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put away the mats. “That was buff. Can we try again tomorrow?” said William.
    â€œIf you’d like to,” said Pablo, delighted by the response.
    â€œYes,” said Kasha. “We would. We want to make the tallest human castle in the world.”
    Pablo grinned, and went to help Olivia put the last of the mats away. “I’m free after school tonight if you want to do some more trapeze?” he said.
    â€œYes, please,” said Olivia. “I love it,” she added shyly. “It makes me feel so free anddreamy. It must be how birds feel when they are soaring in the sky.”
    Pablo smiled. It was exactly how it made him feel too. “Go, Livy. You must not keep Miss Alicia waiting.”
    Olivia climbed up the stairs to the flat. She pushed open the door and was surprised to see two suitcases in the hall. She wondered whether Alicia had a guest to stay. But when she walked into the living room, Alicia was wearing a coat, and her handbag and passport were sitting on the table. Alicia was going somewhere. During term-time. Olivia knew it must be very important for her to leave her beloved Swans. Her heart started thumping and she felt a sudden terror.
    â€œIt’s Dad, isn’t it? Something’s happened to Dad!”
    Alicia looked perplexed. “Jack?” Then a look of understanding passed across her face. “No, Olivia darling, nothing terrible like that,” she said, walking across the room and putting her arms around Olivia. “How silly of me to frighten you. You always think the worst. Jack’s fine. I spoke to him only an hour ago.”
    â€œThen where are you going?” asked Olivia.
    â€œTo Hollywood!”
    Olivia’s eyes widened. “Are you going to make a movie?”
    â€œYes,” said Alicia. “With Peter Jackson, who made The Lord of the Rings .”
    Olivia swallowed. “That took three years,” she said and hugged Alicia fiercely. Alicia was very touched; spontaneous demonstrations of affection from her eldest granddaughter were few and far between.
    â€œI’ll only be gone for three weeks,” said Alicia. “Mine is just a tiny part. My real job will be to try and coax a good performance out of the Wood twins. They’re the stars, but it seems that Wood is a very good name for them.”
    Even Olivia had heard of Cosmo and Cosima Wood. They were the youngest members of a great American acting dynasty and had been appearing on TV since they were a few days old. They launched their own fashion range when they were six and for the last few years had starred in their own TV show that was shown all over the world. They were the same age as Olivia but were already said to be worth millions.
    â€œLivy, this has all happened so quickly I haven’t had a chance to discuss it with youand Eel. I only heard about the possibility a few days ago and it was just this morning that they called to say that if I was going to come, it had to be today. But if you really don’t want me to go, then of course I’ll stay.”
    Olivia looked at her grandmother’s face. She knew that the chance to act again meant a great deal to Alicia. “Of course I think you should do it!” she said. “But how will the Swan run without you?”
    â€œLike clockwork,” said Alicia, smiling broadly. “Sebastian Shaw will be in charge and all the rest of the staff will pull together. I’m doing this for the school too, not just for me. They are paying me very handsomely indeed. So well that I’ll finally have enough to secure a mortgage on the land next door where that derelict building is. It means the Swan will be able to expand.”
    â€œThat’s brilliant!” A sudden thought struck Olivia. “What about Eel and me while you’re away? Where will we live?”
    â€œI discussed it with Jack. Eel is sorted. I spoke to her while you were helping Pablo. She’s going to go