Forty Three

"She's on in five."

I heard the gaffer come in to the trailer I shared with a supporting character to tell Zainab what I already know. It's one of the last scenes in the movie and I'm a bit nostalgic, also one of the hardest, most expensive since I have to get it all on one take.

I looked through the page of the script on my lap again in trepidation, knowing that if I don't know my lines now or how to portray them, it will be a huge loss.

"Zainab, let's go." She nodded, got up, picked a small no internet phone and called the gaffer who came to call them earlier. He told them where they were needed and they began to walk over there. The area around Usman dam was soggy with water, but an area around it was very dry as though there was no source of water around it.

"Ah ma, this your leather jacket is something else oo, it shining in the sun as if they poured oil on it." I rolled my eyes and forced myself not to laugh out loud as she teased and praised me repeatedly. I suddenly stopped an