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Not now. I am not about to destroy Elle’s trust in me.
Chapter 23 Elle
A gust of wind blasts across the park, and it almost knocks me over. Diane doesn’t react, barely lowering her camera as the models brace themselves against the wind.
“Just a couple more shots, guys, and then we’re done!” she shouts over the noise. “It’s too much to carry on here!”
I can’t agree more. This is not what any of us expected when we met at the park to shoot for a magazine that has commissioned us to take pictures for. We had checked the weather before coming out, and everything said it was fine. Evidently, things decided to change between checking the weather and getting out to the park because this wind is pretty bad. I never expected it as I try to keep the lights upright.
Diane takes another few shots, and then she lowers her camera and waves her arms.
“Okay, that’s enough for now! It’s too much out here!”
“Thank God for that!” declares the female model as she hurries over to where their belongings were. She tugs on her coat, shuddering as she wraps it around herself. “I didn’t think it would be that cold out here!”
“Same here!” Diane goes over to her as I try to dismantle our equipment. “We’re going to have to finish off at the studio if your client wants more than what we’ve got here, Lucia. Otherwise something’s going to get broken.”
Lucia sighs.
“I suppose we’re going to have to do that. Is it warm in your studio?”
“We can put the heating on as high as you want.”
“Then tell us your address, and Trevor and I will meet you there.”
I think that sounds like a good idea, although I don’t understand why we couldn’t do all of it in the studio and then put a background in. That would work just as well, especially in weather like this.
I put the lights away into their cases and begin to take them over to Diane’s SUV. As I’m coming back to get the second case, Trevor is there lifting it up for me.
“It’s okay, I’ve got this…”
“It’s fine. I’m happy to help.” Trevor gives me a lopsided grin as he steps around me. “Anything to help a pretty lady.”
I roll my eyes. Trevor has been flirting with me since he arrived at the park. He is really good at his job, and he and Lucia show a great chemistry for what is needed, but in between takes before things got too bad I saw him looking at me, as if he expects me to be watching him and not doing my work. It’s rather tiring.
I just want to work and go home to my daughter. It’s been a week since the CPS worker came to the house with the malicious complaint, and even though it’s been confirmed as closed, I’m still on edge. What if Megan hadn’t called me at that point? What if they had taken Amy away regardless of what they found? A lot of scenarios have been going through my head since that day, and it’s driving me insane.
Luke is good at distracting me when I get agitated around him. Even though he’s just as upset, he’s soothing me and ensuring that I don’t show how upset I am around Amy. The poor thing is still scared that someone is going to take her away, and I still feel guilty that I forgot she was in the room when Megan was spouting off her nonsense.
Luke is my rock, and I feel bad for leaning on him too much, but he doesn’t complain. I’m grateful for that, because I need that right now.
The last thing I need is to have a model hitting on me. But I do want to get out of the wind as soon as possible. Sighing, I clear up the rest of the set we had put up, grateful that there wasn’t much. Trevor puts everything into the back of the SUV, and is shrugging into his coat as I approach with my own camera equipment.
“I’m sure Diane’s given Lucia the location of our studio,” I tell him as I shut the trunk. “We’ll meet you there shortly.”
“Okay.” Trevor regards me curiously. “Do you fancy going for a drink afterwards?”
“I’m sorry?”
“Or maybe dinner? I’m sure you’re going to be starving.”
He really is hitting on me. I fix him with a cool stare.
“Sorry, I’ve got a boyfriend and a kid with him.”
“He doesn’t need to know about it.”
“What…did you just suggest that I should cheat on him?”
