THAT WEEK THE OFFICIAL casting decisions for Paradise Square get announced and Alex’s busy life gets a lot busier. There’s press to do. The movie needs to start the cycle of advance hype and the general public wants more about how J. Alex Cook is going to play some historical, non-gay character. Margaret is a lifesaver of organization and efficiency, leaving Alex to do his job of taking calls and doing interviews as the wry, sharply charming young star he’s expected to be.
In between conference calls he flips through his phone to look again at a picture Paul has sent of Todd curled up on a hoodie Alex left at his house. Somebody misses you, the accompanying text reads.
Alex replies with Give him a pet for me ;). Later he has to delete the message thread that follows. The horrors of getti
