It wasn’t hard getting the time off that I needed. I just had to double up on some scenes, which my costars were only too happy to do once they learned the reasons why. I didn’t tell them the whole truth, of course, just that Ryder and I had decided to do an impromptu tour to pacify our fans.
I didn’t know, no scratch that; I was surprised at just how many people were invested in Ryder and me, including everyone on the set. Over the last couple of years that I’d been working here, no one had ever mentioned our breakup to me, not even a hint.
It was something I greatly appreciated though I never kidded myself that they didn’t know the whole sordid story. That’s only one of the reasons I liked working there so much; it was one of the only places I could escape to where I was sure not to be hounded for details or have my failure thrown in my face at every turn.