‘Well … not that I know of. She’s just normal.’
‘Like you?’
‘Yeah … like me …’
My phone rang. It was Rosie again. I snatched it up.
‘Hey there.’
‘Sarah, hi, guess what, you’ll never guess what, oh, my God, you are not going to believe this.’
She sounded near-hysterical and as if she was going to burst into laughter before she got the words out.
‘What?’
‘This is the weirdest thing ever, I just can’t believe it.’
‘Rosie! Please!’
‘Your Jasper Jay –’
‘Er, yes?’ I glanced sideways at him. I didn’t know if he could hear Rosie’s words but he was certainly enjoying the high-pitched squawking.
‘– he’s only gone and offered Dimitri a job.’
‘What?’
I widened my eyes at Jasper, who widened them back, drolly.
‘He wants Dimitri to be a body double in his next film. Isn’t that just so beyond bizarre?’
‘Wow.’ I took the phone from my ear for a moment and said it again, to Jasper. ‘Wow.’
‘It’s the same Dimitri?’
‘So it seems.’
Jasper laughed and clapped his hands.
‘Tell her she’s invited too,’ he said.
I put the phone back to my ear.
‘Rosie? Did Dimitri tell you that Jasper was going to invite you down here for a couple of days?’
‘Yeah, him and bloody Trixietots.’
‘Who?’
‘The female body double.’
‘Oh, right. Well, he said you can come too.’
‘Really? Awesome! Oh, my God, this is just so …’
It certainly was just so … I could hardly put my own thoughts in order, let alone hers. A big realisation was muscling its way to the forefront of my brain, though, and I couldn’t hold it back.
‘So, Rosie, this club or café you’re at …?’