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‘Boring? Well not boring, just … he’s quite steady I guess?’ Helen paused. ‘Yes, it’s Sophie and Franks’ engagement party tomorrow …’
‘Nice venue!’
‘You know it?’
‘Went to a stage magician convention there once …’ Ish slid the invite back onto the fridge.
‘Want to come with me?’ Helen squinted as if she’d just detonated a bomb.
Ish reciprocated like a startled cat, desperate all of a sudden for personal space. ‘It’s tomorrow?’
‘I know it’s quite last minute …’ Helen’s hands kept rummaging through her apron pocket like all the answers were in there.
Ish scratched the back of his head. ‘Well, I had some plans …’ His eyes caught Helen’s again. ‘But you know I like a bit of spontaneity … and I can actually scrub up quite well …’ Ish adjusted the drawstring on his tracksuit.
Helen turned away now, it was the only reliable way to control her facial expression. She smoothed down her apron. Deep breath. She turned back towards Ish and scooped a large soothing bite of roly-poly out of the bowl, leaning over a tad more than was strictly necessary to show off her apron. She teased the spoon towards him, and as he leaned in, fed herself the bite. Sticky jam went on the side of her mouth.
‘Be careful, Hels, that’s our only prop.’ Ish took a piece of kitchen roll and gently dabbed her face.
‘So shall we keep filming?’ Helen clung on tight to the last remnants of her professionalism.
‘Let’s keep filming.’ Ish straightened his hat back onto his head, and moved to switch the camera on, just brushing Helen’s fingers as she did the same.
Chapter 42
Brody:Yo!
Chapter 43
Sophie:Just a quick note about the party tomorrow, sorry to be pedantic but can you be punctual, Frank’s planning something!
Also how was filming, Helen?
Helen:It was nice …
Elle:There have got to be more details than that?
Helen:Nothing happened yet, but I did invite him to Sophie’s engagement party tomorrow!
Sophie: ‘Yet’ is the word I’m paying attention to here ;-)
@Elle, are you also going to bring a plus one?
Elle:Maybe …
Sophie:What’s his name, I’ll add him to the guest list.
Elle:I’ll see how I feel about him in the morning.
Helen:Too cool @Elle ;-)
Chapter 44
‘Amiga!’ Elle strode towards Helen down the Edgware Road, her coat flapping open, the lights from kebab and hookah shops bouncing off the gold sequins of her dress.
Helen tried to leverage her clutch bag to pin down her dress, which was billowing out slightly as the 414 to Maida Vale rumbled past. It was all a bit Marilyn Monroe.
‘Where’s Ish? I thought you guys were coming together, no?’ Elle gave Helen a tight hug.
