Flashbacks from Nam

Whilst working on a film as a runner, I was standing outside one of the actresses dressing rooms, waiting for her to finish changing to get her on set, when her father walked over to me.

He sauntered over, nodding his head at me. I nodded politely back, going back to my paper and finishing my fag.

'How's it going?'

'Fine.' I replied. 'Just waiting for T to get ready to get her on set.'

He nodded and I went back to my paper.

'Weird.' I heard him say.

I looked up expecting to see something 'wierd', alas, there was nothing.

'What's weird?' I asked him. Why i asked him I do not know as he was a rather small, oddly shaped man, tiny, yet buff as hell. Every one of his muscles seemed to be as big as my head and his old army tats seemed to disperse over his tanned, leathery skin.

He looked at me, his eyes almost piercing my soul, past his owl shaped mavs.

'Nam...'

At this I was a little startled. Nam??? as in Vietnam?? Had I said something out load I didn't know about. had someone else said something I had not heard? Where we filming a war film? No. None of this had happened.

I looked back at him a little unaware as to where this conversation was going.

'Yeah....'Nam......Weird.....I bet.....' I replied, putting down my paper and knocking on T's door to see if she was ready yet, no being her reply from the other side of the door.

'The things I've seen, you wouldn't believe...'

'Yeah I bet.' I said as I started to look for anyway out of this bizare conversation.

'I saw my best friend blown up..... right in front of me.' He just wouldn't stop talking at me.

'That sucks.'

He nodded in reply. 'A young hooker threw a grenade at him when he picked her up....'

The rest of what he said trailed after that.....did I hear the words 'young hooker, grenade, blown up'??

'.... I swear man, for 10 dollars they would do anything you wanted...' he kept saying.

'I'm sure.' I replied knocking on T's door again telling her she was needed on set. Luckily she came out, gaining me my freedom from her weird father, who later on in the shoot filmed her sex scene on his own camera...... I'm not judging, but it is a little weird to film your own daughter getting touched up by the new hot actor (he never made it though), even if it is make believe.