“You’ll all get compensated. That’s the way these production companies work. Mitch told me that Mr. Barton usually pays last year’s gross revenues for the same period plus ten percent for the inconvenience. And they always use locals for extras. Isn’t that exciting?”

“Exciting,” Hannah repeated, not sure what effect a movie company would have on her sleepy little hometown. “Does Mayor Bascomb know about this?”

“Not yet, but he will. The producer is going to call him this morning. I just wanted to give you a heads-up before it happened, and to tell you the best news of all.”

“You’re getting married?” Hannah quipped, knowing full well her youngest sister was doing no such thing. Michelle had made it abundantly clear that she was going to finish college before she even considered walking down the aisle.

Michelle laughed. “Of course I’m not and you know it. But the producer hired me as a production assistant and I’ll be coming home for a week. I’m getting paid and I’m getting college credit for the job.”

“Good for you!” Hannah did an abrupt reversal. She’d been half-hoping that the movie company wouldn’t disrupt life in Lake Eden, but now she was all for it. Michelle would enjoy the experience and it would be wonderful to have her home again. “Would you like to stay in my guest room?”

“I’d love to, you know that, but I’d better stay with Mother, especially after all the trouble she had with Winthrop and all. She’s bound to be lonely. And speaking of Mother, the producer promised me that he’ll hire Mother and Carrie to help locate props. And when I told him how they decorated Granny’s Attic to look like the first mayor’s house, he said he’d have his set decorator look at it and maybe they’d use it as a set in the movie.”

“Too bad the movie’s not set in Regency England,” Hannah mused. Both Carrie and Delores were founding members of the Lake Eden Regency Romance Club and the producer would have to look far and wide to find anyone more familiar with the period.

“I know, but this is almost as good. The part of the movie they’re filming in Lake Eden takes place in the nineteen-fifties. That should be a snap for Mother and Carrie since both of them were around back then.”

Hannah gave a little chuckle. “Yes, but neither of them will admit it.”

After a few more minutes of chatting about the advance crew that would be arriving next week, and the full cast and crew the week after that, Hannah said goodbye and attempted to hang up. But the phone rang again the moment she settled it in its cradle. Since she didn’t feel like talking to anyone, there was only one thing to do.