Chapter 3: Talk ShowLeo had always enjoyed doing the talk show circuit. He liked talking to people and about his projects. And he loved connecting with audiences, including autograph-signing at stage and studio doors, on the way in and out. He glanced over at Sam, in the small room they were currently sharing in the few moments before someone came to request his presence in front of the cameras. He’d done The Late Hour with Jimmy Myers before; the room was familiar, and the familiarity was a comfort, just now. Sam, settled into the couch beside him, was answering a text from one of his siblings, smiling at whatever they’d sent. Something about that—the domesticity, perhaps—snagged Leo’s heart, scooped him up in a fishnet, washed warm waves across him. This show, this interview, was likel

