Chapter 10: Crossover Scenes
In theatrical terms, a crossover scene disguises a set change or other stage alteration by parading actor(s) in front of a curtain. They’d sing something stale that recaps but doesn’t advance the plot, crack wise about a supporting character not present, maybe some soft-shoe. Computer mechanization has relegated them to purist revivals.
I have no one to shove out front.
The curtain stays up.
Here I am, impersonating myself, on a heavily raked stage with my flat feet, pushing my own scenery.
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With Mom handled—she’d bristle that she was a chore to be gotten out of the way, but it’s a relief—I compress everything else into an exhausting ten days.
The blood money comes first. I want nothing to do with it, which sounds cavalier. It’s a lot—Andy’s life
