THE CAR RIDE WAS QUIET and uneventful. Vanessa managed to get Emma Jane to talk about a few things, but the easy flow of conversation from the previous day wasn't there. Emma Jane mostly looked out the window beside her, only responding briefly to Vanessa when asked a direct question. Vanessa didn't know what else to talk about and was getting frustrated when Emma Jane spoke voluntarily for the first time.
"Before we get there, can you tell me more about the set? How's everything arranged?"
Vanessa glanced at Emma Jane, noticing her hands were in her lap, twisting together and apart repeatedly. She was so stone faced that Vanessa had thought her removed from the possibility of anxiety, but there she was, her hands utterly betraying her.
"It's kind of like a big warehouse, with stuff bui
