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ley　Winter　dress。　She　dragged　over　a　chair　from　an　unoccupied　table　and　sat。

？Can　I　help　you？？　snapped　Miranda。

？Cut；　please；　cut；　right　now；？　Ken　Mogul　muttered。

？Cut！？　cried　his　loyal　loudmouthed　assistant。

？Miranda　and　Serena；　please；　you？re　Helena　and　Holly　now。　Make　us　believe　it；？　he

said。　？Miranda；　make　me　believe　that　you？re　a　woman　who　could　run　the　world。？

Miranda　nodded　blankly；　batting　her　fake　eyelashes。　She　was　from　the　Lower　East　Side。　She？d

gone　to　a　slutty　Catholic　school。　Her　favorite　food　was　Kraft　mac　&　cheese。　She　clearly　had　no

idea　what　he　was　talking　about。

Did　anyone？

During　the　third　take；　everything　seemed　to　e　together。　Thaddeus　and　Miranda　sparkled；

nailing　their　lines　perfectly；　even　throwing　in　some　adlibbed　business　about　that　day？s　specials。

The　lighting　looked　beautiful　and　natural；　with　no　accidental　glares　or　twinkles；　the　sound　quality

was　perfect。　And　Serena　arrived　on　time；　didn？t　fumble　a　line　or　any　of　her　blocking；　and　when

Ken　yelled；　？Cut！？　it　was　because　the　scene　was　in　the　bag。

？Maybe　this　won？t　be　so　bad　after　all；？　the　director　stage　whispered　to　Vanessa。　？That？s　it　for

now；　people；？　he　yelled。　？Let？s　take　fifteen。？

He　turned　back　to　Vanessa　and　said；　in　a　normal　tone　of　voice：　？You？re　up；　kid。　Let？s　see　what

you　got。？

No　problem；Vanessa　thought。　Things　might　be　all　fucked　up　with　everything　else？like　whatever

the　hell　was　going　on　with　Dan？but　she　knew　what　to　do　with　a　camera。

Ken　Mogul　dragged　his　canvas　director？s　chair　over　to　the　playback　monitor；　where　he？d　be　able

to　screen　the　footage　Vanessa　had　just　shot。　Vanessa？s　assistant　camera　guy　rolled　the　footage　and