The shoot ran forty minutes over schedule. It always did on days when the lighting rig needed adjusting twice and the second unit director couldn't decide between two nearly identical angles. Vespera had learned to bring a book for the waiting parts. Today she hadn't, so she sat in the folding chair beside the monitor and went through production notes on her phone until Jerry finally called the last cut of the day and the set began its familiar collapse into organized noise. "I am so sorry, Vespera, I won't be able to drop you." "Oh, it's fine. I don't mind. Take care."She went into her dressing room, trading the costume for her own clothes and wiping off the heavier stage of make-up down to something more human. Her bag was already packed. She had learned early that leaving quickly was a skill worth developing on a set where lingering invited conversation she didn't always have the energy for. She had the USB drive in the inside pocket of her jacket. She'd had it there f
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