d up on the

lmost

about it at the same time. "It is Marcus. Damian's Marcus. I know.

e very still acr

toward the wi

s and I still do not have a good answer so I am just going to say it." A beat. "I am sorry, Helena. For not calling soone

said n

ve and I definitely did not say anything to you and that was wrong." His voice was genuine. A little rough around the edges the way voices get when someone is saying

Helena sa

th it. But there is something about him and Camila that goes back long before you came into his life. Something heavy that he never talked about. Not even to me properly." His voice dropped slightly. "Camila saved him once. A long time ago. In a way t

rtment w

ve through her that she c

im," she said

us said, "I am goi

arc

y." He paused. "Just know that it happened. And it m

window looking at t

elling me this

real with your life now. And I just." A short pause. "I did not want you out there t

s quiet fo

us," she said. A

rd part done. "Take care of yourself, Helena

ne went

the window for a

e turned

nds wrapped around her cup and her eyes

his life,"

. A long time ago." She set her phone down on

opened

aid. "I know what y

g to say anythin

u we

thing and also explains everything and I need a

," she said. "But I have a six o clock call time tomorrow a

sleep parti

formation. Not an instruction. Not an open door. Just a piece of the picture she had not been able to see before. She filed it

chest the way Jordan had told her to breathe through things and found her corner and went over her lines

her before t

you," Jo

," Hele

d with the eyes of a woman who had

he said. A

d careful. But something happened the same way it had happened in the audition room. The camera rolled a

d nothing for a long moment. Then she nodded on

nd in her chest like someth

scenes. Both of the

wrap she said two words withou

od w

e quiet of the empt

have a full name for yet. Not happiness exactly. Something quieter and more solid tha

at her car when

ot a call

ked at t

not recognise. No name saved

eed t

the evening around her and looked a

she lo

with his hands in his pockets and his eyes on he

s not

just wat

see if she