“Do you want to come and eat with us?”
“No, I’m good. I actually have to call my agent, anyway. I’ll see you after?”
“Yeah, I’ll be here.”
Samara was sad that they wouldn’t be having dinner together, but she didn’t want to intrude on Dana’s time with her sister, so she walked over to Bryce, who was staring down at her phone as Dana left the set.
“Hey, can I ask you a question?”
“Yes, Sophie uses tongue first sometimes.”
“No,” Samara said, laughing. “This obviously isn’t the real bar where you two met.”
“Oh, no. Why?” Bryce asked as she looked up at her.
“Where is it?”
“In the Quarter. Why?”
“Can you give me the name? I’d kind of like to check it out.”
“Sure. Butshouldyou?”
“Why not?”
“You’re a celebrity,” Bryce said. “If you go, can you at least take someone from security, just for safety?”
“I was going to go now. I ate my dinner during our last break. It arrived on time, but we were behind.”
“Let me get one of the guys to take you there, then,” Bryce replied.
“Okay. Sure.”
“Lainey, where’s my food?” Dana said into her phone, causing Samara to look up. “Ugh. Fine. I’ll just eat here, then. You’re buying next time.” She paused. “I know you would’ve bought it this time. I’m just making sure you know that you have to buy it next time, too, now.” She paused again. “Yeah, I love you, too.”
Samara walked over to her and asked, “She’s not coming?”
“No, she got held up at work.”
“Soccer coach, right?”
Dana looked surprised and said, “Yeah. College. They have some kind of off-season meeting or something that’s going long. Why aren’t you eating in your trailer while you talk to your agent?”
“He… had a meeting run over, too, so we’re going to do that later. And I ate on our lighting break.”
“Want to watchmeeat, then? Exciting stuff.”
Samara laughed lightly and said, “Actually, I’m going to go to the real bar where they met right now, if you want to join.”
“The real bar? You mean where Bryce and Sophie met?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, I’ve been there a million times. I can take you.”
“She wanted someone from security to go with me.”
“Makes sense. I can drive, if you want, or we can walk. It’s not all that far from here.”
