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shoulder? Your right shoulder,тАЭ he added as Lee Nicholas aka James Taylor Grant tried to look at both shoulders at once. тАЬActually,
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more the upper sleeve.тАЭ
A streak of white, about half an inch wide, ran from just under the shoulder seam diagonally four inches down the sleeve of LeeтАЩs tux.
He frowned. тАЬIt looks like paint.тАЭ
Mason touched it with a fingertip and then pointed at the incriminating white smudge down at the entrance hall and the director. тАЬIt is
paint. He mustтАЩve brushed up against the wall in the second-floor bathroom.тАЭ
Two of the episodeтАЩs pivotal scenes were to be shot in the huge bathroom and one of the painters had spent the morning giving ceiling
and walls a quick coat of white semi-gloss.
тАЬThatтАЩs impossible,тАЭ Lee protested. тАЬI wasnтАЩt even in the second-floor bathroom and besides, this wasnтАЩt there when Brenda delinted
us.тАЭ
тАЬBrenda delinted us fifteen minutes before Peter called action,тАЭ Mason reminded him. тАЬLots of time for you to wander off and take a
tinkle.тАЭ
тАЬOh, no.тАЭ Lee checked to make sure that the boom was gone, then dropped his voice below eavesdropping range. тАЬYou wandered off
to suck on a cancer stick, I didnтАЩt go anywhere.тАЭ
тАЬSo you say, but this says different.тАЭ
тАЬI wasnтАЩt in that bathroom!тАЭ
тАЬLook, Lee, just admit you screwed up and letтАЩs move on.тАЭ
тАЬI didnтАЩt screw up!тАЭ
тАЬAll right then, it was a subconsciousтАФand IтАЩd have to say somewhat patheticтАФattempt to draw attention to yourself.тАЭ
тАЬDonтАЩt even . . .тАЭ
тАЬGentlemen!тАЭ PeterтАЩs voice dragged their attention back down to the foyer. тАЬI donтАЩt care where the paint came from, but itтАЩs visible in
that last bit where Lee turns and as IтАЩd like him to keep turningтАФTony, run LeeтАЩs tux jacket out to Brenda so she can get that paint off
before it dries. Everett, if you could take the shine off MasonтАЩs forehead before we have to adjust the light levels, IтАЩd appreciate it.
And somebody, get me a coffee and two aspirin.тАЭ
Tony froze halfway to the stairs. As the only production assistant on locationтАФas the only production assistant whoтАЩd ever remained
with CB Productions and Darkest Night for any length of timeтАФhe was generally the тАЬsomebodyтАЭ PeterтАЩd just referred to.

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тАЬIтАЩll get him the co . . . shkeeffee, Tony.тАЭ The voice of Adam Paelous, the showтАЩs first assistant director sounded in TonyтАЩs ear,
pushing through the omnipresent static. тАЬYou get the tux . . .тАЭ
One finger against his ear jack, Tony strained to hear over the interference. The walkie-talkies had been acting up since theyтАЩd arrived
at the location shoot. It was impossible to get a clear signal and the batteries were draining at about five times the normal speed.
тАЬ. . . out to wardrobe. The exci. . . shsquit of watching paint dry might kill us all.тАЭ
Waving an acknowledgment to Adam across the entrance hall, Tony jogged up the stairs. It had definitely been a less than exciting
morningтАФeven given the hurry-up-and-wait nature of television production. And thereтАЩs not a damned thing wrong with boring, Tony
reminded himself. Especially when тАЬnot boringтАЭ involved gates to other worlds, evil wizards, and sentient shadows that werenтАЩt so
much homicidal as . . . actually, homicidal pretty much covered it.
Everyone else at CB ProductionsтАФwith the exception of CB himselfтАФhad no memory of the metaphysical experience that had very
nearly turned the soundstage into ground zero for an other world/evil wizard/homicidal shadow invasion. Everyone else probably slept
with the lights out. After almost two months, Tony was finally able to manage it four nights out of five.
Lee was out of the tux and frowning down at the paint by the time Tony reached him.
тАЬI didnтАЩt go into the upstairs bathroom,тАЭ he reiterated as he handed it over.
тАЬI believe you.тАЭ Fully aware that he was smiling stupidly up at an explicitly defined straight boyтАФor as explicit as the pictures the
tabloids could get with an extended telephoto lensтАФTony folded the jacket carefully so the paint wouldnтАЩt smear and headed back
down the stairs thinking, in quick succession, ItтАЩs still warm. And: YouтАЩre pathetic.