She found a payphone on the south end of Merchant, two streets from the warehouse, and called Sol from it because she was not yet ready to think about the number sitting in her memory and what it meant that she had it.
Sol answered on the second ring.
"Your collector's people have been in touch again," Sol said, before she could speak. "Three times this week. They want to arrange a studio visit to check on the piece's progress."
"Tell them the piece is progressing."
"They want to see it."
"Tell them it can't be photographed. Doesn't exist outside the room it's being made in. A studio visit would add nothing to their understanding of the work's current status." She paused. "That's true, incidentally."
"It's also a very good deflection." Sol's voice had the quality it got when Sol was
