Chapter 8Now: Loren
I was on at the law office again on Monday, two to ten as usual, which left all morning to obsess about the audition unless I kept myself busy some other way. My climbing gym was a good place to do stuff that required a lot of concentration. Then, like any other actor waiting for an important call, I left my phone on. And, like every other actor I knew, my agent had a specific ringtone assigned.
The call came in at eleven o’clock. I dropped off the wall, belaying myself on the safety line, landing with a soft thump and instantly unclipping the carabiner. Fast as I moved, I didn’t get to my phone in time to pick up. A text pinged as I unlocked the screen.
Raquel: Call me.
I took a deep, not entirely calming, breath, then turned to the hovering supervisor and asked he
