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have had the time.’
    ‘It’s quite lucky – well, that’s not really the right way to put it, but most of her big scenes have been shot so they are trying to get away with filming her stunt double Emma, and hopefully using some of the close-ups left over from the other scenes,’ Cynthia observed as she sipped her coffee.
    ‘Emma’s very good.’ Carol then glanced over to Cynthia, instructing her, ‘You should do a check of the police incident room. They’ve more extras in the scene and they just had a coffee break, so there’ll be dripping moustaches and sideburns.’
    ‘OK.’ Cynthia smiled at Anna as she collected her make-up bag and left the trailer.
    Anna remained silent, staring at herself in the mirror, while Carol busied herself cleaning brushes.
    ‘Did you like her?’ Anna asked softly. ‘You were her make-up artist, correct?’
    ‘Yes, I’ve worked for her before. In fact, she got me this job as she asked for me.’
    ‘So you got on well?’
    ‘She could try my patience sometimes, but she was better than some I’ve had to work with. She always knew what she wanted, and on this film I had to have a few words because it’s a period drama. She wanted heavy eye make-up which obviously wasn’t right, but in the end she settled down.’
    ‘So she wasn’t seeing anyone from this film outside work?’
    ‘No, as I told you. Unlike the last movie I worked on with her.’
    ‘She was having an affair then?’
    ‘Yes, with her co-star Scott Myers. I’m not telling stories out of school, it was in all the papers. He left his wife and three kids for her. I asked her when we started this film, you know, was she still with Scott? She flicked her pretty little hands, saying that the kids had become a pain and she couldn’t stand having to see them at weekends. Unbelievable! She wreaks havoc, causes no end of heartbreak and then just dismisses the fact that Scott had left his wife, who by the way had attempted suicide, and the children who were caught in the middle of all the drama.’
    Carol suddenly stopped and looked at Anna in the mirror, saying, ‘Shit, I sound like such a bitch, and as if I think Scott could be jealous or a possible suspect, but I honestly didn’t mean it to come out that way. He’s a gorgeous guy, really sweet, and he’s now back with his wife. I think Amanda went from Scott to Rupert, but don’t quote me. And then after them it was Colin O’Dell . . .’
    ‘The Irish actor who starred in Broken Dreams ?’
    ‘Yeah, he was her latest conquest – but again, don’t quote me, for God’s sake.’
    Anna smiled, as if dismissing what Carol had said. She’d already jotted down Scott Myers’s name in her notebook; now she added Colin O’Dell.
    ‘You didn’t really like her then?’
    Carol shook her head and began to stack her make-up bag with a vengeance.
    ‘Part of my job was to get on OK with her, but I didn’t have to like her – and you’re making me feel guilty that I didn’t. She could be a right pain in the arse and she could badmouth me in front of the whole crew, but I just had to swallow whatever she said to me because if I didn’t, I’d be out of a job!’
    The trailer door opened and Cynthia re-appeared, saying, ‘Carol, they’re about to do a take.’
    ‘Shit, I’m out of here.’
    Anna watched her snatch up her bag and hurry out, squeezing past Cynthia who came back in and plonked herself down on one of the chairs.
    ‘Director’s having one of his turns; he’s such a control freak.’ She picked up a brush and started brushing her hair, then caught Anna looking at her and dropped it back into the holder.
    ‘Did Carol tell you any more about the scream . . . ?’ she asked.
    Simon was standing with the unit drivers, finishing up questioning one and turning towards another sitting having a quiet smoke in his Mercedes. The windows were open and Simon crouched down by the car.
    ‘You are Anthony James, correct?’
    ‘Yes, sir. Everyone calls me