep, probably. I’ll be fine. Just promise me you’ll come back safely on Sunday?’ she said, resting her hand on the open window ledge of the driver’s door.

‘Yes, Mum,’ Scott said, before starting the engine and revving it, so that Ellen stepped back, laughing.

‘Have a good time,’ she called, as she waved.

Ellen hadn’t been at a loose end on a Friday night for as long as she could recall.

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