18 THE NEXT DAY, LIAM is as quiet and steady as Alex has ever seen him. Alex’s first thought is how obvious it is that Liam’s gotten laid, or whatever it counts as when Victor doesn’t do s*x, until he remembers that Liam gets laid all the time. In fact, Liam probably only doesn’t get laid when he and Alex are hanging out. Alex sighs and supposes he’s glad Victor is a good influence on someone. The day is long. While he doesn’t have to do much heavy lifting as a performer, the hurry up and wait seems more egregious than usual. No matter how often the production assistants keep asking the pedestrians to keep moving, someone keeps winding up in the back of a shot, gawking. As much as Alex wants to hide in his trailer with the A.C. blasting, if everyone else is outside sweating their asses o

