Riley immediately began to walk in the direction of the trailers, so Tasha rushed after him.
‘Hey, you can’t go and see her now.’
He stopped and turned to her, scowling. ‘Why ever not?’
‘Because she’ll be working.’ Realising that wouldn’t deter him, she added, ‘And you’re needed on set.’
‘They can wait for a few more minutes.’
Tasha kept up with him, wondering what other reason she could use to get him back in place for the next scene.
They reached the steps to the trailer and Riley turned to her. ‘Why are you still following me?’
‘I don’t want you to forget the time and delay the next scene.’
He sighed loudly. ‘Tasha, you’re a brilliant assistant. The best, in fact. But I don’t need you micromanaging me. Now, go and find something else to do. I promise I’ll only be a few minutes.’ He gave her his brightest, most photographed smile. ‘I only want to say a quick hello to her.’
Aware that doing what Riley asked was what she was paid to do, Tasha stepped back. ‘All right. I’ll wait for you over there with the others.’
Tasha went to return to where the other actors in the scene were waiting to start filming again and spotted Callum speaking to one of the producers. She wasn’t close enough to hear what they were discussing, but Callum seemed to be interested in whatever it was. Unsure whether to go over to speak to him, she decided to wait until they had finished their discussion.
‘Hey, Tasha.’ Callum waved at her as the chap walked away. Both were smiling and she wondered why.
‘You look happy.’
He tilted his head from side to side as if unsure. ‘It’s probably surprise and a bit of shock rather than happy.’
Unsure what he meant, Tasha waited for him to continue. When he didn’t she decided to find out for herself. ‘Is there a reason, or would you rather not say?’
Callum spotted someone behind her and smiled. ‘Hi there.’
She turned to see who it was and saw Lettie walking with Brodie whom she had met on the first day of shooting. He was carrying the baby. ‘I hope they’re not too disturbed by everyone here today.’
‘I’m sure they’d say if they weren’t happy.’ He smiled. ‘Lettie will always put her animals’ welfare before anything else; don’t worry about that.’
‘Good. I’d hate her to be concerned and keep it to herself.’
Lettie walked over to Callum and kissed him on both cheeks. ‘This is very exciting, isn’t it?’
Tasha calmed slightly as Callum gave her a I-told-you-so smile. ‘I’m glad you’re happy.’
Brodie grinned. ‘We’re fascinated by the whole thing. Lettie and I were out here a couple of hours ago when everyone started arriving.’
Callum pulled a face at the baby, making her giggle.
‘You two should come to the farmhouse for lunch, if you’d like.’
‘I’d love that, thank you,’ Tasha said, happy to be able to take time away from everyone else for a bit.
‘That’s kind of you.’ Callum smiled. ‘Erin is here too, so is it OK if I bring her with me?’
Brodie rolled his eyes. ‘Of course.’
‘Oh, wow. So they did call Erin in to help with the hair?’ Lettie said, looking delighted. ‘I’m so pleased. When Callum asked me to put her name forward just in case they needed someone urgently I didn’t actually expect it to happen.’
‘It was kind of you to do that for me. She’s always wondered what it would be like to work on a set and now she’ll get the opportunity to find out.’
Tasha saw something cross Callum’s face and wasn’t sure whether it was amusement or something else. ‘What is it?’
