Page 24 of One Hollywood Sunset

‘I will.’

‘No second thoughts this morning then?’ Nicholas asked her. He cracked some eggs into a pan.

‘No, but I had a rather terrifying dream about an Elvis impersonator. Hey, did you make tea for the photographers when you got up?’ Freya asked.

‘No. I looked out and there was only one guy there and I didn’t recognise him.’

‘Well Donny will be there by now. I’ll make a pot.’

‘You are crazy, you know that, don’t you?’ He shook his head at her.

‘And that makes you crazy for wanting to marry me.’

The phone rang and Nicholas crossed the kitchen to pick up the cordless handset stationed on the wall.

‘Hello… Oh, hi Sasha. That’s OK… I’m fine, thank you and you? That’s good… Yeah… Uh huh… Well, that was good thinking…’

‘Hey, does she want to speak to me at all? Her boss?’ Freya asked.

‘Freya’s right here. Yeah, I’ll put her on… Yes OK, I will,’ Nicholas said. He held out the receiver for Freya to take.

‘Hello.’

‘Hi, Freya, I’m sorry to bother you at home this early but I wanted to remind you about your visit to Carlton General today. I meant to mention it yesterday but I had my meeting with Heather Malcolm and it went right out of my head.’

‘That’s OK. My fiancé is thankfully better organised than me and he also has a PA who emails lots of intricate-looking schedules. But thank you for reminding me. Have I got anything else booked in for this afternoon?’ Freya wanted to know.

‘No, but there’s a message from Jonathan Sanders on the answer phone suggesting he meet you for lunch tomorrow to discuss the plan he put to you yesterday. He was a little vague.’

‘Jonny,’ Freya said out loud.

‘Shall I call him back to accept or did you want to do that?’ Sasha questioned.

‘Sasha, are you in the office right now?’ Freya asked. She moved from the kitchen out into the hallway.

‘Er, yes I am.’

‘Sasha, it’s not even eight. What are you doing there? Don’t you have a bed to be in? Or someone else’s bed to be in?’ Freya asked her.

‘Well, Heather Malcolm accepted my proposal for the college football photographs so I wanted to make a start with the organisation.’

‘Sasha, why can’t I be as efficient as you?’

‘I…’ Sasha started.

‘This afternoon, we’ll do what I said yesterday. We’ll turn off the phones and get stuck into something. Maybe we’ll go out somewhere and take some pictures,’ Freya suggested to her.

‘I’d really like that.’

‘Good. Well, while you’re on the phone and in the office, could you check the diary for next month and see when I have some free time? I’ll need a week or so clear,’ Freya said.

‘You’re pretty busy. There are meetings about the Every Day project, but there is a reasonably clear week at the end of the month. There are one or two appointments but…’ Sasha began.

‘You mean around Christmas.’

‘Yes.’

‘Could you cancel those appointments? And give me the date of one of the Saturdays either end of that week,’ Freya asked her.

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