Chapter 50

He did put on his best smile. It was a smile, in any case. “Yes. They were lovely, and they had coffee for me, and it was all easy enough as far as questions. It’s even a good thing, in a way, that we delayed this interview; I got to talk about this film and about you, a bit. I told them you were utterly splendid in this role.” All true, both what he’d said and what he thought. He fiddled with a jacket-sleeve. Back to being warm. How strange.

Jason ducked his head. Muttered, “Don’t oversell it,” and then, still not quite looking up, “Good. I mean, that’s good, that it was…good. And that you’re here.”

Jill at this point rejoined the conversation with, “Colby, excellent, perfect timing! You can come over here with me and Andy. I’ll talk to you about interviews and saying things later, nothing wrong, don’t worry, we should just be on the same page if you’re going to start promoting us. Everybody else, ready?”

“Sorry,” Colby said. “I mean, yes. We should.”