He looked interested. “Yeah.” He wiped his mouth with a cloth napkin. Tom always dug out the cloth napkins.
Cherry got out her phone and found the photos. She handed it over to him. “Scroll to the right.”
Tom looked at a few pictures. “This is nice,” he said.
“Thanks.”
“Who did the printing?”
“Garza.”
“It looks great.” He stopped on a photo and zoomed in with his fingertips. “I think this is the wrong red.”
“Where?”
He handed the phone back to her. He’d zoomed in on the Western Alliance logo on one of the signs. The railroad had its own trademarked shade of red. Whenever they printed anything in four-color ink, the printer had to mix an additional red, just for the logo.
Cherry flipped between a few photos. “You’re right.Fuck.I can’t believe I missed that.”
“Check the purchase order,” he said. “I’ll bet it was a printer error. Have them make you a new sign.”
“I can’t believe Imissedthat.”
“No one will notice.”
“Youdid,” she said.
“The only person who will notice, noticed—and he doesn’t care.”
Cherry sighed.
“I shouldn’t have mentioned it,” Tom said. “The exhibits look really great.”
“Thanks,” she said. “Damn your eyes!”
“You should have sent me the proofs. I would have looked them over.”
Cherry raised her eyebrows, like there was something to say there, but she wasn’t going to say it.
“Okay,” Tom said, “but you really could send me stuff if you wanted. It’s not like I’m busy. I’m unemployed.”
She raised her eyebrows again and laughed. “You’re unemployed like Barack Obama is unemployed—you just don’t have to work.”
“Neither do you,” Tom said softly.
Cherry’s voice dropped, too. “I like to work.”
“I know.”
She set down her phone and used a piece of naan to pinch up a bite of chicken. “You said you’re going back to L.A. for interviews—is the movie premiere soon?”
“Not for a couple months... I think they just want meout thereall the time. Doing press. So people can’t forget about the project.”
“It’s because you’re good at it,” Cherry said.
Tom scoffed. “I’m not good at it. I’m awkward and grumpy.”
“It comes off charming. You’re very meme-able.”
